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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: American Museum sourcebooks in anthropology | Texas Press sourcebooks in anthropology ; no. 5Publication details: Austin University of Texas Press c1967 (1986 printing)Description: xi, 368 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0292750307
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Contents:
Introduction / Middleton -- Genesis as myth / E.R. Leach -- Four Winnebago myths / C. Levi-Strauss -- Social implications of some Tangu myths / K.O.L. Burridge -- Some social aspects of Lugbara myth / J. Middleton -- Descent and symbolic filiation / S.F. Moore -- Magical hair / E.R. Leachr -- Nuer concept of spirit in its relation to the social order / E.E. Evans-Pritchard -- Problem of Nuer religious thought / E.E. Evans-Pritchard -- Nyakyusa ritual and symbolism / M. Wilson -- Symbolic values and the integration of society among the Mapuche of Chile / L.C. Faron -- Morality and the concept of the person among the Gahuku-Gama / K.E. Read -- Animals in Lele religious thought / M. Douglas -- Themes in the symbolism of Ndembu hunting ritual / V.W. Turner -- Blood, thunder, and mockery of animals / R. Needham -- Hyena and rabbit / T.O. Beidelman -- Anthropology of time-reckoning / D.F. Pocock -- Concepts of time among the Tiv Nigeria / P. Bohannan -- Temne house / J. Littlejohn.
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Books Books AIU/NEGST - Tony Wilmot Memorial Library General Stacks General Circulation BL 313.M48 1976 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available R22044K3232

. . 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. Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [349]-356.

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

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