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 Including mainly previously unpublished work by A.M. Hocart the book examines such issues as: |
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Page 6
... explains and justifies the part which they play in the life of the community . The two most important institutions . are , or were , the divine kingship and the dual organisation . The worship of the divine king is the earliest religion ...
... explains and justifies the part which they play in the life of the community . The two most important institutions . are , or were , the divine kingship and the dual organisation . The worship of the divine king is the earliest religion ...
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... explains why in the time of the lecturer the officiating priest " draws a draught of Soma for the Maruts , sings an introductory stanza for the Maruts , sings a hymn for the Maruts " . The reason is " wherever with them he ( Indra ) ...
... explains why in the time of the lecturer the officiating priest " draws a draught of Soma for the Maruts , sings an introductory stanza for the Maruts , sings a hymn for the Maruts " . The reason is " wherever with them he ( Indra ) ...
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... explain why two tribes behave towards one another with insolent familiarity , call each other names , play tricks on one another , and even take each other's property . Thus two clans belonging to two different tribes in the North ...
... explain why two tribes behave towards one another with insolent familiarity , call each other names , play tricks on one another , and even take each other's property . Thus two clans belonging to two different tribes in the North ...
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... explain to him why . They contain the precedents for the ceremonies which help him to live . These ceremonies take up a great part of his time . We wonder how he can spare so much from the struggle for existence to spend on mere ...
... explain to him why . They contain the precedents for the ceremonies which help him to live . These ceremonies take up a great part of his time . We wonder how he can spare so much from the struggle for existence to spend on mere ...
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... explanation is that the rites have changed since the time to which the myth refers . The word " myth " has unfortunately become synony- mous in our language with fiction . That is merely because it has become associated with a certain ...
... explanation is that the rites have changed since the time to which the myth refers . The word " myth " has unfortunately become synony- mous in our language with fiction . That is merely because it has become associated with a certain ...
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