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Myths And Places
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Myths And Places written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Cultural geography categories.
Myths And Places
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Author : Shonaleeka Kaul
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Myths And Places written by Shonaleeka Kaul and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with HISTORY categories.
This volume explores the dialogic relationship between myths and places in the historically, geographically, and culturally diverse context of India. Given its ambiguous relationship with facts' and empirical reality, myth has suffered an uncertain status in the field of professional history, with the latter's preference for scientifism over more creative orders of representation. Myths and Places rehabilitates myth, not as history's primeval Other', nor as an instrument of socio-religious propagation, but as communitarian mechanisms by which societies made sense of themselves and their world. It argues that myths helped communities fashion their identities and their habitat/habitus, and were fashioned by these in turn. This book explores diverse forms of territorial becoming and belonging in a grassroots approach from across India, studying them in culturally sensitive ways to recover local life-worlds and their self-understanding. Further, challenging the stereotypical bracketing of the mythical with the sacred and the material with the historical, the multidisciplinary essays in the book examine myth in relation to not only religion but other historical phenomena such as ecology, ethnicity, urbanism, mercantilism, migration, politics, tourism, art, philosophy, performance, and the everyday. This book will be of interest to scholars and general readers of Indian history, regional studies, cultural geography, mythology, religious studies, and anthropology.
Encyclopedia Of Imaginary And Mythical Places
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Author : Theresa Bane
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-03-18
Encyclopedia Of Imaginary And Mythical Places written by Theresa Bane and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-18 with Religion categories.
The heavens and hells of the world's religions and the "far, far away" legends cannot be seen or visited, but they remain an integral part of culture and history. This encyclopedia catalogs more than 800 imaginary and mythological lands from all over the world, including fairy realms, settings from Arthurian lore, and kingdoms found in fairy tales and political and philosophical works, including Sir Thomas More's Utopia and Plato's Atlantis. From al A'raf, the limbo of Islam, to Zulal, one of the many streams that run through Paradise, entries give the literary origin of each site, explain its cultural context, and describe its topical features, listing variations on names when applicable. Cross-referenced for ease of use, this compendium will prove useful to scholars, researchers or anyone wishing to tour the unseen landscapes of myth and legend.
A Dictionary Of Mythical Places
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Author : Robin Palmer
language : en
Publisher: Henry Z. Walck, Incorporated
Release Date : 1975
A Dictionary Of Mythical Places written by Robin Palmer and has been published by Henry Z. Walck, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
An alphabetically arranged, cross-referenced dictionary of mythical, legendary, and famous literary places briefly describing the origin, location, and major characteristics of each place.
The Origin Myths And Holy Places In The Old Testament
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Author : Lukasz Niesiolowski-Spano
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-08
The Origin Myths And Holy Places In The Old Testament written by Lukasz Niesiolowski-Spano and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-08 with History categories.
'Origin Myths and Holy Places in the Old Testament' examines the biblical narratives which describe the origins of holy places. It argues for the Hellenistic origin or redaction of most of these narratives. Three central questions are addressed: are there common features in biblical accounts about the foundation of places of worship; are there elements in the aetiological stories that reveal the 'real' mythology/rituals of the sanctuary; what were the circumstances of the creation of such narratives?
Geographies Of Myth And Places Of Identity
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Author : Marco Benoît Carbone
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2022-01-13
Geographies Of Myth And Places Of Identity written by Marco Benoît Carbone and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-13 with Art categories.
Turning to a region of South Italy associated with Greater Greece and the geographies of Homer's Odyssey, Marco Benoît Carbone delivers a historical and ethnographic treatment of how places defined in public imagination and media by their associated histories become sites of memory and identity, as their landscape and mythologies turn into insignia of a romanticised antiquity. For the ancient Greeks, Homer had set the marine monsters of the Odyssey in the Strait between Calabria and Sicily. Since then, this passage has been glowing with the aura of its mythological landmarks. Travellers and tourists have played Odysseus by re-enacting his journey. Scholars and explorers have explained the myths as metaphors of whirlpools and marine fauna. The iconic Strait and village of Scilla have turned into place-myths and playgrounds, defined by the region's heritage. Carbone observes the enduring impact of Hellas on the real Strait today. The continuous rekindling of cultural and visual traditions of place in the arts, media, travel, and tourism have intersected with philhellenic historiographies, shaping local policies, public histories, views of development, and forms of Hellenicist identitarianism. Elements of society have celebrated the landscape of the Odyssey, appropriated Homer as their imagined heirs, and purported themselves as the original Europeans–pandering to outdated ideological appropriations of 'classical' antiquity and exclusionary, West-centric views of the Mediterranean.
Encyclopedia Of Earth Myths
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Author : Richard Leviton
language : en
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing
Release Date : 2005-10-14
Encyclopedia Of Earth Myths written by Richard Leviton and has been published by Hampton Roads Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-10-14 with Religion categories.
Discover what secrets myths from twenty-one different cultures from around the world reveal about our planet in this A to Z guide. Richard Leviton has become the pre-eminent authority on sacred sites and visionary geography. Through books such as Signs on the Earth, The Emerald Modem, and The Galaxy on Earth, he has explored both the personal and universal aspects of our connection to the planet. Now he shows in Encyclopedia of Earth Myths how many of the oldest and most evocative of the world’s myths contain a secret about the Earth. They tell something vital about its make-up and history and our long-standing human relation to it. Encyclopedia of Earth Myths offers a unique blueprint for understanding world mythology. Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell tutored us in the psychological relevance of myths and the universality of their themes. Now Richard Leviton shows us how they reveal hidden clues about the Earth’s spiritual landscape. Using clairvoyance and scholarship, Leviton examines 153 mythic topics in A-Z fashion drawn from twenty-one cultures to tease out their information about Earth’s secret landscape. Each entry shows how something considered merely mythic—dragons, giants, the Minotaur, Holy Grail, Fountain of Youth, Golden Apples—actually decodes and illuminates the planet’s esoteric make-up. Whether it’s African, Tibetan, Native American, Hindu, Peruvian, Egyptian, Greek, or one of fourteen other cultures, myths of many cultures all point to the planet. It’s as if clues about the Earth’s visionary geography have been scattered in all cultures, awaiting our retrieval and decoding. Encyclopedia of Earth Myths is also a practical tutorial for a new subject: our Earth. But this is virtually a new planet we’re being introduced to here. The result is an essential reference for anyone interested in world mythology who wants to look beyond the cloak of mythic symbolism and see the world anew.
Western Places American Myths
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Author : Gary Hausladen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Western Places American Myths written by Gary Hausladen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
A dozen scholars from several disciplines examine popular perceptions about the West in their quest to interpret the region's geography.
Native American Myth Legend
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Author : Mike Dixon-Kennedy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Native American Myth Legend written by Mike Dixon-Kennedy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Social Science categories.
An encylopedia of names, places, and subjects in the mythology of native people from North and South America, with over 1500 entries.
The Mythology Of The Americas
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Author : David Michael Jones
language : en
Publisher: Lorenz Books
Release Date : 2001
The Mythology Of The Americas written by David Michael Jones and has been published by Lorenz Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
Describes the background of the myths of the Indian cultures of the continents of North and South America.