Myth, Ritual & Religion - Couverture souple

Lang, Andrew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1596052058 ISBN 13 : 9781596052055

Editeur : Cosimo Classics, 2013

Synopsis

First published in 1887, this early work of comparative mythology remains a vital resource to students and devotees of ethnography, history, and world legends. Lang's stunningly comprehensive overview of pre-scientific thinking provides an important perspective on the worldviews that molded and continue to influence modern thought. In Volume Two, Lang explores the concept the "the divine" as it has manifested itself around the world, examines the importance of ritual, and delves particularly into the mythologies of ancient Egypt, Greece, Mexico, and India to demonstrate how imaginative ideas about gods have shaped humanity. Scottish journalist and author ANDREW LANG (1844-1912), the son of the sheriff-clerk of rural Selkirkshire, was educated at Edinburgh Academy, the Universities of St. Andrews and Glasgow, and Balliol College, Oxford. A contemporary and friend of Robert Louis Stevenson, he produced a stunning variety and number of volumes, including books of poetry, novels, children's books, histories, and biographies, as well as criticism, essays, scholarly works of anthropology, and translations of classical literature.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Savage religion mysterious Why this is so Australians in 1688 Sir John Lubbock Roskoff Evidence of religion Mr. Manning Mr. Howitt Supreme beings Mr. Tylors theory of borrowing Reply Morality sanctioned I ts natureS atirical rite Our Father Mr. Ridley on a creator Mr. Langloh Parker Dr. Roth Conclusion Australians religious. The Science of Anthropology can speak, with some confidence, on many questions of Mythology. Materials are abundant and practically undisputed, because, as to their myths, savage races have spoken out with freedom. Myth represents, now the early scientific, now the early imaginative and humorous faculty, playing freely round all objects of thought: even round theS uperhuman beings of belief. But, as to his Religion, the savage by no means speaks out so freely. Religion represents his serious mood of trust, dependence or apprehension. In certain cases the ideas about superhuman Makers and judges are veiled in mysteries, rude sketches of the mysteries of Greece, to which the white man is but seldom admitted. In other cases the highest religious conceptions of the people are in a state of obsolescence, are subordinated to the cult of accessible VOL. II.
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Présentation de l'éditeur

Myth, Ritual and Religion - Vol. 2 By Andrew Lang

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cosimo Classics
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1596052058
• ISBN 13: 9781596052055
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 392
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible