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These 130 articles explore mythologies in societies from India to Japan. Among the many topics are Buddhist and Hindu symbolic systems, myth in pre-Islamic Iran, Indonesian rites of passage, Chinese cosmology and demons, and Japanese conceptions of the afterlife and the "vital spirit." The mythological traditions of Turkey, Korea, Tibet, and Mongolia are also included.
These 130 articles explore mythologies in societies from India to Japan. Among the many topics are Buddhist and Hindu symbolic systems, myth in pre-Islamic Iran, Indonesian rites of passage, Chinese cosmology and demons, and Japanese conceptions of the afterlife and the "vital spirit." The mythological traditions of Turkey, Korea, Tibet, and Mongolia are also included.
"The almost 100 contributors combine, with characteristic precision and élan, the arts of science and poetry, of analysis and translation. The result is a treasury of information, brilliant guesswork, witty asides, and revealing digressions. This is a work of genuine and enduring excitement."--Thomas D'Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor
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From Plato and Fontenelle to Schelling and Bultmann, philosophers and theologians have proposed numerous definitions of myth. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dmu cord, asiatique illustrée, soma merchant, anthropogonic myth, avatar myth, sociocosmic order, auxiliary spirits, yogic sleep, mythic river, grandmother fire, sacrificial post, civilizing heroes, agrarian rites, sixteen arhats, inferior divinities, secret traces, religions chinoises, celestial divinity, ten thousand beings, shamanic spirits, cosmic night, cosmic period, triple world Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Southeast Asia, New York, Middle Ages, Wise Lord, Jade Emperor, Saint Petersburg, Batara Guru, Ahura Mazda, Genghis Khan, Ahura Mazdá, The Hague, Dragon King, Shanhai Jing, Georges Dumézil, Prince of the Center, Sima Qian, South India, Hung King, Kitab-i Dede Qorqut, Sang Kuriang, Yellow Emperor, Amir Hamzah, Egg of Brahma, Great Saint, Indian Ocean New!
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From Plato and Fontenelle to Schelling and Bultmann, philosophers and theologians have proposed numerous definitions of myth. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dmu cord, asiatique illustrée, soma merchant, anthropogonic myth, avatar myth, sociocosmic order, auxiliary spirits, yogic sleep, mythic river, grandmother fire, sacrificial post, civilizing heroes, agrarian rites, sixteen arhats, inferior divinities, secret traces, religions chinoises, celestial divinity, ten thousand beings, shamanic spirits, cosmic night, cosmic period, triple world Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Southeast Asia, New York, Middle Ages, Wise Lord, Jade Emperor, Saint Petersburg, Batara Guru, Ahura Mazda, Genghis Khan, Ahura Mazdá, The Hague, Dragon King, Shanhai Jing, Georges Dumézil, Prince of the Center, Sima Qian, South India, Hung King, Kitab-i Dede Qorqut, Sang Kuriang, Yellow Emperor, Amir Hamzah, Egg of Brahma, Great Saint, Indian Ocean New!
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- Studies in Japanese Folklore (Folklore of the World) by Richard Dorson on 4 pages
- The Catalpa Bow: A Study of Shamanistic Practices in Japan (Japan Library Classics) by Carmen Blacker on page 284, page 287, and page 289
- New Year (Silhoutte Desire No, 5830) by Lass Small on page 293, and page 294
- The Ritual of Battle: Krishna in the Mahabharata (S U N Y Series in Hindu Studies) by Alf Hiltebeitel on page 60, and page 90
- Tibetan Painted Scrolls by Giuseppe Tucci on page 303
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- The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India by David Gordon White in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- From Olympus to Camelot: The World of European Mythology by David Leeming on page 180
- In the Light of the Moon: Thirteen Lunar Tales from Around the World Illuminating Life's Mysteries by Carolyn McVickar Edwards in Back Matter
- Quests of the Dragon and Bird Clan by Paul Kekai Manansala in Back Matter
- Visions of Power: Imagining Medieval Japanese Buddhism by Bernard Faure in Back Matter
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