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02284aam a22003618i 4500 001 2AC45B74A6B511EDAB1CAA9536ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230207010047 008 220609s2022 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022018858 020 $a 0197548261 020 $a 9780197548264 035 $a (OCoLC)1268206580 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d TOH $d JIM $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a BL312 $b .L443 2022 082 00 $a 201/.3 $2 23/eng/20220611 100 1 $a Leeming, David Adams, $d 1937- $e author. 245 10 $a World mythology : $b a very short introduction / $c David Leeming. 263 $a 2210 264 1 $a [New York] : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2022] 300 $a 138 pages : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 18 cm. 490 0 $a Very short introductions 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Deity -- Creation -- The flood -- The trickster -- The hero -- World mythology and cultural myths. 650 0 $a Mythology. 650 7 $a Religion / General 776 08 $i Online version: $a Leeming, David Adams, 1937- $t World mythology $d [New York] : Oxford University Press, [2022] $z 9780197548288 $w (DLC) 2022018859 941 $a 1 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409043650.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2AC45B74A6B511EDAB1CAA9536ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search