Author : John Wyndham
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Folklore
ISBN : WISC:89003869344
Myths of Ífè
John Wyndham
Ífè Myths
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Myths of Ífè
Wyndham John
Author : Wyndham John
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0341679607
Myths of Ífè by Wyndham John Pdf
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Myths of Ífè
John Wyndham
Author : John Wyndham
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1440094357
Myths of Ífè by John Wyndham Pdf
Excerpt from Myths of Ífè The author spent several years as an Assistant District Officer among the Yorubas in Nigeria, and was thus enabled to collect the folklore contained in this book from native sources. The reticence of the natives on religious subjects made it necessary to piece much together from incantations and chance remarks, but it is hoped that the notes will show that no great liberty has been taken with the beliefs of a tribe which inhabits a large area in West Africa. The legends are bare and uncertain, and it seemed that blank verse would prove a more suitable form to present them than prose. The author desires to express his indebtedness to Mr. Ford Madox Hueffer for advice when this work was half-finished, and also to the Council of the Royal Anthropological Institute for permission to re-publish Notes I and XI-XIV which appeared originally in "Man." The suggestions contained in Note IV on the Creation of Man, and in Note VII on the possible connection between the Edi Festival and the Saturnalia, are offered after a subsequent reading of the "Golden Bough." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Ífè Myths
John Wyndham
Author : John Wyndham
Publisher : Rolled Scroll Publishing
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1952900093
Ífè Myths by John Wyndham Pdf
This short book is a translation of some of the myths of the Yoruba people of Nigeria. It is a history of the creation of the world, the gods, and humanity, and the early days of the sacred city of Ífè, the traditional center of Yoruba culture. The text was recited to the author/translator by the high priests of Ífè, and the book is still cited in some books on traditional Yoruba religion and thought today. It has undeservedly become quite rare, as it can be considered a minor classic in the field.
Myths of Ife (Classic Reprint)
John Wyndham
Author : John Wyndham
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0265349443
Myths of Ife (Classic Reprint) by John Wyndham Pdf
Excerpt from Myths of Ife Man. The suggestions contained in Note IV on the Creation of Man, and in Note VII on the possible connection between the Edi Festival and the Saturnalia, are offered after a subsequent reading of the Golden Bough. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Myths of Ife
John Wyndham
Author : John Wyndham
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1981812237
Myths of Ife by John Wyndham Pdf
This short book is a translation of some of the myths of the Yoruba people of Nigeria. It is a history of the creation of the world, the gods, and humanity, and the early days of the sacred city of �f�, the traditional center of Yoruba culture. The text was recited to the author/translator by the high priests of �f�, and the book is still cited in some books on traditional Yoruba religion and thought today.
Myths of �f�
John Wyndham
Author : John Wyndham
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1921-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465517128
Myths of �f� by John Wyndham Pdf
Myths Of Ífe
John Wyndham
Author : John Wyndham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798600004160
Myths Of Ífe by John Wyndham Pdf
This short book is a translation of some of the myths of the Yoruba people of Nigeria. It is a history of the creation of the world, the gods, and humanity, and the early days of the sacred city of Ífè, the traditional center of Yoruba culture. The text was recited to the author/translator by the high priests of Ífè, and the book is still cited in some books on traditional Yoruba religion and thought today. It has undeservedly become quite rare, as it can be considered a minor classic in the field.
Myths of Ife
John Wyndham
Author : John Wyndham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1976149371
Myths of Ife by John Wyndham Pdf
This short book is a translation of some of the myths of the Yoruba people of Nigeria. It is a history of the creation of the world, the gods, and humanity, and the early days of the sacred city of �f�, the traditional center of Yoruba culture. The text was recited to the author/translator by the high priests of �f�, and the book is still cited in some books on traditional Yoruba religion and thought today. It has undeservedly become quite rare, as it can be considered a minor classic in the field.
Ancient Fire, Modern Fire
Einar Jensen
Author : Einar Jensen
Publisher : PixyJack Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781936555642
Ancient Fire, Modern Fire by Einar Jensen Pdf
Creating fire is easy, yet understanding and learning to live with this friend and foe has never been easy; stopping fire is a dangerous—and often deadly—pursuit. Drawing on his experiences as an environmental historian, firefighter and life safety educator, author Einar Jensen presents an eye-opening look at fire and our history of dealing with it, then gives us the tools for being responsible and prepared—as parents and teachers, as communities and fire service professionals, and as homeowners in the wildland urban interface. “If we don’t change our understanding of fire, our rules of engagement, or our cultural values, we should expect more tragedies and be willing to pay for them in ever-increasing volumes of dollars, blood, sweat and tears. I’m committed to preventing these tragedies, and I hope to bring more members into my prevention cadre.” — Einar Jensen Contents 1 - Fire, Our Friend and Foe 2 – Fundamentals of Fire Science 3 - Youth & Firesetting: Playing with Fire Can Burn Us 4 - Fire’s Dark Side: A Tool of Pain & Destruction 5 - Fire’s Positive Side: A Tool of Creation 6 - Rules of Fire, Rites of Fire 7 - Sacred Fire 8 - Risk Perception and Fire 9 - Harmony with Fire 10 - Will We Keep Burning? Plus 29 Ancient Myths about the Origins of Fire, and a detailed appendix with Resources for Dealing with Youth Fire Misuse, Suggested Reading, Online Resources, Glossary and more.
