The global myths : exploring primitive, pagan, sacred, and scientific mythologies - Eliot, Alexander (New York : Continuum, 1993)
Introduction / Jonathan Young -- Preface / Taitetsu Unno -- Pt. 1. The House of the Four Winds. Thor in Trouble: Time and Tide. "In the Beginning" Big Fish and Little Fish. Enter, the Mythosphere. The East Wind: Bead Woman's Dress. The West Wind: Laelaps' Last Chase. The South Wind: "Evident Nonsense" The North Wind: Dancing in the Dark -- Pt. 2. The Labyrinthine Ways. Holy Breath. The Tale of Tarantula. Terrible Twins: Psychology. Io's Legend: Cause for Debate. A Dolphin's Death: A Creed Outworn. The Wet-Lipped Deity. The Bold Cosmologists. Stand-off in the Agora. The Lesson of the Labyrinth. Cleopatra: The Long Way Home -- Pt. 3. The World Reborn. The Epic Journey of Dineh. Bellerophon's Brilliant Career. Callisto: Mysteries of Art. "The Unknown God" Perseus: The Perseverance of Poetry. Three Classic Poets. The Horns of the Prophet. Aeschylus: Mystery and History -- Pt. 4. From Eternity to Here. Plato: The Disappearing Handkerchief. Aesop: His Fall and Rise. The Tale of the Jade Emperor's Mother. The Ocean-Warming Piglet. Po Chu-i's Mirror Poem. Socrates' Secret Dream. Chuang Tzu, Vishnu, and Manu. Psyche: All for Love. "Strange Minstrelsy" One Last Legend. Unfathomable Abundance.
Includes index.
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