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University of Texas Press
Language
English
Pages
368

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Symbolism, Mythology

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Myth and cosmos: readings in mythology and symbolism
1986, University of Texas Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction / Middleton
Genesis as myth / E.R. Leach
Four Winnebago myths / C. Levi-Strauss
Social implications of some Tangu myths / K.O.L. Burridge
Some social aspects of Lugbara myth / J. Middleton
Descent and symbolic filiation / S.F. Moore
Magical hair / E.R. Leachr
Nuer concept of spirit in its relation to the social order / E.E. Evans-Pritchard
Problem of Nuer religious thought / E.E. Evans-Pritchard
Nyakyusa ritual and symbolism / M. Wilson
Symbolic values and the integration of society among the Mapuche of Chile / L.C. Faron
Morality and the concept of the person among the Gahuku-Gama / K.E. Read
Animals in Lele religious thought / M. Douglas
Themes in the symbolism of Ndembu hunting ritual / V.W. Turner
Blood, thunder, and mockery of animals / R. Needham
Hyena and rabbit / T.O. Beidelman
Anthropology of time-reckoning / D.F. Pocock
Concepts of time among the Tiv Nigeria / P. Bohannan
Temne house / J. Littlejohn.

Edition Notes

Reprint of the ed. published for the American Museum of Natural History by the Natural History Press, Garden City, N.Y., issued in series: American sourcebooks in anthropology.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [349]-356.

Series
Texas Press sourcebooks in anthropology -- 5, American Museum sourcebooks in anthropology, Texas Press sourcebooks in anthropology -- no. 5

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Dewey Decimal Class
201.3
Library of Congress
BL313 .M48 1986

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xi, 368 p. :
Number of pages
368

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Open Library
OL24955245M
Internet Archive
mythcosmosreadin00midd
ISBN 10
0292750307
ISBN 13
9780292750302
LCCN
74043817
OCLC/WorldCat
19034283

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