The Dictionary of Mythology An A-Z of Themes, Legends and Heros by J.A. Coleman
The Dictionary of Mythology An A-Z of Themes, Legends and Heros by J.A. Coleman
English | 2007 | ISBN: 1435103688 | 1136 pages | PDF | 12.0 MB
English | 2007 | ISBN: 1435103688 | 1136 pages | PDF | 12.0 MB
What is a myth? The Greeks knew and, as usual, had a word for it;the word mythos which means word, story, talk, etc. So, for that matter, did the tribes of North America – for the Chinook ik!anam; for the Kwakiutl nayam; for the Thompson tribe spektakl; for the Tsimshian adaox, while in Alaska it was adaork. And so, of course, did many other cultures – and they had not only the word but the stories to go with it. To most of them it was a story passed orally from one person to another, from generation to generation, telling of some hero, some god, some formulation of an abstract idea such as creation. Some of these became
written records and so survived for us to know them and such is their power that, despite the disappearance of the cultures that gave rise to them, modern
literature abounds with allusions and direct references to these marvellous tales, many of which are still endlessly retold – as they are in this book.
The Dictionary of Mythology An A-Z of Themes, Legends and Heros by J.A. Coleman
