An Introduction to the Science of Comparative Mythology and Folklore (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

George W. Cox

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1451004796 ISBN 13 : 9781451004793

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore how myths travel, mingle, and shape cultures across ancient Europe and the Near East. This concise, scholarly guide introduces the science of comparative mythology and folklore, showing how stories grow from human experience and language, not from single origins. It also explains how Aryan traditions interact with Semitic influence to produce the myths we know today.

This edition frames a wide scope: from the building blocks of popular tradition to the methods mythologists use to trace origins, transmissions, and transformations. It highlights how myths reflect real-world phenomena—sun, wind, rivers, and stars—and how these figures take on different shapes across cultures. The work also points to related volumes for deeper study, helping the reader connect ideas across a larger research program.

• How myths emerge from everyday experiences and sensory language


• Ways cultures influence one another, including Semitic contact with Greek tradition


• How myths are analyzed, transmitted, and transformed over time


• An outline of the major topics and chapters in the broader study of myth and folklore

Ideal for readers of classical mythology, folklore, and cultural history who want a clear, accessible entry into the study of myths and their origins.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from An Introduction to the Science of Comparative Mythology and Folklore

My purpose in this volume is to give a general view of the vast mass of popular traditions belonging to the Aryan nations of Asia and Europe, and of other tribes so far as the conditions of the subject may render necessary.

Its starting point is the principle that the popular traditions of no one Aryan people can be really understood except in their relation to those of other tribes and nations of the same family, and that the epical and dramatic literature of those races has been constructed from materials common to all branches of the Aryan stock and furnished by popular sayings, stories, and tales, many of which have never had the good fortune to be more than the talk of nurses and children.

The Greek term mythology scarcely expresses, indeed, the fact that the traditions, on which the epic, lyric, and dramatic poetry of the Aryan nations has sprung up, really constitute what in strict speech we may speak of as the whole learning of the people in early stages of thought and civilisation, and sum up their thoughts on the origin and constitution of the outward world.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1451004796
• ISBN 13: 9781451004793
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 447
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