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Myths and symbols in Indian art and civilization
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Heinrich Robert Zimmer |
This book interprets for the Western mind the key motifs of India's legend, myth, and folklore, taken directly from the Sanskrit, and illustrated with seventy plates of Indian art. It is primarily an… |
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Myths, dreams, and religion.
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Joseph Campbell |
A collection of essays on themes of mythology, religion, and the human psyche. |
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Plato the myth maker
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Luc Brisson |
The word myth is commonly thought to mean a fictional story, but few know that Plato was the first to use the term muthos in that sense. He also used muthos to describe the practice of making and tel… |
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How Philosophers Saved Myths
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Luc Brisson |
This study explains how the myths of Greece and Rome were transmitted from antiquity to the Renaissance. Luc Brisson argues that philosophy was ironically responsible for saving myth from historical … |
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Magic, science and religion
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Bronislaw Malinowski |
In his handling of science, magic, and religion, Malinowski essentially accepted the traditional Western conception of a dual reality-the reality of the natural world, grounded in observation and rat… |
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The seven story tower
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Curtiss Hoffman,Ph.D. Curtiss Hoffman |
From the white stag to the green knight, The Seven Story Tower examines how myth colors our perception of history, nature, and ourselves. Organized around seven key myths-representing the Irish, Gree… |
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De clan van de Wilde Honing
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Ad Borsboom |
Persoonlijke ervaringen van een antropoloog met de Aborigines in Arnhemland. |
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The Labyrinth
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S. H. Hooke |
ASIN: B0006DA1P0 |
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The Enthronement of Sabaoth
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Francis T. Fallon |
x, 158 pages ; 25 cm |
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Selected works
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Otto Rank |
Originally published in 1959, this paperback--now out of print--is unique in providing samples of 5 books by Rank: "Myth of the Birth of the Hero" (1st ed.), "Art and Artist," "Modern Education" (o.p… |
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