Myth and cosmos : readings in mythology and symbolism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Middleton, John, 1921-2009
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, [1976]
Series:American Museum sourcebooks in anthropology.
Texas Press sourcebooks in anthropology ; no. 5.
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Table of Contents:
  • Middleton, J. Introduction
  • Leach, E. R. Genesis as myth
  • Levi-Strauss, C. Four Winnebago myths
  • Burridge, K. O. L. Social implications of some Tangu myths
  • Middleton, J. Some social aspects of Lugbara myth
  • Moore, S. F. Descent and symbolic filiation
  • Leach, E. R. Magical hair
  • Evans-Pritchard, E. E. The Nuer concept of spirit in its relation to the social order
  • Evans-Pritchard, E. E. A problem of Nuer religious thought
  • Wilson, M. Nyakyusa ritual and symbolism
  • Faron, L. C. Symbolic values and the integration of society among the Mapuche of Chile
  • Read, K. E. Morality and the concept of the person among the Gahuku-Gama
  • Douglas, M. Animals in Lele religious thought
  • Turner, V. W. Themes in the symbolism of Ndembu hunting ritual
  • Needham, R. Blood, thunder, and mockery of animals
  • Beidelman, T. O. Hyena and rabbit
  • Pocock, D. F. The anthropology of time-reckoning
  • Bohannan, P. Concepts of time among the Tiv of Nigeria
  • Littlejohn, J. The Temne House.