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 Including mainly previously unpublished work by A.M. Hocart the book examines such issues as: |
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... MODERN CRITIQUE 105 XII . IN THE GRIP OF TRADITION 117 XIII . SNOBBERY 129 XIV . CHASTITY 139 XV . SAVIOURS 148 XVI . THE AGE - LIMIT 149 XVII . CHILDHOOD CEREMONIES 153 XVIII . BAPTISM BY FIRE 156 XIX . INITIATION AND MANHOOD 160 XX ...
... MODERN CRITIQUE 105 XII . IN THE GRIP OF TRADITION 117 XIII . SNOBBERY 129 XIV . CHASTITY 139 XV . SAVIOURS 148 XVI . THE AGE - LIMIT 149 XVII . CHILDHOOD CEREMONIES 153 XVIII . BAPTISM BY FIRE 156 XIX . INITIATION AND MANHOOD 160 XX ...
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... famous . It taught salvation by knowledge , but not by knowledge of the myth : it was knowledge of psychological causes . Like our modern psychological LGM - B schools , it taught that one can escape pain and. The Life - giving Myth 17.
... famous . It taught salvation by knowledge , but not by knowledge of the myth : it was knowledge of psychological causes . Like our modern psychological LGM - B schools , it taught that one can escape pain and. The Life - giving Myth 17.
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... modern , if we persist in dividing what the people join and in joining what they keep apart ? The connection between myth and life is even more apparent in North America . Each Winnebago clan has its own myth of origin , and if a man ...
... modern , if we persist in dividing what the people join and in joining what they keep apart ? The connection between myth and life is even more apparent in North America . Each Winnebago clan has its own myth of origin , and if a man ...
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... modern practice ascribed to the past , but there are slight differences . The only possible explanation is that the rites have changed since the time to which the myth refers . The word " myth " has unfortunately become synony- mous in ...
... modern practice ascribed to the past , but there are slight differences . The only possible explanation is that the rites have changed since the time to which the myth refers . The word " myth " has unfortunately become synony- mous in ...
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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