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Critical survey of mythology and folklore : love, sexuality, and desire
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The Critical Survey of Mythology and Folklore series offers analytical articles and plot summaries of the major myths, fairy tales, and other traditional literature for studies in advanced classroo...
The Critical Survey of Mythology and Folklore series offers analytical articles and plot summaries of the major myths, fairy tales, and other traditional literature for studies in advanced classrooms. Fairy tales, myths, legends and folktales written from 5000 B.C.E. to the modern era are covered. Those analyzed include Cupid & Psyche, Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere, Aphrodite and Adonis, Pyramus and Thisbe, Beauty and the Beast, Little Red Riding Hood, and The Snake Maiden. The countries and cultures from which these myths come are worldwide. Included are Greek, Mesopotamian, Iraqi, African, Roman, North American, Indian, Afghani, Japanese, European, South American, Serbian, Irish, Chinese, and Egyptian myths and folktales.
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- Creator
- Thomas J. Sienkewicz, editor
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Ipswich, Mass. : Salem Press, [2013]
- ©2013
- Physical Details
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- 2 volumes ; 27 cm
- ISBNs
- 1429837683, 9781429837651, 9781429837668, 9781429837675, 9781429837682, 1429837659, 1429837675, 1429837667
- OCLC
- ocn812614716, ocn812531792, on1013505417
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Machine generated contents note: Volume 1 -- The Lover's Quest -- Black Bull of Norroway -- Cupid and Psyche -- The Fair Angiola -- The Faithful Prince -- Isis and the Search for Osiris -- The King of Love -- Orpheus and Eurydice -- The Romance of Tristan and Iseult -- Tim and Cam -- Gods and Godesses in Love -- Aphrodite and Adonis -- Apollo and the Thessalian Hyacinthus -- Enlil and Ninlil -- Frey's Courtship of Gerd -- Hades and Persephone -- Istar and Tammuz -- Mami Wata -- Pan and Syrinx -- Selene and Endymion -- Zeus and Europa -- The Myth of Ideal Love -- Admetus and Alcestis -- The Blind Beauty -- Daphnis and Chloe -- The Devotion of Sita -- The Holy Cherry Tree -- Hymn to Aphrodite -- Layla and Majnun -- Moghol-Dokhter and Arab-Bacha -- Siva and Parvati -- Winona, the Child-Woman -- Volume 2 -- Loss of the Beloved -- Bopoluchi -- Daphne the Naiad Nymph -- The Fire-Fly's Lovers -- Polyphemus and Galatea -- Pyramus and Thisbe -- Sigurd and Gudrun -- The Stolen Wife -- Urvasi and Pururavas -- The White Condor -- Tales of Transformation -- A Basque Tale of Beauty and the Beast -- Beauty and the Beast -- Blodeuwedd the Flower Maiden Goddess -- Donkey Skin -- The Frog Prince -- The Goodman o' Wastness -- Kitsune: Come and Sleep & The Foxes' Wedding -- The Sleep of Ondine -- The Transformation of Tiresias -- Vertumnus and Pomona -- Animal Loves -- The Daughter of the Skies -- East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon -- The Golden Apple Tree and the Nine Peahens -- The Nightingale and the Rose -- The Peacock Maiden -- The Prince and the Tortoise -- The Snake Maiden -- The Snake with Seven Heads -- Untombi-yapansi -- The Woman Who Married a Bear -- Love, Sexuality, and Creation -- Izanami-no-Mikoto -- Love and the Second Half -- Shu and Tefnut -- Uranus and Gaia -- Appendixes -- Mythology in the Classroom -- Lesson Plan -- Timeline -- Guide to Online Resources -- Bibliography -- Indexes -- Country and Culture Index -- Chronological Index