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Myth Theorized provides a survey of some key figures and topics in the modern study of myth.

Myth Theorized provides a survey of some key figures and topics in the modern study of myth.

Compiling and critiquing modern theories and theorists of myth, this book offers an overview of theories around the origin and function of various mythologies and mythological figures, allowing wider theoretical claims to be made about the relationship between societies and their myths.

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An expert yet accessible guide to the contemporary ways of studying religion across the humanities and the social sciences. No major approach to the study of religion is overlooked, and a score of the major topics in the study of religion is included. The chapters presuppose no knowledge of the subjects and can readily be used by undergraduates as well as by postgraduates and specialists. The aim is to survey the study of religion by those who...

30-Second Mythology offers the shortest path to a world of gods and monsters. Includes condensed versions of the tragic tales alongside explanations of their modern legacies.

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¿Qué hizo Heracles para que mereciera cumplir con la penitencia de los doce trabajos? ¿Cómo encontró Narciso al amor de su vida? ¿Por qué Odiseo tardó diez años en recorrer 500 millas? Un planteamiento sobre los detalles más relevantes de los mitos clásicos más importantes y su significado subyacente. Relatos sobre los orígenes de los dioses, héroes y monstruos de las antiguas Grecia y Roma, con aspectos clave de sus historias redactados en un...

Offers the shortest path to a world of gods and monsters. Suitable for creative writers, this book covers gods and goddesses, heroes and monsters, story locations and the storytellers.

Scottish Semiticist and Arabist William Robertson Smith was a celebrated biblical critic, theorist of religion, and theorist of myth. His accomplishments were multiple. Smith's German mentors reconstructed the history of Israelite religion from the Bible itself, Smith ventured outside the Bible to Semitic religion and thereby pioneered the comparative study of religion. Where others viewed religion from the standpoint of the individual, Smith ...

Der Band bietet eine Einführung in die wichtigsten Theorien zum Mythos: Wie beeinflusst das mythische Denken unser Verständnis von Wissenschaft? Wie hängen Mythos und Religion zusammen? Was sind Rituale? In welcher Form wirkt der Mythos auf Literatur und Kunst? Und wie wird es in der Zukunft mit dem Mythos weitergehen? Vorgestellt werden unter anderem Ansätze von Frazer, Malinowski, Freud, Lévi-Strauss, Cassirer, Eliade und Girard.

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This reader collects 25 stories of heroes of all kinds from around the world. Included are both non-Western and Western, female and male, modern and ancient, young and adult, lowly and noble, comic and tragic, national and universal, and historical and fictional heroes.

Drawing from both classic and hard-to-find reading, one of the leading interpreters of theories of myth offers a comprehensive analysis of the myth and ritual theory. The book not only offers a detailed introduction to the theories, but also provides a further introduction to the individual selections. Suggestions for further reading and a comprehensive bibliography are included.

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Sinceits founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the seri...

For two hundred years the subject of myth -- its origin, function, and significance -- has been addressed again and again, first by theologians and philosophers and then by anthropologists, sociologists, and psychologists. From the outset the topic has sparked intense debate, with differing opinions expressed on everything from issues of epistemology and methodology to the meaning of "myth" itself.

Mythologie in 30 Sekunden beleuchtet die wichtigsten Inhalte der bekanntesten klassischen Mythen und erklärt deren verborgene Bedeutung. Das Buch behandelt den Ursprung von Göttern, Helden und Dämonen der alten Griechen und Römer und erläutert dem Leser die grundlegenden Aspekte ihrer Überlieferungen in einer halben Minute auf jeweils zwei Seiten, in rund dreihundert Wörtern und anhand einer Abbildung. Mythologie in 30 Sekunden enthält die Bio...

Hero Myths: A Reader" provides a selection of 25 stories about heroes from around the world.