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 Including mainly previously unpublished work by A.M. Hocart the book examines such issues as: |
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A. M. Hocart. CATALOGUE NO . 5011 / u PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY THE RIVERSIDE PRESS , EDINBURGH CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGH INTRODUCTION I. THE LIFE - GIVING MYTH First published in 1952.
A. M. Hocart. CATALOGUE NO . 5011 / u PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY THE RIVERSIDE PRESS , EDINBURGH CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGH INTRODUCTION I. THE LIFE - GIVING MYTH First published in 1952.
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A. M. Hocart. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGH INTRODUCTION I. THE LIFE - GIVING MYTH II . FLYING THROUGH THE AIR III . TURNING INTO STONE IV . THE COMMON SENSE OF MYTH V. THE PURPOSE OF RITUAL VI . RITUAL AND EMOTION VII . THE ORIGIN OF MONOTHEISM ...
A. M. Hocart. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGH INTRODUCTION I. THE LIFE - GIVING MYTH II . FLYING THROUGH THE AIR III . TURNING INTO STONE IV . THE COMMON SENSE OF MYTH V. THE PURPOSE OF RITUAL VI . RITUAL AND EMOTION VII . THE ORIGIN OF MONOTHEISM ...
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A. M. Hocart. INTRODUCTION A GLANCE at the chapter - headings might suggest that the subjects of these essays are largely unconnected , but this is not so ; there are themes which run through nearly all of them . Of these the most ...
A. M. Hocart. INTRODUCTION A GLANCE at the chapter - headings might suggest that the subjects of these essays are largely unconnected , but this is not so ; there are themes which run through nearly all of them . Of these the most ...
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... have omitted many papers which seemed to me too long or too technical , and have made cuts in some of the papers which I have included . RAGLAN CHAPTER I The Life - giving Myth THE Renaissance was. 8 The Life - giving Myth.
... have omitted many papers which seemed to me too long or too technical , and have made cuts in some of the papers which I have included . RAGLAN CHAPTER I The Life - giving Myth THE Renaissance was. 8 The Life - giving Myth.
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A. M. Hocart. CHAPTER I The Life - giving Myth THE Renaissance was an age of discovery : it discovered not only America , not only the course of the earth round the sun ; it discovered Greek art and ... CHAPTER I The Life-giving Myth.
A. M. Hocart. CHAPTER I The Life - giving Myth THE Renaissance was an age of discovery : it discovered not only America , not only the course of the earth round the sun ; it discovered Greek art and ... CHAPTER I The Life-giving Myth.
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 |
Index | 251 |
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age-limit Amun ancient Ancient Egypt Azande baptism become believe Bhairava Brahmanic brother Buddhist called caste century ceremony Ceylon CHAPTER chief Christian civilisation common consecration covenant cross-cousin cult culture custom dead deity demons divine kingship E. E. Evans-Pritchard earth Egypt Egyptian emotion evidence existence explain fact father Fiji Fijian Fire-walking give gods Greek guest Hako idea India Indra initiation Islam island Jetavanarama Kambara king king's kinship system Lakemba language legends life-giving living male marry Maruts means merely modern monotheism mother's myth mythopeic nations nature never offering organisation origin priests primitive prosperity reason religion represents Rigveda rite ritual Rotuma royal rule sacred marriage sacrifice Sanskrit savages side Sinhalese snobbery social Soma specialised spirit stone stranger tama tattooing tell theory things tion told trace tradition tribe Väddas Vedic village Viti Levu Vritra word worship Yakshas