Myth and cosmos; readings in mythology and symbolism.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: American Museum sourcebooks in anthropologyPublication details: Garden City, N.Y., Published for the American Museum of Natural History [by] the Natural History Press, 1967.Description: xi, 368 p. illus. 21 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 291/.13
LOC classification:
  • BL 313 .M48 1967
Contents:
Contents:
Middleton, J. Introduction.--Leach, E.R. Genesis as myth.--Lévi-Strauss, C. Four Winnebago myths.--Burridge, K.O.L. Social implications of some Tangu myths.--Middleton, J. Some social aspects of Lugbara myth.--Moore, S.F. Descent and symbolic filiation.--Leach, E.R. Magical hair.--Evans-Pritchard, E.E. The Nuer concept of spirit in its relation to the social order.--Evans-Pritchard, E.E.A problem of Nuer religious thought.--Wilson, M. Nyakyusa ritual and symbolism.--Faron, L.C. Symbolic values and the integration of society among the Mapuche of Chile.--Read, K.E. Morality and the concept of the person among the Gahuku-Gama.--Douglas, M. Animals in Lele religious thought.--Turner, V.W. Themes in the symbolism of Ndembu hunting ritual.--Needham, R. Blood, thunder, and mockery of animals.--Beidelman, T.O. Hyena and rabbit.--Pocock, D.F. The anthropology of time-reckoning.--Bohannan, P. Concepts of time among the Tiv of Nigeria.--Littlejohn, J. The Temne House.
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Bibliography: p. [349]-356.

Contents:

Middleton, J. Introduction.--Leach, E.R. Genesis as myth.--Lévi-Strauss, C. Four Winnebago myths.--Burridge, K.O.L. Social implications of some Tangu myths.--Middleton, J. Some social aspects of Lugbara myth.--Moore, S.F. Descent and symbolic filiation.--Leach, E.R. Magical hair.--Evans-Pritchard, E.E. The Nuer concept of spirit in its relation to the social order.--Evans-Pritchard, E.E.A problem of Nuer religious thought.--Wilson, M. Nyakyusa ritual and symbolism.--Faron, L.C. Symbolic values and the integration of society among the Mapuche of Chile.--Read, K.E. Morality and the concept of the person among the Gahuku-Gama.--Douglas, M. Animals in Lele religious thought.--Turner, V.W. Themes in the symbolism of Ndembu hunting ritual.--Needham, R. Blood, thunder, and mockery of animals.--Beidelman, T.O. Hyena and rabbit.--Pocock, D.F. The anthropology of time-reckoning.--Bohannan, P. Concepts of time among the Tiv of Nigeria.--Littlejohn, J. The Temne House.