Introduction to Mythology

Contemporary Approaches to Classical and World Myths

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

Av Eva M. Thury, Margaret K. Devinney, Drexel University) Thury, Eva M. (, Temple University) Devinney, Margaret K. (, Margaret K. DeVinney

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Integrating original texts with explanations, interpretations, and theory, the best selling Introduction to Mythology: Contemporary Approaches to Classical and World Myths, Fifth Edition, introduces students to a wide range of myths drawn from sources all around the world and approached from various critical and contemporary perspectives.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-05-29
Mått204 x 253 x 41 mm
Vikt2 341 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor1 008
Upplaga5
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780197671313

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Preface Timeline PART I. INTRODUCTION TO STUDYING MYTH1. What Is Myth?2. Ways of Understanding MythPART 2. MYTHS OF CREATION AND DESTRUCTION 2A. Creation 3. Greece: Hesiod4. Rome: Ovid (Creation)5. The Bible: Genesis (Creation)6. Mesopotamia: Enuma Elish 7. Icelandic/Norse: Prose Edda (Creation)8. North America: Stories from the Zuni, Hopi, and Navajo (Southwest); and from the Iroquois League (Northeastern Woodlands)9. Africa: Uganda and Nigeria10. China: Nü Kwa, Kuan Yin, and Monkey11. Mesoamerica: Popol Vuh 2B. Destruction 12. Rome: Ovid (Flood)13. The Bible: Genesis (Flood)14. Icelandic/Norse: Prose Edda (Ragnarok)PART 3. HEROES AND TRICKSTERS 15. Theory: Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Dave Whomsley 16. Mesopotamia: The Epic of Gilgamesh 17. Applying Theory: A Lévi-Straussian Analysis of the Epic of Gilgamesh, G. S. Kirk 18. India: The Ramayana 19. Icelandic/Norse: Prose Edda (Heroes)20. Arthurian Legend: The Holy Grail, Donna Lynne Rondolone 21. Africa: The Mwindo Epic22. Greece: Oedipus the King , Sophocles23. Theory: The Structural Study of Myth, Claude Lévi-Strauss 24. North America: Raven25. African and African-American Trickster Stories26. Greece: Prometheus27. Applying Theory: Different Versions of MythsPART 4. RITUAL AND MYTH 28. Theory: The Forest of Symbols, Victor Turner 29. Greece: Demeter and Persephone30. Egypt: Isis and Osiris31. Applying Theory: Meals in the Bible, Mary Douglas 32. Icelandic/Norse: The Rituals of Iceland, H.R. Ellis Davidson 33. Greece: Heracles and DionysusPART 5. DREAMS AND MYTH 34. Theory: Man and His Symbols, C.G. Jung 35. Applying Theory: How to Perform a Jungian AnalysisPART 6. FOLKTALE AND MYTH 36. Theory: The Morphology of the Folktale, Vladimir Propp 37. Applying Theory: A Proppian Analysis of The Wizard of Oz 38. Germany: Grimms' Household Tales 39. Rome: "Cupid and Psyche," Apuleius 40. Applying Theory: Highlighting Different Aspects of the Same Tale Using Multiple AnalysesPART 7. CONTEMPORARY MYTH 41. Daniel Boone: Building the Myth around the Man, Richard Slotkin 42. Harry Potter: A Rankian Analysis of the Hero of Hogwarts, M. Katherine Grimes 43. "Dark of the World, Shine on Us": Ryan Coogler's Black Panther George Faithful PART 8. LITERATURE AND MYTH 44. Poetry and Myth45. The Half-God of Rainfall: Classical and African Myth in an Epic Poem Inua Ellams46. "Yellow Woman": Native-American Oral Myth in a Contemporary Context Leslie Marmon Silko 47. Narrative and MythGlossary of Gods, Heroes, and Antiheroes Additional Works Cited Credits Index