The New Theogony: Mythology for the Real World

The New Theogony: Mythology for the Real World
ISBN-10
0791410676
ISBN-13
9780791410677
Category
Religion
Pages
163
Language
English
Published
1992-01-01
Publisher
SUNY Press
Author
Maria Maddalena Colavito

Description

This book is a sustained focus of on those original human acts that gave us the gods, the human psyche, and the stories about them. Dr. Colavito divides myth into four distinct but inseparable "acts": first is the original power to create; second, the stories about the manifestation; third, the imitation and duplication of the manifested images; and four are the theories regarding the first three. Development of these four "acts" provides the foundation for studying and interpreting myth cross-culturally.

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