Sacred Narrative. Readings in the Theory of Myth

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Acknowledgments Introduction The Forms of Folklore: Prose Narratives WILLIAM BASCOM Theories Concerning Nature JAN DE VRIES The Problem of Defining Myth LAURI HONKO On Defining Myths G.S.KIRK Slippery Words: Myth J.W. R0GERS0N The Fall of Man JAMES G. FRAZER The Truth of Myth RAFFAELE PETTAZZONI Myth and Story THEODORE H. GASTER Cosmogonic Myth and Sacred History IRCEA ELIADE An Ideological Dichotomy: Myths and Folk Beliefs Among the Shoshoni AKE HULTKRANTZ The Creation Myths of the North American Indians ANNA BIRGITTA ROOTH The Cultural-Historical Background of Myths on the Separation of Sky and Earth K. NUMAZAWA The Role of Myth in Life BR0NISLAW MALIN0WSKI The Plasticity of Myth: Cases from Tikopia RAYM0ND FIRTH The Flexibility of Myth TH.P.VAN BAAREN The Mythic ERIC DARDEL The Psychology of the Child Archetype C. G. JUNG Joseph Campbell's Theory of Myth ROBERT A. SEGAL Earth -Diver: Creation of the Mythopoeic Male ALAN DUNDES The Story of Asdiwal CLAUDE LEVI-STRAUSS The World Conception of Lajos Ami, Storyteller SANDOR ERDESZ The Myth of Washington DOROTHEA WENDER Suggestions for Further Reading in the Theory of Myth Index