Other Peoples' Myths: The Cave of EchoesMacmillan, 1988 - 225 من الصفحات A widely acclaimed work celebrating the art of storytelling. Using examples from Biblical parables to Woody Allen, Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty enchants her readers into rediscovering the forces of myths and traditions in their own lives, reopening the American mind to a new understanding of itself and its world. |
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The Hunter and the Sage | 7 |
The Cave of Echoes | 25 |
Retelling the Mahabharata | 45 |
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طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
A. K. Ramanujan ancient archetype argued argument Bacchae become believe Brian K cave chapter Chicago Christian classics Claude Lévi-Strauss context culture Daksha Dionysus divine dream Eliade epic evil experience fact film fish Frits Staal gods Greek happens head Hindu myths Hinduism History of Religions Homer horse human sacrifice hunter hunting Indian inside Jesus Jewish Jews killed king kitsch Lévi-Strauss lion lives Mahabharata meaning metamyth metaphor Mircea Eliade mythical mythology oral pashus Pentheus perform person Plato play Prajapati Prithu problem Purana Rabbi Rama Ramayana reality regarded relativism religious René Girard rice Rig Veda Rudra sacred sacrificial animals sacrificial beasts sage Sanskrit scholars sense share Shatapatha Brahmana Shiva sort story surrogate survive symbolic tell things told tradition transformation translation true understand variant Vedic Vedic sacrifice victim Wendy Doniger Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty wild animal worship York