Great Mythologies of the World

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Call Number: DVD 201.3 Gr Oversize, Adult DVD / Great Courses / Religion & Spirituality / Great Mythologies of the World
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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disc 1: Ancient Europe The Titans in Greek mythology -- Complex goddesses: Athena, Aphrodite, Hera -- Gods and humanity in Greek thought -- Herakles and the Greek hero -- Odysseus, master of schemes -- The Golden Fleece and the hero's return -- disc 2. Romulus, Remus, and Rome's origins -- Roman heroes and traitors -- The Mother goddess in Rome and beyond -- The Dagda's harp and other Celtic myths -- Norse tales of Odin and Thor -- Hammers, rings, and other Norse magic -- disc 3: The Middle East and South Asia The world's oldest myth: Gilgamesh -- The Babylonian creation story -- Chaos and order in Egypt -- Horus, Osiris, and Ra -- Myths of the Pharaohs -- The book of Job -- disc 4. The Great Indian epics -- The Bhagavad Gita -- Stories of the Buddha -- Persia's Book of Kings -- One thousand and one nights -- Tales of flood and fire -- disc 5: Africa The beauty of African mythology -- African creation stories -- African religious cosmology -- Tricksters of Africa -- Africa's gods and humanity -- Close encounters with African divinities -- disc 6. Cult of African myth -- The African morality tale -- The Dausi and African epics -- The epic of Bakaridjan Kone -- Death and the afterlife in African myth -- African heroes in the underworld -- disc 7: Asia and the Pacific Culture and cosmos in Chinese mythology -- Chinese heroes, kings, and destroyers -- Peasant folktales and Chinese scholarship -- Spirits and syncretism in Korean myth -- Korea's warring kingdom's and flying dragons -- Japanese tales of purity and defilement -- disc 8. Gods, rice, and the Japanese state -- Nature gods and tricksters of Polynesia -- Creation and misbehavior in Micronesia -- Melanesian myths of life and cannibalism -- Origins in Indonesia and the Philippines -- disc 9: The Americans Nature in Native American myth -- Inuit and Northern Forest mythology -- Tales and rituals of the Iroquois league -- Southeast Amerindian origin stories -- Mythology of the Plains peoples -- Amerindian tales from the Northwest -- disc 10. The Navajo emergence myth -- Stories of the Pueblo -- Native American tricksters -- The Maya and the Popol Vuh -- Aztec myth meets Hernan Cortes -- Inca myth as imperial mandate.
Lecturer: Professor Kathryn McClymond (Ancient Europe, The Middle East and South Asia), Georgia State University, Julius H. Bailey (Africa), University of Redlands, Robert André LaFleur (Asia and the Pacific), Beloit College, Grant L. Voth (The Americas), Monterey Peninsula College.
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COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Good info; a tad dry submitted by majean on July 22, 2022, 3:45pm There is a lot of very interesting info presented, but some presenters are more capable than others, and the presentation itself is dry overall.