Author: Michael Ashkenazi
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: mythology, world, handbooks, handbook, japanese
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2008-03-11
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0195332628
ISBN-13: 9780195332629
Japanese gods, too numerous to count, are known collectively as yaoyorozu-no-kamigami--the eight million. They are the cast of a vast, complex mythology that encompasses two religions, three cultures, and three millennia, one whose ancient deities are still hard at work today. Handbook of Japanese Mythology makes it easy to travel this vast yet little-known mythological landscape. The book reveals the origins of Japan’s myths in the very different realms of Buddhism, Shinto, and folklore, and explores related mythologies of the Ainu and Okinawan cultures and recent myths arising fro
Author: Paul Steele
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Keywords: mythology, world, handbooks, handbook, inca
Number of Pages: 319
Published: 2004-12-08
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 1576073548
ISBN-13: 9781576073544
Author: Michael Ashkenazi
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Keywords: mythology, world, japanese, handbook
Number of Pages: 375
Published: 2003-11-05
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 1576074676
ISBN-13: 9781576074671
Author: John Lindow
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Keywords: mythology, world, norse, handbook
Number of Pages: 365
Published: 2001-06-01
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 1576072177
ISBN-13: 9781576072172
Drawing on the latest scholarship, John Lindow, an internationally known authority on the subject, covers the tales, their literary and oral sources, and their emergence into popular tradition, religion, and art. Included in this book: A discussion of literary and oral sources, and speculation on what the myths may have meant to the women and men who related them A survey of such topics as the mythic past, present, and future; cyclical time; time and space; myth, narrative, and language An A-to-Z of the key mythological figures, concepts, and events A guide to the vast wealth
Author: Judith Levi
Publisher: Rosen Central
Keywords: mythology, world, japanese
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2007-09-30
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1404207368
ISBN-13: 9781404207363
Author: Jason Porterfield
Publisher: Rosen Central
Keywords: mythology, world, scandinavian
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2007-09-30
List price: $29.25
ISBN-10: 1404207406
ISBN-13: 9781404207400
Author: Fred Ramen
Publisher: Rosen Central
Keywords: mythology, world, indian
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2007-09-30
List price: $29.25
ISBN-10: 140420735X
ISBN-13: 9781404207356
