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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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Remythologizing theology
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Kevin J. Vanhoozer |
"The rise of modern science and the proclaimed 'death' of God in the nineteenth century led to a radical questioning of divine action and authorship - Bultmann's celebrated 'demythologizing'. Remytho… |
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The presence of myth
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Leszek Kołakowski |
Written in Poland in 1966 the same year he was expelled from the Communist Party two years later being forced into exile. It is therefore easy to understand why the Polish censors should have wanted … |
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Story From The Billabong
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James Vance Marshall |
Ten ancient legends of the Yorta-Yorta people -- one of Australia's Aboriginal tribes, are retold here. You will discover how Great Mother Snake created and peopled the world with plants and creature… |
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Flying too close to the sun
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Diane Fortenberry,Rebecca Morrill |
The first major survey to reveal the ways in which Classical mythology has inspired art throughout the last 2,500 years. From the films of Woody Allen and the Coen Brothers to Margaret Atwood's books… |
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Travelling Heroes
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Lane Robin Fox |
"This remarkable book throws new light on the history and travels of Greeks in the eighth century B.C., the formative age of the great epics of Homer. Drawing on a lifetime's familiarity with Greek l… |
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The discovery of King Arthur
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Geoffrey Ashe |
Ashe offers convincing proof that Arthur not only existed, but was more like the Arthur of legend than historians ever suspected. |
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God's Conflict with the Dragon and the Sea
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John Day |
The Old Testament contains a number of interesting poetic references to God's conflict with a dragon, called by names such as Leviathan, Rahab or the twisting serpent, and with the sea. In this origi… |
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The eternal Adam and the new world garden
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David W. Noble |
American literature reelects how humans came from Europe to what they thought would be a "new world" but could not escape the human (fallen) condition. |
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Dust Bowl, USA
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Brad D. Lookingbill |
"Dust Bowl, USA is a critical examination of the myths and memories that grew out of the hard times in the Great Plains. Across the nation, newspapers, magazines, books, films, and songs produced ima… |
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