World Mythology: An Anthology of Great Myths and Epics: An Anthology of the Great Myths and EpicsMcGraw-Hill Education, 12.02.2001 - 752 Seiten World Mythology is a compilation of over 50 great myths and epics. Your students will gain an appreciation and understanding of ancient and modern cultures through myths and epics from the Middle East, Greece and Rome, the Far East and Pacific islands, the British Isles, Northern Europe, Africa, and the Americas. An introduction and historical background supplement each myth. Questions at the end of each selection prompt analysis and response. |
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... culture depends on the attitudes and actions of other cultures . The answers to these questions have produced a body of myths from diverse cultures that closely resemble each other in subject , although the treatment of each issue ...
... culture depends on the attitudes and actions of other cultures . The answers to these questions have produced a body of myths from diverse cultures that closely resemble each other in subject , although the treatment of each issue ...
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... culture - but it made it possible for the most skilled of bards and poets to enhance their own renditions , both oral and written , of their own culture's epics by creatively adapting the appealing aspects of the epics from other cultures ...
... culture - but it made it possible for the most skilled of bards and poets to enhance their own renditions , both oral and written , of their own culture's epics by creatively adapting the appealing aspects of the epics from other cultures ...
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... culture , since the Incas built their myths upon those of older civilizations . For example , the Incas adopted Con Ticci Viracocha ( creator emerging with thunder ) as their own creator - god. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The following ...
... culture , since the Incas built their myths upon those of older civilizations . For example , the Incas adopted Con Ticci Viracocha ( creator emerging with thunder ) as their own creator - god. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The following ...
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Achilles Aeetes Aeneas Agamemnon ancient Apsyrtus asked Bakaridjan battle became behavior Beowulf body brother Brunhild Colchis courage created culture dark daughter death deathless gods deeds djeli Dosoke earth Enkidu epic Esfandyar evil exclaimed eyes father fear fight Fomorians Gaea giant gifts Gilgamesh give Goddess Golden Fleece Greek Grendel's Guinevere heart flooded heavens Hector Hellas Hera Heracles hero Homer honor House Wanadi human Humbaba Iliad Iolcus Jason kill King Arthur king's kingdom land Legends live Loki lord Marduk Medea mighty Monzon mortals mother mountain myth Mythology night Obatala Odosha once Osiris pass Pelias queen Quetzalcoatl Rakshasas Rama Ravana replied reveal sacred Segu City shining ships Sigurd Sir Lancelot Sita skill sons spear spoke stranger sword Telepinu tell Tezcatlipoca Tiamat Trans tree Trojans Troy Túatha Dé Twin Uruk walk war-comrades warriors wife wind woman words Zeus