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 Including mainly previously unpublished work by A.M. Hocart the book examines such issues as: |
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... nature - worship " . Nobody ever worshipped the sun simply as the sun ; it is worshipped only when it is deified , that is to say when a god has been put into it . The same applies to idols of all kinds , including stones and trees ...
... nature - worship " . Nobody ever worshipped the sun simply as the sun ; it is worshipped only when it is deified , that is to say when a god has been put into it . The same applies to idols of all kinds , including stones and trees ...
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... nature of the gods . He had only to expound the points which were not known to his pupils . The general outlook he could take for granted , but unfortunately we do not possess that outlook ; we must reconstruct the principles from the ...
... nature of the gods . He had only to expound the points which were not known to his pupils . The general outlook he could take for granted , but unfortunately we do not possess that outlook ; we must reconstruct the principles from the ...
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... speculation about the phenomena of nature . Nothing could be less entertaining than these myths , and nothing could shed less light on the sun , the moon , and the beginning of the world . A The Life - giving Myth 15.
... speculation about the phenomena of nature . Nothing could be less entertaining than these myths , and nothing could shed less light on the sun , the moon , and the beginning of the world . A The Life - giving Myth 15.
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... nature of death , that it is the same as the year which by the passage of time wears out our lives that man holds the secret of a long life . This knowledge protects him from an untimely death . This teaching is turning towards the ...
... nature of death , that it is the same as the year which by the passage of time wears out our lives that man holds the secret of a long life . This knowledge protects him from an untimely death . This teaching is turning towards the ...
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... nature . Custom and myth are as inseparable in Fiji as in early Brahmanic India , though the myth does not play quite as important a part in Fiji as in India . This is not because they have no priests , for we find the ritual myth in ...
... nature . Custom and myth are as inseparable in Fiji as in early Brahmanic India , though the myth does not play quite as important a part in Fiji as in India . This is not because they have no priests , for we find the ritual myth in ...
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