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This examination of myths from around the world focuses on the role nature plays within mythology. Creation myths from myriad cultures recognized that life arose from natural elements, inextricably connecting human life to the natural world. Nature as portrayed in myth is unpredictable and destructive but also redemptive, providing solace and wisdom. Mythology relates the human life cycle to the seasons, with spring, summer, fall and winter as metaphors for birth, adulthood, old age and death. The author identifies divinities who were direct representations of natural phenomena. The transition of mythic representations from the Paleolithic to Neolithic period is discussed. ** Review "McCoppin has written a lucid and accessible examination of the role of nature in the overt and implied contexts of world mythologies...an admirable job of comparing and contrasting themes across a wide range of mythologies...recomended"-- Choice . About the Author Rachel S. McCoppin is a professor of literature at the University of Minnesota-Crookston. She has published in the areas of mythology, comparative literature, and multicultural pedagogy in scholarly books and journals. Social Science Politic

Author

Rachel S. McCoppin

Publisher

McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781476622156

Subjects

Christian, Body Mind & Spirit, Nature