Great Mythologies of the World

by Grant L. Voth

Other authorsRobert Andre LaFleur (Author), Julius H. Bailey (Author), Katherine McClymond (Author)
Streaming video, 2015

Status

Available

Call number

398.2

Collections

Publication

Great Courses (2015), 30 hours, 60 lectures, 501 pages

Description

History. Nonfiction. HTML: Epic battles between titanic gods. The creation, re-creation, and repair of the world. Perilous quests for lost treasures and the comfort of home. Magical items imbued with the power to protect - and destroy. Mythology has provided fascinating and thrilling stories that are central to our lives, even today. The deep-seated origins and wide-reaching lessons of ancient myths built the foundation for our modern legacies. Serving as entertainment, a means to bond, a way to pass along history, and as vessels for important lessons, morals, and rules, myths are prevalent in every civilization worldwide. Travel through space and time to access some of the greatest myths in history from Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. You'll hear what makes these stories so important, distinctive, and able to withstand the test of time. You'll also discover how, despite geographical implausibilities, many myths from across the oceans share themes, morals, and archetypes. You'll hear variations of origin stories from across the globe, spanning the earth-divers of the Native Americans to the egg-emergence stories of the Asia Pacific. You'll be introduced to tales of the Trickster, who pops up in different forms and with different names in a variety of stories around the world. You'll be entertained and instructed by folklore and fables, seeing how the lessons they teach served as the groundwork for the transmission of a system of beliefs and knowledge for the entire culture. Four esteemed professors, renowned experts in their fields, will transport you to exotic locations and ancient civilizations in this 60-lecture series. You'll become immersed in the geographies and cultures each section features, aided by stories and characters created by the indigenous people of each region, which are still reflected in our tales today. You'll come away from this course with a deeper appreciation for these remarkable cultures and the immense power of the mythologies of the world..… (more)

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

501 p.; 7.6 inches

ISBN

1629971944 / 9781629971940

Local notes

[01] Titans in Greek mythology [02] Complex goddesses: Athena, Aphrodite, Hera [03] Gods and humanity in Greek thought [04] Herakles and the Greek hero [05] Odysseus, master of schemes [06] Golden Fleece and the hero's return [07] Romulus, Remus, and Rome's origins [08] Roman heroes and traitors [09] Mother Goddess in Rome and beyond [10] The Dagda's harp and other Celtic myths [11] Norse tales of Odin and Thor [12] Hammers, rings, and other Norse magic [13] World's oldest myth: Gilgamesh [14] Babylonian creation story [15] Chaos and order in Egypt [16] Horus, Osiris, and Ra [17] Myths of the Pharaohs [18] Book of Job [19] Great Indian epics [20] Bhagavad Gita [21] Stories of the Buddha [22] Persia's Book of Kings [23] One Thousand and One Nights [24] Tales of flood and fire [25] Beauty of African mythology [26] African creation stories [27] African religious cosmology [28] Tricksters of Africa [29] Africa's gods and humanity [30] Close encounters with African divinities [31] Culture of African myth [32] African morality tale [33] The Dausi and African epics [34] Epic of Bakaridjan Kone [35] Death and the afterlife in African myth [36] African heroes in the underworld [37] Culture and cosmos in Chinese mythology [38] Chinese heroes, kings, and destroyers [39] Peasant folktales and Chinese scholarship [40] Spirits and syncretism in Korean myth [41] Korea's warring kingdoms and flying dragons [42] Japanese tales of purity and defilement [43] Gods, rice, and the Japanese state [44] Nature gods and tricksters of Polynesia [45] Creation and misbehavior in Micronesia [46] Melanesian myths of life and cannibalism [47] Origins in Indonesia and the Philippines [48] Aboriginal and colonial myths of Australia [49] Nature in Native American myth [50] Inuit and Northern Forest mythology [51] Tales and rituals of the Iroquois League [52] Southeast Amerindian origin stories [53] Mythology of the Plains peoples [54] Amerindian tales from the Northwest [55] Navajo emergence myth [56] Stories of the Pueblo [57] Native American tricksters [58] The Maya and the Popol Vuh [59] Aztec myth meets Hernán Cortés [60] Inca myth as imperial mandate

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