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020			_a0197548261 _q(paperback)
020			_a9780197548264 _q(paperback)
020			_z9780197548288 _q(epub)
035			_a(OCoLC)1268206580
035			_a(OCoLC)on1268206580
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050	0	0	_aBL312 _b.L443 2022
082	0	0	_a201/.3 _223/eng/20220611
100	1		_aLeeming, David Adams, _d1937-
245	1	0	_aWorld mythology : _ba very short introduction / _cDavid A. Leeming.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bOxford University Press, _c[2022]
264		4	_c©2022.
300			_axx, 138 pages : _billustrations (black and white) ; _c18 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
490	1		_aVery short introductions.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 117-119) and index.
505	0		_a1. Deity -- 2. Creation -- 3. The flood -- 4. The trickster -- 5. The hero -- World mythology and cultural myths.
520			_a"This book treats myths from all parts of the word, first from a cultural and then from a more comparative perspective. How do myths of the ancient Egyptians or Greeks, for instance, reflect the realities of the Egyptian and Greek cultures? When compared, how do they reveal certain universal themes or motifs that point to larger transcultural issues, such as the place of the human species in creation or the nature of deity as a concept? This book is organized around the universal or near universal motifs: deities, creation, the flood, the trickster, and the hero. Myths from Greek, Egyptian, Norse, Native American, African, Polynesian, Jewish, Christian, Hindu, and other cultures are retold and treated as reflections of the cultures that "dreamed" them and then are compared and discussed in such a way as to expose universal significance, creating a world mythology"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aMythology.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aLeeming, David Adams, 1937- _tWorld mythology _d[New York] : Oxford University Press, [2022] _z9780197548288 _w(DLC) 2022018859.
830		0	_aVery short introductions.
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