Chinese Myths - Brossura

Birrell, Anne

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0292708793 ISBN 13: 9780292708792

Casa editrice: Univ of Texas Pr, 2000

Riassunto

Chinese myths were primarily a diffuse and fragmentary oral tradition, eventually preserved in writing only in a piecemeal fashion. Many classical texts are unavailable in translation, and the stories have been unknown to Western readers. Anne Birrell here introduces the general reader to a selection of narratives organized by themes and motifs that help set Chinese myths in the context of world mythology.

The contents include:

• Origin and creation myths
• Myths of the flood
• The divine cosmos
• Gender in myth
• Metamorphoses
• Mythic heroes and heroines
• Fabled plants and animals
• Major sources of myth

Su questo libro

Product Description:

Organized by themes and motifs, this work gives a representative sample of over 100 classical texts from Chinese mythology.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Texas Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0292708793
• ISBN 13: 9780292708792
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 80