Old Age In Myth And Symbol

Author : Jennifer Mclerran
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Old Age in Myth and Symbol written by Jennifer Mclerran and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1991-09-25 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed as a resource for artists, writers, and behavioral scientists, this compilation of the myths and symbols of old age lists more than 400 entries ranging from Abraham and acacia through Zorya and Zurvan. Coverage includes traditional mythical figures, literary characters, the symbolic attributes of old age such as time measurement and musical instruments, animals associated with aging, objects, types of locations, and more. The result of four years' research in a variety of sources, the volume reports on the use of such symbols in art, literature, and popular culture, providing the most comprehensive coverage of myths and symbols of old age available in one volume. Entries are arranged alphabetically and include short citations indicating the sources used to compile the entry. A complete bibliography listing the full titles of all sources is also included to help readers who wish further information on a particular subject. Cross-references are used throughout to highlight related entries.

Author : Juan Eduardo Cirlot
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486425238
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Symbols written by Juan Eduardo Cirlot and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A valuable reference, this informative and entertaining volume presents a key to elucidating the symbolic worlds encountered in both the arts and the history of ideas. Alphabetical entries clarify essential meanings of each symbol, as drawn from religion, astrology, alchemy, numerology, other sources. 32 black-and-white illustrations.

Author : Robert Thomas Rundle Clark
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 9780500271124
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egypt written by Robert Thomas Rundle Clark and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1978 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic study remains the best single introduction to the Egyptian mythological world. The Egyptians lived apart from the rest of the ancient world, and it is this isolation that makes their ideas so difficult to appreciate and interpret. Egyptian though was presented in terms of mythology: myth was used to convey insights into the workings of nature and the ultimately indescribable realities of the soul ...

Author : Clifford Geertz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myth, Symbol, and Culture written by Clifford Geertz and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Laird Scranton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1594778892
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cosmological Origins of Myth and Symbol written by Laird Scranton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-09-24 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reconstructs a theoretic parent cosmology that underlies ancient religion • Shows how this parent cosmology provided the conceptual origins of written language • Uses techniques of comparative cosmology to synchronize the creation traditions of the Dogon, ancient Egyptians, and ancient Buddhists • Applies the signature elements of this parent cosmology to explore and interpret the creation tradition of a present-day Tibetan/Chinese tribe called the Na-Khi--the keepers of the world’s last surviving hieroglyphic language Great thinkers and researchers such as Carl Jung have acknowledged the many broad similarities that exist between the myths and symbols of ancient cultures. One largely unexplored explanation for these similarities lies in the possibility that these systems of myth all descended from one common cosmological plan. Outlining the most significant aspects of cosmology found among the Dogon, ancient Egyptians, and ancient Buddhists, including the striking physical and cosmological parallels between the Dogon granary and the Buddhist stupa, Laird Scranton identifies the signature attributes of a theoretic ancient parent cosmology--a planned instructional system that may well have spawned these great ancient creation traditions. Examining the esoteric nature of cosmology itself, Scranton shows how this parent cosmology encompassed both a plan for the civilized instruction of humanity as well as the conceptual origins of language. The recurring shapes in all ancient religions were key elements of this plan, designed to give physical manifestation to the sacred and provide the means to conceptualize and compare earthly dimensions with those of the heavens. As a practical application of the plan, Scranton explores the myths and language of an obscure Chinese priestly tribe known as the Na-Khi--the keepers of the world’s last surviving hieroglyphic language. Suggesting that cosmology may have engendered civilization and not the other way around, Scranton reveals how this plan of cosmology provides the missing link between our macroscopic universe and the microscopic world of atoms.

Author : Heinrich Zimmer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691212015
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization written by Heinrich Zimmer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark work that demystifies the rich tradition of Indian art, Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization analyzes key motifs found in legend, myth, and folklore taken directly from the Sanskrit. It provides a comprehensive introduction to visual thinking and picture reading in Indian art and thought. Ultimately, the book shows that profound Hindu and Buddhist intuitions on the riddles of life and death are universally recognizable.

Author : Alan M. Olson
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myth, Symbol, and Reality written by Alan M. Olson and published by University of Notre Dame Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rachel Alexander
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1461470676
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myths, Symbols and Legends of Solar System Bodies written by Rachel Alexander and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an amateur astronomer’s guide to the mythology and symbolism associated with the celestial bodies in the Solar System, and even includes some of the legendary tales of people who had or have a connection with these objects. It explores different cultures (for example, the Greco-Roman and the Norse) and different times and how stories were used to explain the worlds they saw above them. You’d be amazed how much of our world today reflects the myths and stories of these cultures! Most amateur astronomers are familiar with the various Solar System objects, but they will be only peripherally aware of what ancient cultures thought of these other worlds. In fact, the mythology of the planets challenges many twenty-first century concepts and beliefs There are other books available on astromythology, but this one focuses mostly on our own Solar System, as opposed to the constellations and deep sky objects. Alexander offers a new angle on timeless subjects and is exciting, informative and dramatic, as well as surprisingly relevant to everyday life. Find out for yourself how our modern world is steeped in the bygone worlds of yesteryear.

Author : Heinrich Robert Zimmer
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
ISBN 13 : 9788120807518
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization written by Heinrich Robert Zimmer and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publishe. This book was released on 1990 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book interprets for the Western mind the key motifs of India`a legends myth, and folklore, taken directly from the sanskrit, and illustrated with seventy plates of Indian art. It is primarily an introduction to image thinking and picture reading in Indian art and thought and it seeks to make the profound Hindu and Buddhist intuitions of the riddles of life and death recongnizable not merely as Oriental but as universal elements.

Author : Geoffrey Stephen Kirk
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myth: Its Meaning and Functions in Ancient and Other Cultures written by Geoffrey Stephen Kirk and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1970 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, developed out of the 1969 Sather lectures at Berkeley, California, confronts a wide range of problems concerning the nature, meaning and functions of myths. Professor Kirk's aim is to introduce a degree of coherence and of critical awareness into a subject that arouses profound interest today, but which for too long has been the target of excessive theorizing and interdisciplinary confusion between anthropologists, sociologists, classicists, philosophers and psychologists. Professor Kirk begins by discussing the relation of myths to rituals and folktales, and the weakness of universalist theories of function. He then subjects Lévi-Strauss's structuralist theory to an extended exposition and criticism; he considers the character and meaning of ancient Near Eastern myths, their influence on Greece, and the special forms with rational modes of thought, and finally, he assesses the status of myths as expressions of the unconscious, as elements of dreams, universal symbols, as accidents along the way to some narrative objective. The result is a significant critical venture into the history and philosophy of thought, imagination, symbol and society.--From publisher description.