Myths We Live By

Klappentext Colin Grant challenges the popular use of "myth" as a dismissive designation of the superstitions and falsehoods of "other" cultures. The author maintains that myths occupy a place in our present-day lives that is every bit as important to us as the divinities and heroes of classical antiquity were to the ancients. The myths themselves are in a constant state of flux and transformation. They ebb and flow, both within the context of wider culture and individual experience. Zusammenfassung Challenges the popular use of 'myth' as a dismissive designation of the superstitions and falsehoods of 'other' cultures. This title contends that myths occupy a place in our present-day lives that is every bit as important to us as the divinities and heroes of classical antiquity were to the ancients.

Product details

• Authors: COLIN GRANT, Colin Grant, University of Ottawa Press
• Publisher: University Of Ottawa Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.05.1998
• EAN: 9780776604442
• ISBN: 978-0-7766-0444-2
• No. of pages: 181
• Series: Religion and Beliefs; Religion and Beliefs Series; Religion and Beliefs Series; Religion and Beliefs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works