Roots of Haiti's Vodou-Christian Faith
R. Murray Thomas
Author : R. Murray Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9798216140771
Roots of Haiti's Vodou-Christian Faith by R. Murray Thomas Pdf
This book traces the development of Haiti's combined Vodou-Christian religion from 1500 to the present and explains how this combination of distinct faiths coalesces in a coherent belief system. What are the historical reasons for the popularity of two contradictory worldviews in Haiti, Vodou and Catholicism? What elements of Vodou and Catholicism are alike, and how are they drastically different? What is the connection between indigenous African religions and Vodou? And why has religion in Haiti evidenced an accelerating rate of change in recent decades? Roots of Haiti's Vodou-Christian Faith: African and Catholic Origins answers these questions and more in its examination of the highly unique and often-misunderstood religious practices in Haiti. Reaching back half a millennium to the European conquest of the island of Haiti, author R. Murray Thomas inspects the origins and nature of these two competing and complementary religious traditions: the traditional African faiths brought by the slaves who were imported to Haiti to labor in the fields and mines, and the Catholicism promoted—often violently—by Spanish and French colonial authorities. Following a historical background, the subsequent chapters focus on the organization of Haitian religion, spirits, creation belief, causes and ceremonies, maxims and tales, symbols and sacred objects, sacred sites, religious societies, and the future of the Vodou-Christian faith.
City of 201 Gods
Jacob Olupona
Author : Jacob Olupona
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520265554
City of 201 Gods by Jacob Olupona Pdf
“Olupona does a masterful job of interweaving historical detail, personal interviews and observations. Here, myth becomes lived reality, and one is forced to take pause and ask what and where indeed are the true powers that enable humans to inhabit the modern city.” —Charles H. Long, author of Significations: Signs, Symbols, and Images in the Interpretation of Religion “This book is destined to be the authoritative source on one of the most important religious centers and one of the most fascinating ethnic groups in sub-Saharan Africa. This is a remarkable and engaging piece of research by a first-class scholar who knows his discipline and his native culture.”—Barry Hallen, author of The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful: Discourse About Values in Yoruba Culture
Love and Narrative Form in Toni Morrison’s Later Novels
Jean Wyatt
Author : Jean Wyatt
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780820350592
Love and Narrative Form in Toni Morrison’s Later Novels by Jean Wyatt Pdf
In Love and Narrative Form in Toni Morrison’s Later Novels, Jean Wyatt explores the interaction among ideas of love, narrative innovation, and reader response in Toni Morrison’s seven later novels. Love comes in a new and surprising shape in each of the later novels; for example, Love presents it as the deep friendship between little girls; in Home it acts as a disruptive force producing deep changes in subjectivity; and in Jazz it becomes something one innovates and recreates each moment—like jazz itself. Each novel’s unconventional idea of love requires a new experimental narrative form. Wyatt analyzes the stylistic and structural innovations of each novel, showing how disturbances in narrative chronology, surprise endings, and gaps mirror the dislocated temporality and distorted emotional responses of the novels’ troubled characters and demand that the reader situate the present-day problems of the characters in relation to a traumatic African American past. The narrative surprises and gaps require the reader to become an active participant in making meaning. And the texts’ complex narrative strategies draw out the reader’s convictions about love, about gender, about race—and then prompt the reader to reexamine them, so that reading becomes an active ethical dialogue between text and reader. Wyatt uses psychoanalytic concepts to analyze Morrison’s narrative structures and how they work on readers. Love and Narrative Form devotes a chapter to each of Morrison’s later novels: Beloved, Jazz, Paradise, Love, A Mercy, Home, and God Help the Child.
The Story of Myth
Sarah Iles Johnston
Author : Sarah Iles Johnston
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674185074
The Story of Myth by Sarah Iles Johnston Pdf
Sarah Iles Johnston argues that the nature of myths as gripping tales starring vivid characters enabled them to do their most important work: sustaining belief in the gods and heroes of Greek religion. She shows how Greek myths—and the stories told by all cultures—affect our shared view of the cosmos and the creatures who inhabit it.
The Spiritual Science of the Stars
Pete Stewart
Author : Pete Stewart
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-30
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781594777387
The Spiritual Science of the Stars by Pete Stewart Pdf
The profound influence of ancient cosmologies on our ideas about the human spirit • Shows how ancient myths contain a sophisticated understanding of our relationship to the cosmos, derived from thousands of years of observation of the night sky • Explains how ideas of the mind and spirit are still entwined with these ancient cosmologies despite the disruptive effects of modern astronomy • Reveals how ancient ideas and contemporary cosmology might be combined into a new model for spiritual meaning Thousands of years before the first written records, humans were turning to the night sky as a source of meaning for existence and their place within it. The conclusions drawn from these observations are embodied in stories from across the world known as Creation Myths. Contrary to the popular belief that these myths were meant to explain the origins of the universe, Pete Stewart shows that they were actually designed to create a harmony and order in the lives of humans that reflected, in their society and architecture, the ordered patterns they saw evidenced in the sky. These ancient myths also record, in the story of “the separation of Heaven and Earth,” the discovery of a disastrous discord in this ancient harmony, which the mythmakers overcame by imagining a vastly expanded architecture, one in which the individual soul had a role to play in the evolution of the cosmos. Today science presents a similar challenge to our sense of meaning. Stewart explores how, by reexamining the myths of creation in this light, we can learn how contemporary cosmology might yield a new architecture for the spirit and how the ancient sense of being in the cosmos might be reconstructed for our age.
