Myths of Light

Author: Joseph Campbell
Publisher: New World Library
ISBN: 9781577314035
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 202

Book Description
This previously unpublished title shows Campbell's remarkable mind engaged with a favorite topic, the myths and metaphors of Asian religions. The book collects seven lectures and articles ranging from the ancient Hindu Vedas to Zen koans, Tantric yoga, and the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Campbell conveys complex insights through warm, accessible storytelling, revealing the intricacies and secrets of his subjects with his typical enthusiasm.--From publisher description.

Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion

Author: Menelaos Christopoulos
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739139010
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 326

Book Description
Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion is a ground-breaking volume dedicated to a thorough examination of the well known empirical categories of light and darkness as it relates to modes of thought, beliefs and social behavior in Greek culture. With a systematic and multi-disciplinary approach, the book elucidates the light/darkness dichotomy in color semantics, appearance and concealment of divinities and creatures of darkness, the eye sight and the insight vision, and the role of the mystic or cultic.

Light Myths

Author: Gillian Spencer Scully
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780962937101
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64

Book Description

In the Light of Myth

Author: Rannie Belle Baker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indian mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 362

Book Description

The Lenâpé and Their Legends

Author: Daniel Garrison Brinton
Publisher: Philadelphia : D.G. Brinton
ISBN:
Category : Algonquian Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 340

Book Description
This comprehensive work compiles a brief history of the Lenape people along with their legends, literature, language and various historical sketches of the people native to the Delaware region.

Dictionary of Nature Myths

Author: Tamra Andrews
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195136772
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302

Book Description
Comprehensive and cross-referenced, this informative volume is a rich introduction to the world of nature as experienced by ancient peoples around the globe. 51 halftones.

The Two Hands of God

Author: Alan Watts
Publisher: New York : G. Braziller
ISBN:
Category : Polarity
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description

Bible Myths

Author: T. W. Doane
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557657776
Category : Mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 622

Book Description

American Indian Myths and Legends

Author: Richard Erdoes
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 080415175X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 546

Book Description
More than 160 tales from eighty tribal groups present a rich and lively panorama of the Native American mythic heritage. From across the continent comes tales of creation and love; heroes and war; animals, tricksters, and the end of the world. “This fine, valuable new gathering of ... tales is truly alive, mysterious, and wonderful—overflowing, that is, with wonder, mystery and life" (National Book Award Winner Peter Matthiessen). In addition to mining the best folkloric sources of the nineteenth century, the editors have also included a broad selection of contemporary Native American voices.

Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America

Author: David Adams Leeming
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195117840
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 234

Book Description
Presents a variety of myths, tales, and legends. Includes Native American tales about creation, goddesses, trickster gods, the Indian and the white man, as well as Hispanic American, Asian American, Anglo American, and African American stories. Features patriotic heroes, American loners, frontiersman, and tall tales, Western outlaws, lawmen, and cowboys, slave rebels, and Blues legends, among other topics.