Building on a South Asian oral folk legend, Hidden Paradigms identifies the important symbolic patterns that well-known epic stories while also suggesting fresh strategies for further discovery.
Building on a South Asian oral folk legend, Hidden Paradigms identifies the important symbolic patterns that well-known epic stories while also suggesting fresh strategies for further discovery.
Brenda E.F. Beck is an adjunct professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto Scarborough.
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Introduction 1. Summarizing an Epic Legend, The Legend of Ponnivala Nadu 2. Character and Plot Structures, The Mahabharata 3. Human Life as a Balancing Act, The Epic of Gilgamesh 4. Seven Great Phases of History, The Bible’s Old and New Testament Stories 5. Landscapes and Identity Formation, The Vatsendaela Saga 6. Human versus Extra-Human Powers, The Nanabush Legend Cycle 7. Hidden Paradigms, Additional Themes and Some Overview Theories 8. The Story Told by the Stars, Babylonian Star-lore and the Hindu Nakshatras 9. An Epic Story Visualized as a Lotus Plant, The Lotus Plant in Barabudur, Central Java Conclusion Annotated Bibliography Listing Sources for Specific Epics Discussed General Bibliography
Introduction 1. Summarizing an Epic Legend, The Legend of Ponnivala Nadu 2. Character and Plot Structures, The Mahabharata 3. Human Life as a Balancing Act, The Epic of Gilgamesh 4. Seven Great Phases of History, The Bible’s Old and New Testament Stories 5. Landscapes and Identity Formation, The Vatsendaela Saga 6. Human versus Extra-Human Powers, The Nanabush Legend Cycle 7. Hidden Paradigms, Additional Themes and Some Overview Theories 8. The Story Told by the Stars, Babylonian Star-lore and the Hindu Nakshatras 9. An Epic Story Visualized as a Lotus Plant, The Lotus Plant in Barabudur, Central Java Conclusion Annotated Bibliography Listing Sources for Specific Epics Discussed General Bibliography
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