An Introduction to Mythology

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Cosimo, Inc., 1 de dez. de 2004 - 340 páginas
In AN INTRODUCTION TO MYTHOLOGY, originally published in the 1920s, Spence presented a comprehensive overview of traditional forms of narrative that, for our primitive ancestors, served as religion and science. Besides recounting tales from around the world, Spence explained the many differences in primitive and modern worldviews. According to Spence, themes such as animism, while now almost absent from out thinking, are still enlightening to us in modern times: "just as fossil animals and plants have their living representatives to-day, so do ideas and conceptions representing this petrified form of religion and science still flourish in our present-day superstitions and our present-day faiths." Spence's INTRODUCTION TO MYTHOLOGY provides a sweeping view of worldwide mythological themes from a scholar of the overlooked and intriguing. Scottish writer Lewis Spence (1874-1955) was a respected authority on worldwide myths, legends, folklore, and occult subjects, and wrote more than forty books, including ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCCULTISM, THE POPUL VUL, THE HISTORY OF ATLANTIS, THE MAGIC AND MYSTERIES OF MEXICO, ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MYTHS AND LEGENDS, FAIRY TRADITION IN BRITAIN, and THE MAGIC ARTS IN CELTIC BRITAIN.

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CHAPTER PAGE I INTRODUCTORY
11
THE PROGRESS OF MYTHIC SCIENCE
40
THE EVOLUTION OF THE GODS
102
THE VARIOUS TYPES OF DEITY
116
THE VARIOUS CLASSES OF MYTH
138
THE MAKING OF THE WORLD AND OF MAN COSMOGONY
158
PARADISE AND THE PLACE OF PUNISHMENT
195
FOLKLORE AND MYTH
221
RITUAL AND MYTH
238
THE WRITTEN SOURCES of MYTH
245
THE GREAT MYTHIC SYSTEMS OF THE WORLD
282
INDEX
317
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