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INTRO TO COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY
9781792409622
Kendall Hunt Pub Co
3
2019
Price:
$65.98
- Dedication
- Chapter 1 Introduction to Comparative Mythology
- i. Joseph Campbell's Four Functions of Myth
- Chapter 2 Creation: The Beginning of All Things
- i. Types of Creation Myths
- ii. Egyptian Creation: Heliopolis
- iii. Mesopotamian Creation
- iv. Hebrew Creation
- v. Jewish Midrash
- vi. Greek Creation
- vii. Japanese Creation
- viii. Chinese Creation
- ix. Indian Creation
- x. African Creation
- xi. Norse Creation
- xii. Cherokee Creation
- xiii. Study Questions for Chapter 2
- Chapter 3 Flood Myths
- i. Mesopotamian Flood
- ii. Hebrew Flood
- iii. Greek Flood
- iv. Indian Flood
- v. Chinese Flood
- vi. Huichol Flood in Western Mexico
- vii. Lithuanian Flood
- viii. Maori Flood (New Zealand)
- ix. Skokomish Flood
- x. Study Questions for Chapter 3
- Chapter 4 Supreme Being Archetype
- i. Mesopotamia: Marduk
- ii. Hebrew God: Yahweh
- iii. Greek: Zeus
- iv. India: Brahman
- v. Persian: Ahura-Mazda
- vi. Catholic: The Trinity
- vii. African: Olorun and Obatala
- viii. Muslim: Allah
- ix. Study Questions for Chapter 4
- Chapter 5 The Great Goddess Archetype
- i. Egypt: Nut
- ii. Egypt: Isis
- iii. Mesopotamia: Tiamat
- iv. Mesopotamia: Inanna
- v. Greece: Gaia
- vi. Greece: Demeter
- vii. Greece: Athena
- viii. Greece: Artemis
- ix. India: Devi
- x. Gaelic Myth: The Morrigan
- xi. Africa: Odudua and Yemaja
- xii. Study Questions for Chapter 5
- Chapter 6 The Dying and Rising God Archetype
- i. Egyptian: Osiris
- ii. Mesopotamian: Dumuzi
- iii. Greek: Orphic Version of Dionysos
- iv. Greek: Adonis
- v. Phrygian: Attis
- vi. Greek: Persephone
- vii. African: Wanjiru
- viii. Norse: Balder
- ix. Christian: Jesus
- x. Study Questions for Chapter 6
- Chapter 7 Trickster Archetype
- i. Greek: Hermes
- ii. African: Eshu
- iii. African: Anansi
- iv. Norse: Loki
- v. Indian: Krishna
- vi. Polynesian: Maui
- vii. Native American: Coyote
- viii. Study Questions for Chapter 7
- Chapter 8 Hero Archetype
- i. The Hero Cycle of Joseph Campbell
- ii. Mesopotamia: Gilgamesh
- iii. Greek: Herakles
- iii. Greek: Jason
- iv. Indian: Rama
- v. Indian: Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
- vi. Japanese: Momotaro
- vii. Hebrew Samson
- viii. Anglo-Saxon: Beowulf
- ix. Study Questions for Chapter 8
- Index