ISBN:
9781136551178
,
1136551174
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online Ressource (252 pages)
Serie:
Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography 092
Serie:
Witchcraft, folklore and mythology volume 3
Paralleltitel:
Print version Life-giving myth and other essays
DDC:
390
Schlagwort(e):
Folklore
;
Mythology
;
Folklore
;
Mythology
;
Folklore
;
Mythology
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Customs & Traditions
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
1. The life-giving myth -- 2. Flying through the air -- 3. Turning into stone -- 4. The commong sense of myth -- 5. The purpose of ritual -- 6. Ritual and emotion -- 7. The origin of Monetheism -- 8. The divinity of the guest -- 9. Yakshas and Vaddas -- 10. Money -- 11. Modern critique -- 12. In the grip of tradition -- 13. Snobbery -- 14. Chastity -- 15. Saviours -- 16. The age-limit -- 17. Childhood ceremonies -- 18. Baptism by fire -- 19. Initiation and manhood -- 20. Initiation and healing -- 21. Tattooing and healing -- 22. Kinship systems -- 23. Blood-brotherhood -- 24. Covenants -- 25. The uterine nephew -- 26. Why study savages? -- 27. Are savages custom-bound? -- 28. From ancient to modern Egypt -- 29. India and the Pacific -- 30. Decadence in India.
Kurzfassung:
Myths are the expression of a form of knowledge essential to life. Including mainly previously unpublished work by A.M. Hocart the book examines such issues as: Why a queen should not have been married before; why a guest is sacred; why people are believed to have been turned into stone; how money originated. These issues are considered as part of a socio-religious complex embraced in many parts of the world, both East and West. (There are chapters on the UK, India, Sri Lanka, Africa, Fiji, Egypt, and Ancient Greece)
Anmerkung:
Originally published:. London : Methuen, 1952. - Includes index. - Print version record
,
Originally published:. London : Methuen, 1952
Permalink
