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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... Mother 165 Persephone and Demeter 166 Dionysos 171 Orpheus 172 Kutoyis 174 Wanjiru 174 Jesus 175 Odin 179 Death and the Promise of New Life : Commentary on Part 5 180 THE DESCENT TO THE UNDERWORLD Inanna 185 Hiiaka and Lohiau 186 ...
... Mother 165 Persephone and Demeter 166 Dionysos 171 Orpheus 172 Kutoyis 174 Wanjiru 174 Jesus 175 Odin 179 Death and the Promise of New Life : Commentary on Part 5 180 THE DESCENT TO THE UNDERWORLD Inanna 185 Hiiaka and Lohiau 186 ...
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... Mother 228 Kutoyis 228 Bear Man 229 Attis 231 Jesus 232 Wanjiru 234 Cuulu 235 Quetzalcoatl 238 Union with the Cycle of Nature : Commentary on Part 7 239 Part 8. ASCENSION , APOTHEOSIS , AND ATONEMENT Oedipus 243 Moses 245 Abraham 247 ...
... Mother 228 Kutoyis 228 Bear Man 229 Attis 231 Jesus 232 Wanjiru 234 Cuulu 235 Quetzalcoatl 238 Union with the Cycle of Nature : Commentary on Part 7 239 Part 8. ASCENSION , APOTHEOSIS , AND ATONEMENT Oedipus 243 Moses 245 Abraham 247 ...
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The Voyage of the Hero David Adams Leeming. THE MIRACULOUS CONCEPTION AND BIRTH AND THE HIDING OF THE CHILD The modern " great mother , " appropriately oversized , 1 Part 1. THE MIRACULOUS CONCEPTION AND BIRTH AND THE HIDING OF THE CHILD.
The Voyage of the Hero David Adams Leeming. THE MIRACULOUS CONCEPTION AND BIRTH AND THE HIDING OF THE CHILD The modern " great mother , " appropriately oversized , 1 Part 1. THE MIRACULOUS CONCEPTION AND BIRTH AND THE HIDING OF THE CHILD.
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The Voyage of the Hero David Adams Leeming. The modern " great mother , " appropriately oversized , points as madonnas of the past do to the child miraculously visible in a mandalic womb . By so doing she reminds us that the child hero ...
The Voyage of the Hero David Adams Leeming. The modern " great mother , " appropriately oversized , points as madonnas of the past do to the child miraculously visible in a mandalic womb . By so doing she reminds us that the child hero ...
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... mother's thoughts , her early removal to heaven , the miraculous events surrounding the birth , and the adult qualities possessed by the infant . It is related that at that time the midsummer festival had been pro- claimed in the city ...
... mother's thoughts , her early removal to heaven , the miraculous events surrounding the birth , and the adult qualities possessed by the infant . It is related that at that time the midsummer festival had been pro- claimed in the city ...
Contents
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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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Abraham Agdistis Alan Watts Ananse angels ascended asked Attis bear behold birth blessed blood Bodhisatta body born breast Buddha called cave child Christian cried Cuulu dance dark daughter David dead death descended Dionysus divine Draupadi earth eternal Eurystheus face father fear fell fire future Buddha gave Gilgamesh girls goddess gods golden Greek Hainuwele hands hath head heard heart heaven Heracles Hercules hero Hiiaka Inanna Israel Izanagi Jesus Joseph Campbell Kauai kill king Kuan Yin Kutoyis land lived lodge Lohiau looked Lord Maenads maiden monster Moses mother mountain myth Mythology night Odysseus Orpheus Osiris Pele Pentheus permission Philistine Prometheus quest Quetzalcoatl rebirth Reprinted resurrection returned river saith unto saying Sir James Frazer sisters soul spirit stone stood story sword thee Theseus things thou told took tree underworld Utnapishtim voice Wanjiru wife woman women young Zeus