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Mythopedia : A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore.

De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2025 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Angel, Michele M.
Contributor:
Mayor, Adrienne.
Series:
Pedia Bks.
Language:
English
Physical Description:
1 online resource (209 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2025.
Summary:
From acclaimed folklorist and historian Adrienne Mayor, an enchanting collection of the ancient myths that emerged out of the wonders--and disasters--of the natural world Mythopedia is a fun, fact-filled A-Z treasury of myths inspired by natural events.
Contents:
Cover
Contents
Preface
Accursed Mountains
Budj Bim
Cameroon Death Lake
Cantre'r Gwaelod
Dzud
Ecodaimon
Eternal Fires
Fech Fech
Fimbulwinter
Fires of Tamatea
Frogs and Fish, Rains of
Gaia Hypothesis
Geofact
Geomythology
Geosmin
Hydromythology
Iron from the Sky
Jishi Gorge
Jobar
Kadimakara
Kamikaze
Killing Stone
Laboon
Lakalanga's Footprints
Lightning
Longevity of Orality
Makin Island Boulders
Mangaia Island
Marmite
Namazu
Obsidian
Paleoburrows
Pele's Hair
Polydektes Petrified
Quicksand
Rama's Bridge
Rat Hole of Chicago
Sandstorms
Shajarat-al-Hayat
Singing Sand Dunes
Smong
Solitary or Dry Tree
Tree of Ténér
Tsangpo River Chasm
Uoke
Vernagtferner
Vitaliano, Dorothy
Whirlpool
Xhosa Legend of iziKhaleni
Xing, Lida
Ymir
Zambezi River God
Zooseismology
Acknowledgments
Further Reading
Index.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Other Format:
Print version: Angel, Michele M. Mythopedia
ISBN:
9780691247878
OCLC:
1519991608

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