The origins of the world's mythologies /
This remarkable book is the most ambitious work on mythology since that of the renowned Mircea Eliade, who all but single-handedly invented the modern study of myth and religion. Focusing on the oldest available texts, buttressed by data from archeology, comparative linguistics and human population...
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2012]
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction : What is myth, and how do we study and compare it? ; Definition of myth and its study in the past ; Comparative myth ; Laurasian mythology ; Earlier explanations of myth ; Ur-forms, history, and archaeology ; Summary
- 2. Comparison and theory
- 3. Creation myths: the Laurasian story line, our first novel
- 4. The contributions of other sciences: comparison of language, physical anthropology, genetics, and archaeology
- 5. The countercheck: Australia, Melanesia, and Sub-Saharan Africa
- 6. First tales: Pan-Gaean mythology
- 7. Laurasian mythology in historical development
- 8. Outlook.