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Author : David Leeming
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2001-05-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780195120530
This is an A-Z dictionary of mythologies of the Asian continent. Major characters, places and events of Asian mythology, as well as certain relevant themes and cultural traditions are included.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1951205235
Author : David Adams Leeming
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:49015002844315
This is an A-Z dictionary of mythologies of the Asian continent. Major characters, places and events of Asian mythology, as well as certain relevant themes and cultural traditions are included.
Author : Edward Theodore Chalmers Werner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258126923
Author : Edward Theodore Chalmers Werner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 627 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Mythology, Chinese
ISBN : LCCN:67017239
Author : David Leeming
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2001-05-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199761494
Meet the supreme Gautama Buddha, the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesa, and Chang O--the Lunar Toad who is Chinese goddess of the Moon. Journey to the sacred Cambodian ruins of Angkor and golden Mount Meru, home of the Hindu gods. Discover myths like the Stone and the Banana of Indonesian origin and the Indian Churning of the Ocean of Milk, and explore archetypal themes such as the hero quest, sacrifice, and descent to the underworld. Myth expert David Leeming plumbs the exotic depths of Eastern spirituality to present a vivid portrait of the many mythologies of the Asian continent. In handy A to Z format, here are the stories of the revered deities, sacred places, key events and epics, and recurring themes and traditions that make up the rich and varied fabric of Asian mythology. Entries address the key mythologies of the regions we now call India, China, Tibet, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Japan. Throughout, an extensive network of cross-references highlights the diversity, interrelatedness, and complex beauty of Asia--allowing readers to pursue a particular trail of inquiry or read straight through the compelling entries. Broad overviews of specific cultures and their mythic traditions round out the coverage.
Author : Arthur Cotterell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Mythology
ISBN : 9780192177476
Author : Jeremy Roberts
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Japan
ISBN : 9781438128023
Suitable for those with an interest in mythology or Japanese culture, this title covers: the early Japanese deities who created the world and the later deities who protect it; Kami, the spirits of all aspects of the living world; animals and mythological creatures; demons and bogeymen; and, shrines and other sacred places.
Author : Derek Walters
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Mythology, Chinese
ISBN : OCLC:1193357600
Discusses the myths and gods of ancient China and their sources.
Author : Lihui Yang,Deming An
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195332636
Compiled from ancient and scattered texts and based on groundbreaking new research, Handbook of Chinese Mythology is the most comprehensive English-language work on the subject ever written from an exclusively Chinese perspective. This work focuses on the Han Chinese people but ranges across the full spectrum of ancient and modern China, showing how key myths endured and evolved over time. A quick reference section covers all major deities, spirits, and demigods, as well as important places, mythical animals and plants, and related items.
Author : Noriko Asato
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781598848434
An indispensable tool for librarians who do reference or collection management, this work is a pioneering offering of expertly selected print and electronic reference tools for East Asian Studies (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean). Handbook for Asian Studies Specialists: A Guide to Research Materials and Collection Building Tools is the first work to cover reference works for the main Asian area languages of China, Japan, and Korea. Several leading Asian Studies librarians have contributed their many decades of experience to create a resource that gathers major reference titles—both print and online—that would be useful to today's Asian Studies librarian. Organized by language group, it offers useful information on the many subscription-based and open-source electronic tools relevant to Asian Studies. This book will serve as an essential resource for reference collections at academic libraries. Previously published bibliographies on materials deal with China or Japan or Korea, but none have coalesced information on all three countries into one work, or are written in English. And unlike the other resources available, this work provides the insight needed for librarians to make informed collection management decisions and reference selections.
Author : Yves Bonnefoy
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1993-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0226064565
These 130 articles Aisan mythologies and cover such topics as Buddhist and Hindu symbolic systems, myth in pre-Islamic Iran, Chinese cosmology and demons, and the Japanese conceptions of the afterlife and the "vital spirit". Also includes myths from Turkey, Korea, Tibet, and Mongolia. Illustrations.
Author : Irene Dea Collier
Publisher : Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781464503672
"Read how Panku created the world and Nuwa created people, the grand archer Yi, and seven other important Chinese myths"--Provided by publisher
Author : Theresa Bane
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781476623382
Every culture has in its folklore and mythology beings of immense size and strength, as well as other preternatural humanoids great or small who walk among us, serving the divine or fulfilling their own agendas. This book catalogs the lore and legends of more than 1,000 different humanoid species and individual beings, including the Titans, Valkyries, Jotnar, yōkai, biblical giants, elves, ogres, trolls and many more.
Author : Theresa Bane
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781476622682
“Here there be dragons”—this notation was often made on ancient maps to indicate the edges of the known world and what lay beyond. Heroes who ventured there were only as great as the beasts they encountered. This encyclopedia contains more than 2,200 monsters of myth and folklore, who both made life difficult for humans and fought by their side. Entries describe the appearance, behavior, and cultural origin of mythic creatures well-known and obscure, collected from traditions around the world.