num_pages: 182
description: This book is a sustained focus of on those original human acts that gave us the gods, the human psyche, and the stories about them. Dr. Colavito divides myth into four distinct but inseparable "acts": first is the original power to create; second, the stories about the manifestation; third, the imitation and duplication of the manifested images; and four are the theories regarding the first three. Development of these four "acts" provides the foundation for studying and interpreting myth cross-culturally.
language: English
title: The New Theogony: Mythology for the Real World
titlecomplete: The New Theogony: Mythology for the Real World
ratings_count: 2
publisher: State Univ of New York Pr