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 Including mainly previously unpublished work by A.M. Hocart the book examines such issues as: |
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... earth round the sun ; it discovered Greek art and literature , and with them the Greek myth . It first discovered the myth , however , in the pages of Ovid , Virgil , Horace , and other late authors who had long since ceased to believe ...
... earth round the sun ; it discovered Greek art and literature , and with them the Greek myth . It first discovered the myth , however , in the pages of Ovid , Virgil , Horace , and other late authors who had long since ceased to believe ...
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... earth , but he recreates it by the same methods as were used by the original creator . That original creation is first recalled in a myth , which tells how the creator brought forth foam from the waters , earth from the foam , and ...
... earth , but he recreates it by the same methods as were used by the original creator . That original creation is first recalled in a myth , which tells how the creator brought forth foam from the waters , earth from the foam , and ...
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... the parts secures the whole . So the sacrificer proceeds to the supernatural conquest of the parts in a fixed order , that in which the sun goes round the earth . To succeed , however , a divine king must lead. The Life - giving Myth 13.
... the parts secures the whole . So the sacrificer proceeds to the supernatural conquest of the parts in a fixed order , that in which the sun goes round the earth . To succeed , however , a divine king must lead. The Life - giving Myth 13.
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... earth , the earth made the rivers , the rivers made the canals , the canals made the marsh , the marsh made the Worm . The Worm came weeping unto Samas , unto Ea , her tears flowing : ' What wilt thou give me for my food , and what wilt ...
... earth , the earth made the rivers , the rivers made the canals , the canals made the marsh , the marsh made the Worm . The Worm came weeping unto Samas , unto Ea , her tears flowing : ' What wilt thou give me for my food , and what wilt ...
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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