The life-giving myth and other essays/
Hocart, A.M.
The life-giving myth and other essays/ A.M. Hocart ; edited with an introduction by Lord Raglan. - London: Routledge, 2013. - 252 p. ; 20 cm.
Introduction
1 The Life-giving Myth
2 Flying Through the Air
3 Turning Into Stone
4 The Common Sense of Myth
5 The Purpose of Ritual
6 Ritual and Emotion
7 The Origin of Monotheism
8 The Divinity of the Guest
9 Yakshab and Vaddas
10 Money
11 Modern Critique
12 In the Grip of Tradition
13 Snobbery
14 Chastity
15 Saviours
16 The Age-Limit
17 Childhood Ceremonies
18 Baptism by Fire
19 Initiation and Manhood
20 Initiation and Healing
21 Tattooing and Healing
22 Kinship Systems
23 Blood-Brotherhood
24 Covenants
25 The Uterine Nephew
26 Why Study Savages?
27 Are Savages Custom-bound?
28 From Ancient to Modern Egypt
29 India and the Pacific
30 Decadence in India
Acknowledgments
Index
0415866707
Ethnology
Anthropology
Mythology
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The life-giving myth and other essays/ A.M. Hocart ; edited with an introduction by Lord Raglan. - London: Routledge, 2013. - 252 p. ; 20 cm.
Introduction
1 The Life-giving Myth
2 Flying Through the Air
3 Turning Into Stone
4 The Common Sense of Myth
5 The Purpose of Ritual
6 Ritual and Emotion
7 The Origin of Monotheism
8 The Divinity of the Guest
9 Yakshab and Vaddas
10 Money
11 Modern Critique
12 In the Grip of Tradition
13 Snobbery
14 Chastity
15 Saviours
16 The Age-Limit
17 Childhood Ceremonies
18 Baptism by Fire
19 Initiation and Manhood
20 Initiation and Healing
21 Tattooing and Healing
22 Kinship Systems
23 Blood-Brotherhood
24 Covenants
25 The Uterine Nephew
26 Why Study Savages?
27 Are Savages Custom-bound?
28 From Ancient to Modern Egypt
29 India and the Pacific
30 Decadence in India
Acknowledgments
Index
0415866707
Ethnology
Anthropology
Mythology
306 / HOC/L