Myth A Biography of Belief

Name: Myth A Biography of Belief
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ISBN: 9780195161052

ISBN-10: 019516105X

ISBN-13: 9780195161052

Edition: 2003

Authors: David Leeming

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Joseph Campbell wrote that mythology is "the wonderful song of the soul's high adventure." In Myth, David Leeming considers the role this "wonderful song" has to play in a world increasingly dependent on scientific and technical information. Exploring classic works such as the Song of Songs, the Tao Te Ching, the Rg Veda, the New Testament, and the Indonesian myth of Hainuwele, Myth reveals the cultural energies that ancient "mythmakers" sought to corral in their creations. Leeming argues that myths are, by definition, evolving creations that live on in the work of modern-day "mythmakers" such as W.B. Yeats, Virginia Woolf, and Albert Einstein. Leeming provides an engaging new outlook on…

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List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/31/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 7.01" wide x 4.88" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Preface



Introduction: Myth and Religion



Creation: Myth, Science, and Modernism



Deity: Myth and Gender



The Hero: Myth, Psyche, Soul, and the Search for Union


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