Thematic Guide to World Mythology

Examines reoccurring themes and patterns in the mythologies of many ancient and modern cultures.

Informationen zum Autor Lorena Laura Stookey Klappentext All around the world, myths address questions that humans have always posed about their origins, their environments, their ultimate destinies, and the meanings of their lives. This book examines 30 common motifs that thread their way through mythological tales across history and around the globe. The themes are presented in alphabetical order, moving from The Afterlife and Animals in Myth to The Underworld, World Tree, and Ymir Motif. Each thematic section defines and discusses a single recognizable motif, compares a number of different mythological traditions, and traces the repeated occurrences of one of these patterns through several different categories of narratives. The discussion of The Afterlife, for example, examines the theme's earliest known occurrences in ancient Mesopotamia and compares them with those in Greek, Aztec, Norse, and other ancient cultures, as well as with contemporary views from Innuit and Polynesian cultures. A glossary provides concise definitions of recurring terms. A list of suggested readings on these topics will further aid students who desire to deepen their knowledge of world mythology. Zusammenfassung This book examines 30 common motifs that thread their way through mythological tales across history and around the globe. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Afterlife Animals in Myth The Apocalypse Changing Ages Cosmic Egg Creation Myths Culture Heroes Deluge Motif Descent Motif Earth-Diver Motif Emergence Motif Etiological Myths The Fall Fertility Myths Gods Goddesses Guardians Messengers Monsters Primal Parents The Quest Rainbow Sacred Mountains Separation of Earth and Sky Theomachy Tricksters Twins The Underworld World Tree Ymir Motif

Autorentext
Lorena Laura Stookey

Klappentext
All around the world, myths address questions that humans have always posed about their origins, their environments, their ultimate destinies, and the meanings of their lives. This book examines 30 common motifs that thread their way through mythological tales across history and around the globe. The themes are presented in alphabetical order, moving from The Afterlife and Animals in Myth to The Underworld, World Tree, and Ymir Motif. Each thematic section defines and discusses a single recognizable motif, compares a number of different mythological traditions, and traces the repeated occurrences of one of these patterns through several different categories of narratives.

The discussion of The Afterlife, for example, examines the theme's earliest known occurrences in ancient Mesopotamia and compares them with those in Greek, Aztec, Norse, and other ancient cultures, as well as with contemporary views from Innuit and Polynesian cultures. A glossary provides concise definitions of recurring terms. A list of suggested readings on these topics will further aid students who desire to deepen their knowledge of world mythology.

Zusammenfassung
This book examines 30 common motifs that thread their way through mythological tales across history and around the globe.

Inhalt
The Afterlife
Animals in Myth
The Apocalypse
Changing Ages
Cosmic Egg
Creation Myths
Culture Heroes
Deluge Motif
Descent Motif
Earth-Diver Motif
Emergence Motif
Etiological Myths
The Fall
Fertility Myths
Gods
Goddesses
Guardians
Messengers
Monsters
Primal Parents
The Quest
Rainbow
Sacred Mountains
Separation of Earth and Sky
Theomachy
Tricksters
Twins
The Underworld
World Tree
Ymir Motif

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