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1 online resource (255 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I The Life-giving Myth; CHAPTER II Flying Through the Air; CHAPTER III Turning Into Stone; CHAPTER IV The Common Sense of Myth; CHAPTER V The Purpose of Ritual; CHAPTER VI Ritual and Emotion; CHAPTER VII The Origin of Monotheism; CHAPTER VIII The Divinity of the Guest; CHAPTER IX Yakshas and Vaddas; CHAPTER X Money; CHAPTER XI Modern Critique; CHAPTER XII In the Grip of Tradition; CHAPTER XIII Snobbery; CHAPTER XIV Chastity; CHAPTER XV Saviours; CHAPTER XVI The Age-Limit; CHAPTER XVII Childhood Ceremonies |
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CHAPTER XVIII Baptism by FireCHAPTER XIX Initiation and Manhood; CHAPTER XX Initiation and Healing; CHAPTER XXI Tattooing and Healing; CHAPTER XXII Kinship Systems; CHAPTER XXIII Blood-Brotherhood; CHAPTER XXIV Covenants; CHAPTER XXV The Uterine Nephew; CHAPTER XXVI Why Study Savages?; CHAPTER XXVII Are Savages Custom-bound?; CHAPTER XXVIII From Ancient to Modern Egypt; CHAPTER XXIX India and the Pacific; CHAPTER XXX Decadence in India; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Index |
| Summary |
Myths are the expression of a form of knowledge essential to life. Including mainly previously unpublished work by A.M. Hocart the book examines such issues as: Why a queen should not have been married before; why a guest is sacred; why people are believed to have been turned into stone; how money originated. These issues are considered as part of a socio-religious complex embraced in many parts of the world, both East and West. (There are chapters on the UK, India, Sri Lanka, Africa, Fiji, Egypt, and Ancient Greece) |
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Print version record |
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Ethnology.
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ethnology.
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social anthropology.
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Ethnology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136551246 |
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1136551247 |
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9781136551178 |
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1136551174 |
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