Mythology: The Voyage of the HeroOxford University Press, 1998 M05 28 - 288 páginas What makes something mythic? What do mythic events and narratives have to do with us? In Mythology, David Leeming offers an unusual and effective approach to the subject of mythology by stressing universal themes through myths of many cultures. This anthology collects a wide array of narrative texts from the Bible to English literature to interpretations by Joseph Campbell, C.G. Jung, and others, which illustrate how myths serve whole societies in our universal search for meaning. Leeming illustrates the various stages or rites of passage of the mythic universal hero, from birth to childhood, through trial and quest, death, descent, rebirth, and ascension. The arrangement of texts by themes such as "Childhood, Initiation and Divine Signs," "The Descent to the Underworld," and "Resurrection and Rebirth" strip mythic characters of their many national and cultural "masks" to reveal their archetypal aspects. Real figures, including Jesus and Mohammed, are also included underlining the theory that myths are real and can be applied to real life. This edition is updated to include additional heroine myths, as well as Navajo, Indonesian, Indian, Chinese, and African tales. |
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... girl , her thighs caressed By the dark webs , her nape caught in his bill , He holds her helpless breast upon his breast . How can those terrified vague fingers push The feathered glory from her loosening thighs ? And how can body ...
... girl , her thighs caressed By the dark webs , her nape caught in his bill , He holds her helpless breast upon his breast . How can those terrified vague fingers push The feathered glory from her loosening thighs ? And how can body ...
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... girl who refused to get married . Her mother made water jars all the time . One day as she was using her foot to mix some clay , she told her daughter to go on with this while she went for water . The girl tried to mix the clay on a ...
... girl who refused to get married . Her mother made water jars all the time . One day as she was using her foot to mix some clay , she told her daughter to go on with this while she went for water . The girl tried to mix the clay on a ...
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... girl was ashamed , thinking the man was a suitor . The old man said , “ This is Water Jar Boy , my grandson . The grandmother then asked how the water jar became a boy , and the two men told her . Finally , the women were con- vinced ...
... girl was ashamed , thinking the man was a suitor . The old man said , “ This is Water Jar Boy , my grandson . The grandmother then asked how the water jar became a boy , and the two men told her . Finally , the women were con- vinced ...
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... girls ran up to the boy and put their arms around him , because they were glad he had come . This way he found his father and his father's relatives . He stayed there one night . The next day he went to his own home and told his mother ...
... girls ran up to the boy and put their arms around him , because they were glad he had come . This way he found his father and his father's relatives . He stayed there one night . The next day he went to his own home and told his mother ...
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... girl ; if it was a boy , to tell them to kill it . She came back and told them that it was a girl . He did not believe this , and sent his oldest wife to find out the truth of the matter . When she came back and told him the same thing ...
... girl ; if it was a boy , to tell them to kill it . She came back and told them that it was a girl . He did not believe this , and sent his oldest wife to find out the truth of the matter . When she came back and told him the same thing ...
Contenido
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Part 2 CHILDHOOD INITIATION AND DIVINE SIGNS | 41 |
Part 3 PREPARATION MEDITATION WITHDRAWAL AND REFUSAL | 67 |
Part 4 TRIAL AND QUEST | 99 |
Part 5 DEATH AND THE SCAPEGOAT | 155 |
Part 6 THE DESCENT TO THE UNDERWORLD | 183 |
Part 7 RESURRECTION AND REBIRTH | 215 |
Part 8 ASCENSION APOTHEOSIS AND ATONEMENT | 241 |
Selected Bibliography | 259 |
Index | 265 |
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Términos y frases comunes
Abraham Agdistis Alan Watts Ananse angels ascended asked Attis bear behold birth blessed blood Bodhisatta body born breast Buddha called cave child Christian cried Cuulu dance dark daughter David dead death descended Dionysus divine Draupadi earth eternal Eurystheus face father fear fell fire future Buddha gave Gilgamesh girls goddess gods golden Greek Hainuwele hands hath head heard heart heaven Heracles Hercules hero Hiiaka Inanna Israel Izanagi Jesus Joseph Campbell Kauai kill king Kuan Yin Kutoyis land lived lodge Lohiau looked Lord Maenads maiden monster Moses mother mountain myth Mythology night Odysseus Orpheus Osiris Pele Pentheus permission Philistine Prometheus quest Quetzalcoatl rebirth Reprinted resurrection returned river saith unto saying Sir James Frazer sisters soul spirit stone stood story sword thee Theseus things thou told took tree underworld Utnapishtim voice Wanjiru wife woman women young Zeus
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Página 53 - And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
Página 177 - When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him ! crucify him ! Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him : for I find no fault in him.
Página 24 - And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side. And when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, "This is one of the Hebrews
Página 176 - Jesus answered, My Kingdom is not of this world : if My Kingdom were of this world, then would My servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews : but now is My Kingdom not from hence.
Página 232 - NOW upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
Página 76 - O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance; and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father; for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Página 35 - And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.
Página 233 - And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
Página 233 - And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead ? He is not here, but is risen : remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
Página 140 - All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father ; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.