Bierlein, J. F. Parallel myths / [electronic resource] / J.F. Bierlein.. — 1st ed.. — New York : : Ballantine Books,, 1994.. — xiv, 353 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-337) and index.

Invitation to myth: Introduction -- Cast of characters -- Myths: Beginnings-Creation myths -- Earliest times -- Flood myths -- Tales of love -- Morality tales from the myths -- Four parallel stories -- Some brief myths of the hero -- Journey to the underworld and the path of death -- End-Visions of the apocalypse -- Modern readings of myth: Views of myth and meaning -- Parallel myths and ways of interpreting them -- Myth-Yours, mine, and ours.



Анотація:
An entertaining and thought-provoking look at the common threads woven through the world's greatest myths -- and the central role they have played through time.

0345381467 (pbk.) 9780345381460 (pbk.)

93022128


Mythology--Comparative studies.

BL311 / .B54 1994

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