TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hocart, A.M.
AU  - Raglan, Lord, ed.
TI  - The life-giving myth and other essays
SN  - 0415866707
U1  - 306 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Ethnology	
KW  - Anthropology	
KW  - Mythology	
N1  - 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
ER  -