Mesoamerican Mythology

Mesoamerican Mythology

Author: Kay Almere Read

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2002-06-13

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0195149092

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Illustrated with scores of drawings and halftone photos, this guidebook to the mythology of Mexico and Central America focuses mainly on Mexican Highland and Maya areas, due to their importance in Mesoamerican history.


South and Meso-American Mythology A to Z

South and Meso-American Mythology A to Z

Author: Ann Bingham

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1438129580

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Alphabetically listed entries identify and explain the characters, events, important places, and other aspects of South American and Meso-American mythology.


Aztec and Maya Myths

Aztec and Maya Myths

Author: Karl Taube

Publisher: University of Texas Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9780292781306

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The myths of the Aztec and Maya derive from a shared Mesoamerican cultural tradition. This is very much a living tradition, and many of the motifs and gods mentioned in early sources are still evoked in the lore of contemporary Mexico and Guatemala. Professor Taube discusses the different sources for Aztec and Maya myths. The Aztec empire began less than 200 years before the Spanish conquest, and our knowledge of their mythology derives primarily from native colonial documents and manuscripts commissioned by the Spanish. The Maya mythology is far older, and our knowledge of it comes mainly from native manuscripts of the Classic period, over 600 years before the Spanish conquest. Drawing on these sources as well as nineteenth- and twentieth-century excavations and research, including the interpretation of the codices and the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing, the author discusses, among other things, the Popol Vuh myths of the Maya, the flood myth of Northern Yucatan, and the Aztec creation myths.


The Oxford Companion to World Mythology

The Oxford Companion to World Mythology

Author: David Leeming

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2005-11-17

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 0195156692

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An interesting and lively book that contains articles on heros, villains, mythologists and mythological approaches.


Aztec Mythology

Aztec Mythology

Author: Don Nardo

Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC

Published: 2014-11-11

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 1420511661

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This book discusses the origins of Aztec myths and how some of these myths have been manipulated over time. The book details the major gods found within the mythology along with some of the most memorable tales, such as creation of the world and the making of humanity. Readers learn how Aztec myths have penetrated popular culture.


Oxford Companion to World Mythology

Oxford Companion to World Mythology

Author: David Leeming

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2005-11-17

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 0190288884

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Cave paintings at Lascaux, France and Altamira, Spain, fraught with expression thousands of years later; point to an early human desire to form a cultural identity. In the Oxford Companion to World Mythology, David Leeming explores the role of mythology, or myth-logic, in history and determines that the dreams of specific cultures add up to a larger collective story of humanity. Stopping short of attempting to be all-inclusive, this fascinating volume will nonetheless be comprehensive, opening with an introduction exploring the nature and dimensions of myth and proposing a definition as a universal language. Briefly dipping into the ways our understanding of myth has changed from Aristotle and Plato to modern scholars such as Joseph Campbell, the introduction loosely places the concept in its present context and precedes articles on influential mythologists and mythological approaches that appear later in the Companion. The main body of Leeming's work consists of A-Z entries covering all aspects of mythology, including substantial essays on the world's major mythological traditions (Greek, Native American, Indian, Japanese, Sumerian, Egyptian), mythological types and motifs (Descent to the Underworld, the Hero, the Trickster, Creation, the Quest), mythological figures (Odysseus, Zeus, Osiris, Spider Woman, and Inanna) as well as numerous interrelated subjects such as fairly tales and legends. The Companion also locates myth in our lives today, relating it to language patterns, psychology, religion, politics, art, and gender attitudes. Many of the better-known and more significant myths are vividly retold in this volume that will be illustrated with maps, more than 70 black and white images, and eight pages of color highlighting the central role art has often played in the transmission and perpetuation of myth. Following the entries, a rich section of appendices will include family trees of the major pantheons, equivalency charts for the gods of Greece and Rome, Babylon and Sumer, as well as other traditions, an extensive bibliography, and an index.


Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore

Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore

Author: Theresa Bane

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2016-05-09

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 0786495057

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"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.


Myth

Myth

Author: Gregory Schrempp

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2002-10-29

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0253109434

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Myth: A New Symposium offers a broad-based assessment of the present state of myth study. It was inspired by a revisiting of the influential mid-century work Myth: A Symposium (edited by Thomas Sebeok). A systematic introduction and 15 contributions from a wide spectrum of disciplines offer a range of views on past myth study and suggest directions for the future. Contributors blend theoretical analysis with richly documented historical, ethnographic, and literary illustrations and examples drawn from Native American, classical, medieval, and modern sources.


Everything Mythology

Everything Mythology

Author: B. A. Hoena

Publisher: Everything

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1426314981

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"Battle mysterious monsters, join a quest with a courageous hero, and feast and frolic with the gods [in this introduction to mythology around the world]"--Page 4 of cover.


The Ancient Maya

The Ancient Maya

Author: Virginia Schomp

Publisher: Marshall Cavendish

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780761446422

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Explores the mythology of the ancient Maya, one of history's greatest civilizations.