The life-giving myth and other essays
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The life-giving myth and other essays
（Routledge library editions, Anthropology and ethnography ; 92 . Witchcraft,
Routledge, 2004
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Reprint. Originally published: London : Methuen, 1952
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Myths are the expression of a form of knowledge essential to life. Including mainly previously unpublished work by A.M. Hocart the book examines such issues as:
Why a queen should not have been married before; why a guest is sacred; why people are believed to have been turned into stone; how money originated.
These issues are considered as part of a socio-religious complex embraced in many parts of the world, both East and West. (There are chapters on the UK, India, Sri Lanka, Africa, Fiji, Egypt, and Ancient Greece).
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 The Life-giving Myth
- Chapter 2 Flying Through the Air
- Chapter 3 Turning Into Stone
- Chapter 4 The Common Sense of Myth
- Chapter 5 The Purpose of Ritual
- Chapter 6 Ritual and Emotion
- Chapter 7 The Origin of Monotheism
- Chapter 8 The Divinity of the Guest
- Chapter 9 Yakshas and Vaddas
- Chapter 10 Money
- Chapter 11 Modern Critique
- Chapter 12 In the Grip of Tradition
- Chapter 13 Snobbery
- Chapter 14 Chastity
- Chapter 15 Saviours
- Chapter 16 The Age-Limit
- Chapter 17 Childhood Ceremonies
- Chapter 18 Baptism by Fire
- Chapter 19 Initiation and Manhood
- Chapter 20 Initiation and Healing
- Chapter 21 Tattooing and Healing
- Chapter 22 Kinship Systems
- Chapter 23 Blood-Brotherhood
- Chapter 24 Covenants
- Chapter 25 The Uterine Nephew
- Chapter 26 Why Study Savages ?
- Chapter 27 Are Savages Custom-bound?
- Chapter 28 From Ancient to Modern Egypt
- Chapter 29 India and the Pacific
- Chapter 30 Decadence in India
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