Myth and cosmos : readings in mythology and symbolism / edited by John Middleton

Object Details

Author

Middleton, John 1921-2009

Reprint of the ed. published for the American Museum of Natural History by the Natural History Press, Garden City, N.Y., issued in series: American sourcebooks in anthropology.

Includes index.

Contents

Middleton, J. Introduction.--Leach, E. R. Genesis as myth.--Lévi-Strauss, C. Four Winnebago myths.--Burridge, K. O. L. Social implications of some Tangu myths.--Middleton, J. Some social aspects of Lugbara myth.--Moore, S. F. Descent and symbolic filiation.--Leach, E. R. Magical hair.--Evans-Pritchard, E. E. The Nuer concept of spirit in its relation to the social order.--Evans-Pritchard, E. E. A problem of Nuer religious thought.--Wilson, M. Nyakyusa ritual and symbolism.--Faron, L. C. Symbolic values and the integration of society among the Mapuche of Chile.--Read, K. E. Morality and the concept of the person among the Gahuku-Gama.--Douglas, M. Animals in Lele religious thought.--Turner, V. W. Themes in the symbolism of Ndembu hunting ritual.--Needham, R. Blood, thunder, and mockery of animals.--Beidelman, T. O. Hyena and rabbit.--Pocock, D. F. The anthropology of time-reckoning.--Bohannan, P. Concepts of time among the Tiv of Nigeria.--Littlejohn, J. The Temne House

1977

[1977] c1967

Call number

BL313 .M48 1977X

BL313.M48 1977X

Type

Books

Physical description

xi, 368 p. : ill. ; 22 cm

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Mythology

Symbolism

Record ID

siris_sil_74439

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