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" The world of myth / "
David Adams Leeming
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623525
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Leeming, David Adams,1937-
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The world of myth /\ David Adams Leeming
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xv, 362 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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0195056019
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: 9780195056013
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: 0195074750
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: 9780195074758
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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pt. 1: Cosmic myths. The creation ; The flood ; The afterlife ; The apocalypse -- pt. 2: Myths of the gods. The pantheons ; The god as archetype ; Stories of archetypal gods ; The supreme being ; The great mother ; The dying god ; The trickster ; Stories of gods, goddesses, and lesser spirits -- pt. 3: Hero myths. The hero stories ; The conception, birth, and childhood of the hero ; The journey quest of the hero ; The rebirth, return, and apotheosis of the hero -- pt. 4: Place and object myths. Stories of places and objects ; The mountain ; The city ; The temple ; The genitals ; The stone ; The tree ; The garden, the grove, and the cave ; The labyrinth
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An anthology of myths ranging from ancient Egypt and Greece to the Polynesian Islands and modern science
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Myth
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Mythology
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291.1/3
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BL311.L328 1990
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