Myth: A New Symposium offers a broad-based assessment of the present state of myth study. It was inspired by a revisiting of the influential mid-century work Myth: A Symposium (edited by Thomas Sebeok). A systematic introduction and 15 contributions from a wide spectrum of disciplines offer a range of views on past myth study and suggest directions for the future. Contributors blend theoretical analysis with richly documented historical, ethnographic, and literary illustrations and examples drawn from Native American, classical, medieval, and modern sources.
Myth: A New Symposium offers a broad-based assessment of the present state of myth study. It was inspired by a revisiting of the influential mid-century work Myth: A Symposium (edited by Thomas Sebeok). A systematic introduction and 15 contributions from a wide spectrum of disciplines offer a range of views on past myth study and suggest directions for the future. Contributors blend theoretical analysis with richly documented historical, ethnographic, and literary illustrations and examples drawn from Native American, classical, medieval, and modern sources.
Gregory Schrempp is Associate Professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology and Co-director of the Program in Mythology Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. William Hansen is Professor and Chair of Classical Studies, Professor of Folklore, and Co-director of the Program in Mythology Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington.
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Acknowledgments Introduction. Gregory Schrempp I. Revisiting Myth: A Symposium 1. Meanings and Boundaries: Reflections on Thompson's "Myth and Folktales." William Hansen 2. From Expressive Language to Mythemes: Meaning in Mythic Narratives. John H. McDowell 3. David Bidney and the People of Truth. Gregory Schrempp II. Myth & Ethnography 4. Germans and Indians in South America: Ethnography and the Idea of Text. Lúcia Sá 5. "Made from Bone": Trickster Narratives, Musicality, and Social Constructions of History in the Venezuelan Amazon. Jonathan D. Hill 6. Native American Reassessment and Reinterpretation of Myths. Barre Toelken III. Myth & Historical Texts 7. Myth Read as History: Odin in Snorri Sturluson's Ynglinga saga. John Lindow 8. Myth and Legendum in Medieval and Modern Ireland. Joseph Falaky Nagy 9. The West and the People with Myth. Gordon Brotherston IV. Myth & the Modern World 10. Myths of the Rain Forest/The Rain Forest as Myth. Candace Slater 11. Distempered Demos: Myth, Metaphor, and U.S. Political Culture. Robert L. Ivie V. Myth & Visual Art 12. Imitation or Reconstruction: How Did Roman Viewers Experience Mythological Painting? Eleanor Winsor Leach 13. Mud and Mythic Vision: Hindu Sculpture in Modern Bangladesh. Henry Glassie VI. Myth as Concept 14. Myth in Historical Perspective: The Case of Pagan Deities in the Anglo-Saxon Royal Genealogies. R. D. Fulk 15. Can Myth Be Saved? Gregory Nagy Index Contributors
Acknowledgments Introduction. Gregory Schrempp I. Revisiting Myth: A Symposium 1. Meanings and Boundaries: Reflections on Thompson's "Myth and Folktales." William Hansen 2. From Expressive Language to Mythemes: Meaning in Mythic Narratives. John H. McDowell 3. David Bidney and the People of Truth. Gregory Schrempp II. Myth & Ethnography 4. Germans and Indians in South America: Ethnography and the Idea of Text. Lúcia Sá 5. "Made from Bone": Trickster Narratives, Musicality, and Social Constructions of History in the Venezuelan Amazon. Jonathan D. Hill 6. Native American Reassessment and Reinterpretation of Myths. Barre Toelken III. Myth & Historical Texts 7. Myth Read as History: Odin in Snorri Sturluson's Ynglinga saga. John Lindow 8. Myth and Legendum in Medieval and Modern Ireland. Joseph Falaky Nagy 9. The West and the People with Myth. Gordon Brotherston IV. Myth & the Modern World 10. Myths of the Rain Forest/The Rain Forest as Myth. Candace Slater 11. Distempered Demos: Myth, Metaphor, and U.S. Political Culture. Robert L. Ivie V. Myth & Visual Art 12. Imitation or Reconstruction: How Did Roman Viewers Experience Mythological Painting? Eleanor Winsor Leach 13. Mud and Mythic Vision: Hindu Sculpture in Modern Bangladesh. Henry Glassie VI. Myth as Concept 14. Myth in Historical Perspective: The Case of Pagan Deities in the Anglo-Saxon Royal Genealogies. R. D. Fulk 15. Can Myth Be Saved? Gregory Nagy Index Contributors
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