Myth in human history : Transcript book / Grant L. Voth.

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Voth, Grant L

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Teaching Company

Material type:

Mixed materialsLanguage: English Series: Great courses (DVD). Literature & language | The Great courses | The Great CoursesPublication details: Chantilly, Virginia : The Teaching Company, 2010.Description: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 19 cmISBN:

9781598036718
1598036718

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The Great Courses

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LOC classification:

LB 14.6 V971m 2010

Contents:

v.1 Lectures 1-18: Myth and meaning -- The continuing importance of myth -- Creation myths -- Mesopotamian creation, Enuma Elish -- Hebrew creation myths -- Emergence and world-parent creation myths -- Cosmic egg and ex nihilo creation myths -- Earth-diver and dismembered God creation myths -- Mesopotamian and Hebrew flood myths -- Other flood myths -- Myths of cosmic destruction -- Greek and Norse pantheons -- The great goddess remembered? -- The goddess: Inanna and Dumuzi -- The goddess: Isis and Osiris -- The eclipse of the goddess -- Shamans and vegetation gods -- Sky gods and earth goddesses -- v.2 Lectures 19-36: Creator gods -- Gods and goddesses of India -- Hero myths -- Mythic heroes, Gilgamesh -- Mythic heroes: King Arthur -- Jason and the Argonauts -- The monomyths of Rank and Campbell -- Mythic heroes, Mwindo -- Female heroes, Demeter and Hester Prynne -- Psyche and Beauty -- The trickster in mythology -- Tricksters from around the world -- Native American tricksters -- African tricksters -- Mythic tricksters: Eshu and Legba -- The places of myth: rocks and lakes -- The places of myth: Mountains -- Sacred trees.

Summary: Explore myths from around the world, focusing in particular on myths outside the Greco-Roman world.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Vol info	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	LB 14.6 V971m 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	v.1	1	Available	00000136884
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	LB 14.6 V971m 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	v.2	1	Available	00000136885

Course no. 2332.
The length of each lecture is: ca. 30 min. The entire program consists of 36 lectures.

"Topic: Literature & English language; subtopic: Western literature

v.1 Lectures 1-18: Myth and meaning --
The continuing importance of myth --
Creation myths --
Mesopotamian creation, Enuma Elish --
Hebrew creation myths --
Emergence and world-parent creation myths --
Cosmic egg and ex nihilo creation myths --
Earth-diver and dismembered God creation myths --
Mesopotamian and Hebrew flood myths --
Other flood myths --
Myths of cosmic destruction --
Greek and Norse pantheons --
The great goddess remembered? --
The goddess: Inanna and Dumuzi --
The goddess: Isis and Osiris --
The eclipse of the goddess --
Shamans and vegetation gods --
Sky gods and earth goddesses --
v.2 Lectures 19-36: Creator gods --
Gods and goddesses of India --
Hero myths --
Mythic heroes, Gilgamesh --
Mythic heroes: King Arthur --
Jason and the Argonauts --
The monomyths of Rank and Campbell --
Mythic heroes, Mwindo --
Female heroes, Demeter and Hester Prynne --
Psyche and Beauty --
The trickster in mythology --
Tricksters from around the world --
Native American tricksters --
African tricksters --
Mythic tricksters: Eshu and Legba --
The places of myth: rocks and lakes --
The places of myth: Mountains --
Sacred trees.

Explore myths from around the world, focusing in particular on myths outside the Greco-Roman world.

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