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: 1977
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
Subjects: Mythology.; Symbolism.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [349]-356.
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.
Table of contents: value: Middleton, J. Introduction.; value: Leach, E. R. Genesis as myth.; value: Lévi-Strauss, C. Four Winnebago myths.; value: Burridge, K. O. L. Social implications of some Tangu myths.; value: Middleton, J. Some social aspects of Lugbara myth.; value: Moore, S. F. Descent and symbolic filiation.; value: Leach, E. R. Magical hair.; value: Evans-Pritchard, E. E. The Nuer concept of spirit in its relation to the social order.; value: Evans-Pritchard, E. E. A problem of Nuer religious thought.; value: Wilson, M. Nyakyusa ritual and symbolism.; value: Faron, L. C. Symbolic values and the integration of society among the Mapuche of Chile.; value: Read, K. E. Morality and the concept of the person among the Gahuku-Gama.; value: Douglas, M. Animals in Lele religious thought.; value: Turner, V. W. Themes in the symbolism of Ndembu hunting ritual.; value: Needham, R. Blood, thunder, and mockery of animals.; value: Beidelman, T. O. Hyena and rabbit.; value: Pocock, D. F. The anthropology of time-reckoning.; value: Bohannan, P. Concepts of time among the Tiv of Nigeria.; value: Littlejohn, J. The Temne House.