Mythology: The Voyage of the HeroOxford University Press, 1998 M05 28 - 288 pages What makes something mythic? What do mythic events and narratives have to do with us? In Mythology, David Leeming offers an unusual and effective approach to the subject of mythology by stressing universal themes through myths of many cultures. This anthology collects a wide array of narrative texts from the Bible to English literature to interpretations by Joseph Campbell, C.G. Jung, and others, which illustrate how myths serve whole societies in our universal search for meaning. Leeming illustrates the various stages or rites of passage of the mythic universal hero, from birth to childhood, through trial and quest, death, descent, rebirth, and ascension. The arrangement of texts by themes such as "Childhood, Initiation and Divine Signs," "The Descent to the Underworld," and "Resurrection and Rebirth" strip mythic characters of their many national and cultural "masks" to reveal their archetypal aspects. Real figures, including Jesus and Mohammed, are also included underlining the theory that myths are real and can be applied to real life. This edition is updated to include additional heroine myths, as well as Navajo, Indonesian, Indian, Chinese, and African tales. |
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... Mythology by Joseph Campbell . Copyright © 1959 , 1969 , and renewed 1987 by Joseph Campbell . Used by permission of ... Mythology of All Races , edited by Louis Gray . Pages 32 : From Larousse World Mythology , edited by xii Acknowledgments.
... Mythology by Joseph Campbell . Copyright © 1959 , 1969 , and renewed 1987 by Joseph Campbell . Used by permission of ... Mythology of All Races , edited by Louis Gray . Pages 32 : From Larousse World Mythology , edited by xii Acknowledgments.
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... Mythology by S.N. Kramer . Pages 192-94 : From The Bible of the World by Robert O. Ballou . Copyright 1939 , renewed 1967 by Robert O. Ballou . Used by permission of Viking Penguin , a division of Penguin Books USA Inc. Pages 201 ...
... Mythology by S.N. Kramer . Pages 192-94 : From The Bible of the World by Robert O. Ballou . Copyright 1939 , renewed 1967 by Robert O. Ballou . Used by permission of Viking Penguin , a division of Penguin Books USA Inc. Pages 201 ...
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... Mythology by Edith Hamilton by permission of Little , Brown and Co. Copyright 1942 , by Edith Hamilton , copyright renewed 1969 by Dorian Fielding Reid , copyright renewed © 1969 by Doris Fielding Reid , executrix of the will of Edith ...
... Mythology by Edith Hamilton by permission of Little , Brown and Co. Copyright 1942 , by Edith Hamilton , copyright renewed 1969 by Dorian Fielding Reid , copyright renewed © 1969 by Doris Fielding Reid , executrix of the will of Edith ...
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Part 2 CHILDHOOD INITIATION AND DIVINE SIGNS | 41 |
Part 3 PREPARATION MEDITATION WITHDRAWAL AND REFUSAL | 67 |
Part 4 TRIAL AND QUEST | 99 |
Part 5 DEATH AND THE SCAPEGOAT | 155 |
Part 6 THE DESCENT TO THE UNDERWORLD | 183 |
Part 7 RESURRECTION AND REBIRTH | 215 |
Part 8 ASCENSION APOTHEOSIS AND ATONEMENT | 241 |
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