Myth and cosmos
Subtitle: readings in mythology and symbolism
By: edited by John Middleton
Series: Texas Press sourcebooks in anthropology -- 5; American Museum sourcebooks in anthropology; Texas Press sourcebooks in anthropology -- no. 5
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780292750302
Subjects: Symbolism; Mythology
Notes: 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.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Middleton; title: Genesis as myth / E.R. Leach; title: Four Winnebago myths / C. Levi-Strauss; title: Social implications of some Tangu myths / K.O.L. Burridge; title: Some social aspects of Lugbara myth / J. Middleton; title: Descent and symbolic filiation / S.F. Moore; title: Magical hair / E.R. Leachr; title: Nuer concept of spirit in its relation to the social order / E.E. Evans-Pritchard; title: Problem of Nuer religious thought / E.E. Evans-Pritchard; title: Nyakyusa ritual and symbolism / M. Wilson; title: Symbolic values and the integration of society among the Mapuche of Chile / L.C. Faron; title: Morality and the concept of the person among the Gahuku-Gama / K.E. Read; title: Animals in Lele religious thought / M. Douglas; title: Themes in the symbolism of Ndembu hunting ritual / V.W. Turner; title: Blood, thunder, and mockery of animals / R. Needham; title: Hyena and rabbit / T.O. Beidelman; title: Anthropology of time-reckoning / D.F. Pocock; title: Concepts of time among the Tiv Nigeria / P. Bohannan; title: Temne house / J. Littlejohn.