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Asiatic Mythology : a detailed description and explanation of the mythologies of all the great nations of Asia / by J. Hackin, Clément Huart, Raymonde Linossier, H. de Wilman-Grabowska , Charles-Henri Marchal, Henri Maspero, Serge Eliseev with an introduction by Paul-Louis Couchoud. With 16 plates in colour and 354 other illustrations.
LIBRA - Rare BL1031 .M83 1963b Potok copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Undetermined
- Subjects (All):
- Mythology, Asian.
- Mythology, Middle Eastern.
- Art, Asian.
- Asia--Religion.
- Asia.
- Religion.
- Penn Provenance:
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
- Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 459 pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Crescent Books, [1963]
- Contents:
- Introduction / by Paul-Louis Couchoud
- The mythology of Persia / by Clément Huart
- The mythology of the Kāfirs / by J. Hackin
- The mythology of Buddhism in India / by Raymonde Linossier
- Brahmanic mythology / by H. de Wilman-Grabowska
- The mythology of Lamaism / by J. Hackin
- The mythology of Indo-China and Java / by C. H. Marchal
- Buddhist mythology in Central Asia / by J. Hackin
- The mythology of modern China / by Henri Maspero
- The mythology of Japan / by Serge Eliséev.
- Notes:
- "This edition is published by Crescent Books a division of Crown Publishers, Inc. by arrangement with Thomas Y. Crowell Company."
- Translated F. M. Atkinson.
- "On the very long and very winding road that by a slow ascent will lead us to the knowledge of Asia the study of mythology if the first stage, the indispensable rudiment, the ABC. ... To penetrate to the heart of a civilization we ought to begin with a knowledge of its gods. And in the very end that is what we come back to."--Introduction.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
- Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Chaim Potok 1975".
- Potok Collection copy is "b" printing.
- OCLC:
- 219887750
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