This book examines 30 common motifs that thread their way through mythological tales across history and around the globe.
The Afterlife Animals in Myth The Apocalypse Changing Ages Cosmic Egg Creation Myths Culture Heroes Deluge Motif Descent Motif Earth-Diver Motif Emergence Motif Etiological Myths The Fall Fertility Myths Gods Goddesses Guardians Messengers Monsters Primal Parents The Quest Rainbow Sacred Mountains Separation of Earth and Sky Theomachy Tricksters Twins The Underworld World Tree Ymir Motif
LORENA STOOKEY is Assistant Professor in the English Department at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she teaches course in mythology, poetry, and literature. She is the author of Louise Erdrich: A Critical Companion (Greenwood 1999).
"Stookey provides a well-organized guide to the overlapping and
common themes found in world mythology. Arranged by the common
motifs found in myths worldwide, it serves as a good introduction
to comparative mythology....[t]his is a well-written, clearly
organized set of introductory chapters on the commonalities found
in many myths. Recommended. General readers; lower-division
undergraduates."-Choice
?[A]chieves its goal of providing an overview of the themes of
world mythology....[r]ecommeded to school and public
libraries.?-Library Journal
?Stookey provides a well-organized guide to the overlapping and
common themes found in world mythology. Arranged by the common
motifs found in myths worldwide, it serves as a good introduction
to comparative mythology....[t]his is a well-written, clearly
organized set of introductory chapters on the commonalities found
in many myths. Recommended. General readers; lower-division
undergraduates.?-Choice
?This sampling of world myths, written is a simple, straightforward
prose, might serve well as a beginner's guide and
overview.?-Library Media Collection
"ÝA¨chieves its goal of providing an overview of the themes of
world mythology....Ýr¨ecommeded to school and public
libraries."-Library Journal
"[A]chieves its goal of providing an overview of the themes of
world mythology....[r]ecommeded to school and public
libraries."-Library Journal
"This sampling of world myths, written is a simple, straightforward
prose, might serve well as a beginner's guide and
overview."-Library Media Collection
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