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Heroes --- Mythology --- Heroes - Mythology. --- Heroes - Mythology
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This reference work explores our age-old desire to interpret and control natural phenomena. Without the benefit of science, our ancestors sought to explain forces--such as wind, clouds, earthquakes, and stars--in a manner they believed to be inexorably connected to the will of the gods. Mythology afforded them the means to make sense of the world's seemingly senseless aspects.The Dictionary of Nature Myths is a unique addition to the mythological literature. It pulls information from a variety of disciplines including archaeology, anthropology, religious studies, astronomy, meteorology, and geology. The book's main subject areas concern natural forces, gods and goddesses of natural forces, terms relating to the myths of natural forces, and broad geographical areas. Within these categories Tamra Andrews groups stories from cultures around the globe, tales of an animated universe moved by supernatural power. Her volume is comprehensive and fully cross-referenced, and it contains a lengthy bibliography and an innovative guide to primary sources. Readers young and old will delight in reading about ABSU, a freshwater ocean that the Mesopotamians believed flowed beneath the earth; about IX CHEL, the Mayan moon and water goddess who controlled floods and rainbows; and about YGGDRASIL, the huge evergreen ash tree of Norse mythology that marked the center of the world. These entries and hundreds more will enchant and inform as they show how and why people from all ages and all cultures found power and magic in the natural world.
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À côté de monographies célèbres comme Mythes et dieux des Germains, Loki, La Saga de Hadingus (Du mythe au roman et Les Dieux des Germains), le grand historien des religions rédigea toute une série d'études sur nombre de thèmes mythiques et de figures divines de la Scandinavie ancienne. Elles concernaient en particulier le personnage féminin de Gullveig, qui fut comparé à la figure de Tarpeia dans la Roma archaïque, mais aussi des dieux tels que Baldr, Heimdall et Vidar, qui jouèrent un rôle de premier plan dans le drame eschatologique des anciens Scandinaves (Le Ragnarok) ou encore plusieurs épisodes mythologiques ou légendaires connus tant de la littérature norroise (en particulier l'Histoire des rois de Norvège et l'Edda de Snorri Sturluson) que des Gesta Danorum de Saxo Grammaticus et des récits folkloriques recueillis à l'époque moderne. Mythes et dieux de la Scandinavie ancienne rassemble une vingtaine de ces études qui étaient jusqu'alors disséminées dans des revues savantes ou insérées dans des recueils d'hommages ou d'esquisses.
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Inuit mythology --- Inuit mythology --- Inuit --- Shamanism --- Shamans
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Fables, Latin --- Metamorphosis --- Mythology, Classical --- Mythology
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Medusa (Greek mythology). --- Medusa (Greek mythology) --- Gorgons (Greek mythology) --- Mythology, Greek
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