Sacred Narrative

Sacred Narrative
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 372
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ISBN-10 : 0520051920
ISBN-13 : 9780520051928
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Book Synopsis Sacred Narrative by : Alan Dundes

Download or read book Sacred Narrative written by Alan Dundes and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1984-11-15 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Dundes defines myth as a sacred narrative that explains how the world and humanity came to be in their present form. This new volume brings together classic statements on the theory of myth by the authors. The twenty-two essays by leading experts on myth represent comparative, functionalist, myth-ritual, Jungian, Freudian, and structuralist approaches to studying the genre.

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