Middle Eastern mythology /
During the last half-century the discoveries of archaeologists in the ancient Near East, now called the Middle East, have created a widespread interest in the ways of life and thought of the dweller in that region, and especially in their myths. For much of Greek, Roman and even Celtic mythology has...
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| Language: | English |
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Harmondsworth, England :
Penguin Books,
1963.
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| Series: | Pelican books.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Types of myth
- Mesopotamian myths. Sumerian myths ; Babylonian myths
- Egyptian mythology. The Osirian myths ; The myths of Re, the sun-god ; Nilotic myths
- Ugaritic mythology. The myths of Baal ; The legend of Keret ; The legend of Aqhat ; The births of dawn and dusk (Shahar and Shalim) ; The myth of Nikkal and the Kathirat
- Hittite mythology. The myth of Ullikummis ; The myth of Illuyankas ; The myth of Telepinus
- Hebrew mythology. Creation myths ; The myth of Cain and Abel ; The myth of the flood ; The myth of the tower of Babel ; The myth of the destruction of the cities of the plain ; The cult myths ; The Joshua myth ; The myth of the ark ; The Elijah and Elisha myths
- Mythological elements in Jewish apocalyptic. The book of Daniel ; Other apocalyptic uses of myth
- Mythological elements in the New Testament. The birth narratives ; The resurrection narratives
- Christian myth and ritual.