9788183294027 - world mythology (1 Ergebnisse)
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Hardcover. Zustand: New. Mythology created and shaped mostly in prehistory period by chiefs of tribes and races kings priests bards and poets is a very wide and fascinating subject It is an essential part of religion and culture a symbolic narrative of godly personalities supposed to be helpful to the mankind Hidden ideas and th…oughts of a society covering wide cultural traditions heroism bravery adventures victory in wars romance desperation and very social issue is reflected in mythologyMany Western and Oriental Scholars have scripted the creation myth theory according to the available mythical sources in Europe Asia Africa and American creation legends One thing is also common in mythologies that the created gods and goddesses possess divine and celestial powers and supernatural attributes and behave like human beingsThe present encyclopedic study World Mythology based on authentic sources includes interesting and fascinating narratives on ancient powerful deities culture heroes warriors celestial nymphs as well as enemies of gods and goddesses found in primitive and ancient mythologies of the world These mythical figures are symbols of man?s material and spiritual progress They are testimony of highly developed civilizations and rich cultures of the prehistory periodThe wonderful and fascinating epic poems and sagas legends and tales of these gods and goddesses and supernatural beings often invoked and highly reverenced in various ancient cultures may be the things of the past but even today they represent some primitive scientific wisdom historical events cultural and moral values endowed with mythic-mystic and supernatural characteristicsThe present study covers some of the world?s ancient mythologies including African Australian Aztec Celtic Chinese Egyptian Finnish Greek Inca Japanese Mayan Melanesian Native Americans Norse Persian Polynesian Roman Semitic and SiberianThe attractive supernatural mythologies woven in cultures found mostly in sacred and religious texts classical sagas and epics around the world attracted the attention of the European and American scholars during 18th and 19th centuries In Renaissance period mythologies were themes of great attractionThe classical Greek and Roman Mythology to that of Egyptian and Mayan show the wonderful creativity of man his farsightedness and vision his bravery and heroism wisdom and craftsmanship So also other world mythologiesThere are many similarities in mythological legends world over For example i nearly all myths feature a global flood or deluge giving rise to the origin of the world ii many religious myths believe in gods and goddesses and their enemies being demons and monsters iii many myths have faith in paradise and underworld after death iv it is generally believed the chief of the tribe or race the kings and priests served as links between gods and human beings v many myths believe in angels messengers of god and nymphs as celestial beings vi the concept of immortality is found in all the mythologies and vii in all mythologies there are gods of fertility water rainfall crops sea light fire etc goddesses are shown as queens of gods symbolizing romance love and fertilityMyths are mirrors of cultures They help in studying human society geographical destinations vast mineral resources prevailing social customs beliefs and behaviours in a social set upThe present study will add to our knowledge of the religion and mythology of ancient world civilizations and cultures 242 pp.
