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Author:

Middleton, John, 1921- comp. cn

Title:

Myth and cosmos : readings in mythology and symbolism / edited by John Middleton.

Publisher:

University of Texas Press,

Copyright Date:

1980, c1967

Description:

xi, 368 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Mythology--Addresses, essays, lectures.
Symbolism--Addresses, essays, lectures.

Notes:

Includes index. Reprint of the ed. published for the American Museum of Natural History by the Natural History Press, Garden City, N.Y., issued in series: American sourcebooks in anthropology. Bibliography: p. [349]-356.

Contents:

Middleton, J. Introduction.--Leach, E. R. Genesis as myth.--Lévi-Strauss, C. Four Winnebago myths.--Burridge, K. O. L. Social implications of some Tangu myths.--Middleton, J. Some social aspects of Lugbara myth.--Moore, S. F. Descent and symbolic filiation.--Leach, E. R. Magical hair.--Evans-Pritchard, E. E. The Nuer concept of spirit in its relation to the social order.--Evans-Pritchard, E. E. A problem of Nuer religious thought.--Wilson, M. Nyakyusa ritual and symbolism.--Faron, L. C. Symbolic values and the integration of society among the Mapuche of Chile.--Read, K. E. Morality and the concept of the person among the Gahuku-Gama.--Douglas, M. Animals in Lele religious thought.--Turner, V. W. Themes in the symbolism of Ndembu hunting ritual.--Needham, R. Blood, thunder, and mockery of animals.--Beidelman, T. O. Hyena and rabbit.--Pocock, D. F. The anthropology of time-reckoning.--Bohannan, P. Concepts of time among the Tiv of Nigeria.--Littlejohn, J. The Temne House.

Series:

Texas Press sourcebooks in anthropology ; 5

ISBN:

9780292750302
0292750307

LCCN:

75043817

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)