China's creation and origin myths: cross-cultural explorations in oral and written traditions

Klappentext: How did the world begin? How were the first people created and which specific roles were they supposed to play in the cosmos? Like other mythologies worldwide, China’s creation and origin myths explain how man created order out of chaos and imposed culture on nature. Cross-cultural appr...

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發表在:Religion in Chinese societies
其他作者: Schipper, Mineke 1938- (Editor) ; Ye, Shuxian 1954- (Other) ; Yin, Hubin (Other)
格式: Print 圖書
語言:English
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出版: Leiden [u.a.] Brill 2011
In: Religion in Chinese societies (2)
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叢編:Religion in Chinese societies 2
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B China / 創造神話 / Ursprungssage / 口述歷史 / 歷史學
Further subjects:B Aufsatzsammlung
B Mythology, Chinese
B Creation Mythology China
B Creation Mythology (China)
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總結:Klappentext: How did the world begin? How were the first people created and which specific roles were they supposed to play in the cosmos? Like other mythologies worldwide, China’s creation and origin myths explain how man created order out of chaos and imposed culture on nature. Cross-cultural approaches to myth make us aware of the limitations of our own familiar classifications. This book makes a provocative case for the comparative study of the hidden treasures of China’s oral and written myth traditions in different languages and cultures, a legacy generously left behind by singers, storytellers, poets, and writers. This book opens new doors to the study of Chinese mythologies, a surprising and so far almost unknown world outside China.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [325] - 333) and index
ISBN:9004194851