China's creation and origin myths: cross-cultural explorations in oral and written traditions
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden Brill 2011
Series:Religion in Chinese societies v. 2
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-333) and index
Preface; List of Figures and Tables; List of Color Plates; List of Contributors; Ethnolinguistic Map of China; Dynasties and Periods of China; Part I Comparative Perspectives; Humanity's Beginnings in Creation and Origin Myths from Around the World; The World of Chinese Mythology: An Introduction; From Frog to Nüwa and Back Again: The Religious Roots of Creation Myths; Water-of-Immortality Myths in Altaic and Japanese Cultures; Myths of Giant Corpse Transformation; Part II Rediscovering the Beginning in Texts; Sacred Order: Cosmogonic Myth in the Chu Silk Manuscript
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 354 pages)
ISBN:9004194851
9004214801
9789004194854
9789004214804

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