Title: China's creation and origin myths: cross-cultural explorations in oral and written traditions
Abstract: I Comparative Perspectives Mineke Schipper: Humanity's Beginnings in Creation and Origin Myths from Around the World Yang Lihui and An Deming: The World of Chinese Mythology: An Introduction Ye Shuxian: From Frog to Nuwa and Back Again: the Religious Roots of Creation Myths Namjila: Water-of-Immortality Myths in Altaic and Japanese Cultures Jaeseo Jung: Myths of Giant Corpse Transformation II Rediscovering the Beginning in Texts Kao Lifeng: Sacred Order: Cosmogonic Myth in the Chu Silk Manuscript Kristofer Schipper: The Wholeness of Chaos: Laozi on the Beginning Chen Lianshan: Gun and Yu: Revisiting the Chinese Earth-Diver Hypothesis Wu Xiaodong: Pangu and the Origin of the Universe III Oral Tradition and Ethnic Diversity Wu Bing'an: Chinese Creation Myths: a Great Discovery Wang Xianzhao: Minority Creation Myths: An Approach to Classification Liu Yahu: Humanism as a Paradigm for Creation Myths Yang Lihui: Performing Myths Today: A Field Study of the Renzu Temple Festival Mark Bender: Perspectives on the Environment in Miao and Yi Creation Narratives IV Anthology of Creation and Origin Myths
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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