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Pagan & Christian Creeds
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the Kindle, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including the Kindle, Smartphones and other... more...
Imagining Creation
BRILL 2007; US$ 178.00Imagining Creation discusses a wide selection of creation stories from different cultures, regions, and periods, from the Ancient Near East and India, Bible and Koran, to modern Africa and Europe. more...
The Myths We Live By
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 19.95With a new Introduction by the author 'An elegant and sane little book. ? The New Statesman Myths, as Mary Midgley argues in this powerful book, are everywhere. In political thought they sit at the heart of theories of human nature and the social contract; in economics in the pursuit of self interest; and in science the idea of human beings... more...
Actually Factually
Michael O' Mara Books 2011; US$ 9.99A collection of misunderstandings, mistakes and misconceptions, which reveals the reality behind just a few of the myths that get mixed up with truth. It includes entries such as: your hair and nails continue to grow after you die; a goldfish has a memory of about three seconds; and water goes down the plughole the other way in Australia. more...
Chaos, Angst und Ordnung
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2011; US$ 19.56Hauptbeschreibung Jede Ordnung in unserem Leben müssen wir dem allumfassenden Chaos abringen. Die moderne Systemforschung belegt, was schon die alten Weisheitslehren wussten: Wir leben in einer Welt, die als ein einziger komplexer, chaotischer Prozess begriffen werden muss. Der ständige Kampf darum, das Chaos zu verbannen, führt allzu oft zu Zwangsstrukturen,... more...
What the Curlew Said
The Lilliput Press 2012; US$ 10.19'Now again I live in a river-mirrored house, the house a cottage, and the river that mirrors it broadening out twice a day into an estuary lake fished by otters and herons and, when the salmon are running, by a sole old seal. One of the herons I know. Screeching and croaking an angelus that announces only himself, he comes in flying low over the water... more...
Götter und Helden
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2007; US$ 19.56Hauptbeschreibung Die Reihe TOP TEN macht Wissen spannend. Kompetenzen werden eingeübt und trainiert, Fantasie und Engagement angeregt. Die Kopiervorlagen sind selbsterklärend und vielseitig einsetzbar: bei Projektwochen, Freiarbeitsphasen, Nachmittags-AG, ... Götter und Mythen sind mit unserem Alltag verflochten: Sisyphosarbeit, der seidene Faden... more...
White Vanishing
Editions Rodopi 2012; US$ 98.00The story of the vulnerable white person vanishing without trace into the harsh Australian landscape is a potent and compelling element in multiple genres of mainstream Australian culture. It has been sung in Little Boy Lost, brought to life on the big more...
The Modern Construction of Myth
Indiana University Press 2002; US$ 31.95"... one of the richest, clearest, and acutest surveys to date of the course of theorizing about myth from the eighteenth century on. I know of no more useful volume on the topic. Despite the postmodern connotations of the title, Von Hendy is writing not to expose the concept of myth but simply to show... more...
Concept of the Goddess
Routledge 1998; US$ 40.95This volume is an up-to-date, highly readable study of the female aspects of religion both in past and present mythologies. It explores the function and nature of goddesses and their cults in many cultures. more...









