Sacred Narrative

Alan Dundes is Professor of Anthropology and Folklore, University of California, Berkeley, and author of numerous books on folklore, including La Terra in Piazza: An Interpretation of the Palio of Siena (California, 1975, 1982).

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe Forms of Folklore:Prose Narratives WILLIAM BASCOMTheories Concerning"Nature Myths" JAN DE VRIESThe Problem of Defining Myth LAURI HONKOOn Defining Myths  G.S.KIRKSlippery Words: Myth J.W. R0GERS0NThe Fall of Man  JAMES G. FRAZERThe Truth of Myth RAFFAELE PETTAZZONIMyth and Story THEODORE H. GASTERCosmogonic Mythand "Sacred History" IRCEA ELIADEAn Ideological Dichotomy:Myths and Folk BeliefsAmong the Shoshoni AKE HULTKRANTZThe Creation Myths ofthe North American Indians ANNA BIRGITTA ROOTHThe Cultural-HistoricalBackground of Myths onthe Separation of Sky and Earth K. NUMAZAWAThe Role of Myth in Life BR0NISLAW MALIN0WSKIThe Plasticity of Myth:Cases from Tikopia RAYM0ND FIRTHThe Flexibility of Myth TH.P.VAN BAARENThe Mythic ERIC DARDELThe Psychology of the Child Archetype C. G. JUNGJoseph Campbell's Theory of Myth ROBERT A. SEGALEarth -Diver:Creation of the Mythopoeic Male ALAN DUNDESThe Story of Asdiwal CLAUDE LEVI-STRAUSSThe World Conceptionof Lajos Ami, Storyteller SANDOR ERDESZThe Myth of Washington DOROTHEA WENDERSuggestions for Further Readingin the Theory of MythIndex