Myth: Its Meaning and Functions in Ancient and Other Cultures Volume 40

by Geoffrey S. Kirk

Book Overview

This book attempts to come to grips with a set of widely ranging but connected problems concerning myths: their relation to folktales on the one hand, to rituals on the other; the validity and scope of the structuralist theory of myth; the range of possible mythical functions; the effects of developed social institutions and literacy; the character and meaning of ancient Near-Eastern myths and their influence on Greece; the special forms taken by...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520023897
• ISBN13: 9780520023895
• Release Date: June 1973
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"