The Life-Giving MythRoutledge, 5 nov. 2013 - 256 pages Myths are the expression of a form of knowledge essential to life. Including mainly previously unpublished work by A.M. Hocart the book examines such issues as: |
Table des matières
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CHAPTER II Flying Through the Air | 28 |
CHAPTER III Turning Into Stone | 33 |
CHAPTER IV The Common Sense of Myth | 39 |
CHAPTER V The Purpose of Ritual | 46 |
CHAPTER VI Ritual and Emotion | 53 |
CHAPTER VII The Origin of Monotheism | 66 |
CHAPTER XVIII Baptism by Fire | 156 |
CHAPTER XIX Initiation and Manhood | 160 |
CHAPTER XX Initiation and Healing | 164 |
CHAPTER XXI Tattooing and Healing | 169 |
CHAPTER XXII Kinship Systems | 173 |
CHAPTER XXIII BloodBrotherhood | 185 |
CHAPTER XXIV Covenants | 190 |
CHAPTER XXV The Uterine Nephew | 195 |
CHAPTER IX Yakshas and Vaddas | 87 |
CHAPTER X Money | 97 |
CHAPTER XI Modern Critique | 105 |
CHAPTER XII In the Grip of Tradition | 117 |
CHAPTER XIII Snobbery | 129 |
CHAPTER XIV Chastity | 139 |
CHAPTER XV Saviours | 143 |
CHAPTER XVI The AgeLimit | 149 |
CHAPTER XVII Childhood Ceremonies | 153 |
CHAPTER XXVI Why Study Savages? | 199 |
CHAPTER XXVII Are Savages Custombound? | 205 |
CHAPTER XXVIII From Ancient to Modern Egypt | 208 |
CHAPTER XXIX India and the Pacific | 234 |
CHAPTER XXX Decadence in India | 240 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 249 |
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age-limit ancient Ancient Egypt Azande baptism become believe Bhairava Brahmanic brother Buddhist called caste century ceremony Ceylon chief Christian civilisation classificatory systems common confine consecration covenant cross-cousin cult culture custom dead definite deity demons difficult divine kingship E. E. Evans-Pritchard earth Egypt Egyptian emotion evidence existence explain fact father figure Fiji Fijian fill find fire Fire-walking first fit give gods Greek guest idea identified India Indra influence initiation Islam island Jetavanarama Kambara king king’s kinship system Lakemba language legends living male man’s marry Maruts means merely modern monotheism mother’s myth nations never offering official organisation origin Pacific priests primitive prosperity reason religion represents rite ritual Rotuma royal rule sacred marriage sacrifice Sanskrit savages Sinhalese snobbery specialised specific spirit stone stranger sufficient tattooing theory things tion told trace tradition tribe Vaddas Vedic village Vritra word worship Yakshas