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050 00 $aBL1620$b.M36 1990
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100 1 $aMcCall, Henrietta.
245 10 $aMesopotamian myths /$cHenrietta McCall.
250 $a1st University of Texas Press ed.
260 $aAustin :$bUniversity of Texas Press,$c1990.
300 $a80 pages :$billustrations, map ;$c25 cm.
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490 1 $aThe Legendary past
500 $a"Published in co-operation with British Museum Publications."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 79) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Discovery and decipherment -- Definitions and literary tradition -- Gods and mortals, authors and audience -- Gilgamesh and the Flood -- The epic of creation -- Shorter myths -- Myth and meaning.
520 $aA vast legacy of powerful creative writing was revealed when nineteenth-century scholars managed to decipher the mysterious wedge-shaped symbols of cuneiform script, inscribed on clay tablets over 5,000 years ago by the ancient Mesopotamians. Strikingly familiar themes emerged, forcing the Victorian world to review its belief in the Bible as the sole source of literal truth. Imagine the impact of the Epic of Gilgamesh -- the saga of a man in search of the secret of eternal life -- which includes scenes of a flood predating the story of Noah and the Ark. In contrast, an alternative version of human origins is described in the Mesopotamian Epic of Creation, while the tale of Etana foreshadows the Greek myth of Ganymede. These and other stories are here retold, based on the latest translations, and illustrated with the works of both contemporary and later artists inspired by the rediscovery of these ancient characters and themes. Not only are the myths a foundation of our Western literary tradition, they are also compelling stories in their own right.
650 0 $aMythology, Assyro-Babylonian.
651 4 $aMesopotamia$xAntigüedades.
650 7 $aMythology, Assyro-Babylonian.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01031730
776 08 $iOnline version:$aMcCall, Henrietta.$tMesopotamian myths.$b1st University of Texas Press ed.$dAustin : University of Texas Press, 1990$w(OCoLC)608529898
830 0 $aLegendary past.
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