| Description |
1 online resource (403 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Mythology Basics and Why the Stories Endure -- Chapter 1 The Truth About Myths -- How to Spot a Myth a Mile Away -- Specifics of mythological proportions -- Legends and Sagas -- Folktales -- If a Tree Falls in the Forest and No One Writes It Down, Is It Still a Myth? -- The oral tradition -- Art -- Literature -- Comparative Mythology 101 -- Theories about mythology -- Major types of myths |
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A Who's Who of Mythological Players -- Deities -- Heroes -- Tricksters -- Different Types of Myths: Historical and Fictional American Legends -- Johnny Appleseed, a cultural hero -- Br'er Rabbit, American trickster -- Chapter 2 Ancient Myths in Modern Culture: The Legacy -- Remaking Myth: Troilus's Journey from Obscurity to Fame -- The pathetic Trojan prince -- Early pulp romance: Medieval authors rediscover Troilus -- On to Italy and England -- Troilus and Cressida live on -- Popping up in Pop Culture -- Driving it all home -- Wearing it today |
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Looking up in the Sky . . . It's a Bird . . . It's a Plane . . . No, It's a Myth! -- The number of myths in space is astronomical -- NASA loves mythology, too -- Good Myths make for Good Art -- Art without myth? Impossible! -- Myths are darn good stories -- Myths in English literature -- Modern mythical literature -- Myths show up in theaters and on the small screen -- Movies -- Television shows -- Video games -- About those Marvelous Heroes -- Part 2 Thunder and Lightning: Greek Mythology -- Chapter 3 Greek Creation Myths and Really Ancient Greek Gods |
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Considering Creation, Primordial Beings, and the First Generation of Gods -- Managing Monstrous Kids and the Second Generation of Gods -- Our children are real monsters! -- Meet the Titans, the second generation of gods -- Gaia's sweet revenge and the prodigal son -- Mythology repeats itself: Cronos and Rhea turn into their parents -- Taking on the Third Generation of Gods: The OG Olympians -- The Olympians clash with the Titans -- The fourth generation (more Olympians) -- Perusing the Creation of People -- Playing with fire -- The love-hate triangle: Prometheus, people, and Zeus |
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Checking out the World People Lived in, Courtesy of the Gods -- Permanent vacation and celebrity dinner parties: The Hyperboreans and Ethiopians -- Evil wrapped up all pretty: Pandora, the first woman -- Sailing through a Flood and Rebirth Story -- Human hospitality fail -- Deucalion and Pyrrha save the human race -- Chapter 4 Taller, Younger, and Better Looking Than You: The Olympian Gods -- Zeroing in on Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades: Big Daddy and His Brothers -- King Zeus, lover of women and thunderbolts -- Taking whatever he wants -- Realizing his limits |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Poseidon, god of the sea and full-time macho man |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Blackwell, Christopher W
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| ISBN |
9781394187959 |
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1394187955 |
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