Asian Mythologies
Author | : Yves Bonnefoy |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1993-05-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 0226064565 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780226064567 |
Rating | : 4/5 (567 Downloads) |
Download or read book Asian Mythologies written by Yves Bonnefoy and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1993-05-15 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These 130 articles Aisan mythologies and cover such topics as Buddhist and Hindu symbolic systems, myth in pre-Islamic Iran, Chinese cosmology and demons, and the Japanese conceptions of the afterlife and the "vital spirit". Also includes myths from Turkey, Korea, Tibet, and Mongolia. Illustrations.