The World of Myth. This item is unavailable.
487 ratings by Goodreads
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press (edition 3), 2018
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.BooksRun
5-star seller
AbeBooks seller since February 2, 2016
Unavailable
Softcover
Condition: Used - Fair
£ 5.06
Item description from seller
The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.
Seller Inventory # 019090013X-7-1
- Title
- The World of Myth
- Author
- Leeming, David A.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (edition 3)
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 019090013X
- ISBN 13
- 9780190900137
- Edition
- 3.
Building on the best-selling tradition of previous editions, The World of Myth, Third Edition, offers a uniquely comprehensive collection of myths from numerous cultures around the globe. Featuring a thematic organization, it helps students understand world mythology as a metaphor for humanity's search for meaning in a complex world.
Author David Leeming provides a sweeping anthology of myths, ranging from ancient Egypt and Greece to the Polynesian islands and modern science. Students will be captivated by stories of great floods from the ancient Babylonians, Hebrews, Chinese, and Mayans; tales of apocalypse from India, the Norse, Christianity, and modern science; and myths of the mother goddess from Native American Hopi culture and James Lovelock's Gaia. Leeming has culled myths from Aztec, Greek, African, Australian Aboriginal, Caribbean, Japanese, Muslim, Hittite, Celtic, Chinese, and Persian cultures, offering one of the most wide-ranging collections of what he calls the "collective dreams of humanity".
Author David Leeming provides a sweeping anthology of myths, ranging from ancient Egypt and Greece to the Polynesian islands and modern science. Students will be captivated by stories of great floods from the ancient Babylonians, Hebrews, Chinese, and Mayans; tales of apocalypse from India, the Norse, Christianity, and modern science; and myths of the mother goddess from Native American Hopi culture and James Lovelock's Gaia. Leeming has culled myths from Aztec, Greek, African, Australian Aboriginal, Caribbean, Japanese, Muslim, Hittite, Celtic, Chinese, and Persian cultures, offering one of the most wide-ranging collections of what he calls the "collective dreams of humanity".
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
David Leeming is Emeritus Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Connecticut. He is the author or editor of numerous books on world mythology, including The Oxford Companion to World Mythology (2005).
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.