Asian mythologies
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Asian mythologies
University of Chicago Press, 1993
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Dictionnaire des mythologies et des religions des sociétés traditionnelles et du monde antique
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"This paperback is drawn from `Mythologies', compiled by Yves Bonnefoy, translated under the direction of Wendy Doniger, and published by the University of Chicago Press in 1991 ... originally published ... publié avec le concours du Centre National des Lettres, c1981, Flammarion, Paris"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographies and index
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These 130 articles explore mythologies in societies from India to Japan. Among the many topics are Buddhist and Hindu symbolic systems, myth in pre-Islamic Iran, Indonesian rites of passage, Chinese cosmology and demons, and Japanese conceptions of the afterlife and the "vital spirit." The mythological traditions of Turkey, Korea, Tibet, and Mongolia are also included. "The almost 100 contributors combine, with characteristic precision and ilan, the arts of science and poetry, of analysis and translation. The result is a treasury of information, brilliant guesswork, witty asides, and revealing digressions. This is a work of genuine and enduring excitement."--Thomas D'Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor
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