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Author | : Karen Armstrong |
Publisher | : Vintage Canada |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 2010-10-29 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0307367290 |
What are myths? How have they evolved? And why do we still so desperately need them? A history of myth is a history of humanity, Karen Armstrong argues in this insightful and eloquent book: our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, link us to our ancestors and each other. This is a brilliant and thought-provoking introduction to myth in the broadest sense–from Palaeolithic times to the “Great Western Transformation” of the last 500 years–and why we dismiss it only at our peril.
Author | : Robert Alan Segal |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0198724705 |
This Very Short Introduction explores different approaches to myth from several disciplines, including science, religion, philosophy, literature, and psychology. In this new edition, Robert Segal considers both the future study of myth as well as the impact of areas such as cognitive science and the latest approaches to narrative theory.
Author | : Karen Armstrong |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2005-02-19 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780312340957 |
"Read and cherished by thousands all over the world since it was first published in 1981, Through the Narrow Gate takes the reader on a spiritual journey that began one September day in 1962 when Karen Armstrong said good-bye to her family at London's King's Cross station and journeyed on to the convent in Tripton to become a nun. Through the Narrow Gate is by turns a book of spiritual revelation and an intimate look at life inside the cloistered walls of the convent."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Helen Morales |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 167 |
Release | : 2007-08-23 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0192804766 |
From Zeus to Europa, to Pan and Prometheus, the myths of ancient Greece and Rome continue to pervade the numerous facets of our existence. The author explores the rich history and varying interpretations of classical myth in both high art and popular culture as well as its ongoing influence in modern society.
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Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Mythology |
ISBN | : 9781426203732 |
Conveniently sized yet large in scope, National Geographic Essential Visual History of World Mythology an irresistible treasure to own and to give."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Karen Armstrong |
Publisher | : Gramercy |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : God |
ISBN | : 9780517223123 |
A study of the deity of the world's three dominant monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In a dynamic interplay between religion and society's ever-changing beliefs, values, and traditions, human beings' ideas about God have been transformed. Ideas about God have been molded to apply to the spiritual needs of the people who worship him in a particular place and time. The author explores and analyzes the development and progression of the various perceptions of God from the days of Abraham to present times--Adapted from book jacket.
Author | : Joseph Campbell |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2011-05-18 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0307794725 |
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An extraordinary book that reveals how the themes and symbols of ancient narratives continue to bring meaning to birth, death, love, and war. The Power of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people—including Star Wars creator George Lucas. To Campbell, mythology was the “song of the universe, the music of the spheres.” With Bill Moyers, one of America’s most prominent journalists, as his thoughtful and engaging interviewer, The Power of Myth touches on subjects from modern marriage to virgin births, from Jesus to John Lennon, offering a brilliant combination of intelligence and wit. From stories of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and Rome to traditions of Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity, a broad array of themes are considered that together identify the universality of human experience across time and culture. An impeccable match of interviewer and subject, a timeless distillation of Campbell’s work, The Power of Myth continues to exert a profound influence on our culture.
Author | : Bruce Lincoln |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2014-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 022614092X |
Medieval accounts of how Norway was unified by its first king provide a lively, revealing, and wonderfully entertaining example of this process. Taking the story of how Harald Fairhair unified Norway in the ninth century as its central example, Bruce Lincoln illuminates the way a state's foundation story blurs the distinction between history and myth and how variant tellings of origin stories provide opportunities for dissidence and subversion as subtle - or not so subtle - modifications are introduced through details of character, incident, and plot structure.
Author | : Andrew T. Cummings |
Publisher | : Astrolog |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9789654941884 |
The characters and stories of the numerous gods as they appear in ancient writings are explored in this book of ancient mythology. Through the myths and stories, readers are invited to speculate about how people who lived thousands of years ago perceived the world around them. Myths are presented from the principal ancient cultures that affected the lives of Western people, including Sumeria, Mesopotamia, Persia, ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, and ancient Rome. This book shows how the mythology of the classical world played an essential role in molding the face and nature of the Western world.
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Publisher | : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Folklore |
ISBN | : 9780756622237 |
A collection of myths from many cultures.