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This book examines 30 common motifs that thread their way through mythological tales across history and around the globe.

Table of Contents

The Afterlife Animals in Myth The Apocalypse Changing Ages Cosmic Egg Creation Myths Culture Heroes Deluge Motif Descent Motif Earth-Diver Motif Emergence Motif Etiological Myths The Fall Fertility Myths Gods Goddesses Guardians Messengers Monsters Primal Parents The Quest Rainbow Sacred Mountains Separation of Earth and Sky Theomachy Tricksters Twins The Underworld World Tree Ymir Motif

About the Author

LORENA STOOKEY is Assistant Professor in the English Department at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she teaches course in mythology, poetry, and literature. She is the author of Louise Erdrich: A Critical Companion (Greenwood 1999).

Reviews

"Stookey provides a well-organized guide to the overlapping and common themes found in world mythology. Arranged by the common motifs found in myths worldwide, it serves as a good introduction to comparative mythology....[t]his is a well-written, clearly organized set of introductory chapters on the commonalities found in many myths. Recommended. General readers; lower-division undergraduates."-Choice

?[A]chieves its goal of providing an overview of the themes of world mythology....[r]ecommeded to school and public libraries.?-Library Journal

?Stookey provides a well-organized guide to the overlapping and common themes found in world mythology. Arranged by the common motifs found in myths worldwide, it serves as a good introduction to comparative mythology....[t]his is a well-written, clearly organized set of introductory chapters on the commonalities found in many myths. Recommended. General readers; lower-division undergraduates.?-Choice

?This sampling of world myths, written is a simple, straightforward prose, might serve well as a beginner's guide and overview.?-Library Media Collection

"ÝA¨chieves its goal of providing an overview of the themes of world mythology....Ýr¨ecommeded to school and public libraries."-Library Journal

"[A]chieves its goal of providing an overview of the themes of world mythology....[r]ecommeded to school and public libraries."-Library Journal

"This sampling of world myths, written is a simple, straightforward prose, might serve well as a beginner's guide and overview."-Library Media Collection