Companion to Literary Myths, Heroes and Archetypes
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Companion to Literary Myths, Heroes and Archetypes

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Companion to Literary Myths, Heroes and Archetypes

About this book

First published in French in 1988, and in English in 1992, this companion explores the nature of the literary myth in a collection of over 100 essays, from Abraham to Zoroaster. Its coverage is international and draws on legends from prehistory to the modern age throughout literature, whether fiction, poetry or drama.

Essays on classical figures, as well as later myths, explore the origin, development and various incarnations of their subjects. Alongside entries on western archetypes, are analyses of non-European myths from across the world, including Africa, China, Japan, Latin America and India.

This book will be indispensable for students and teachers of literature, history and cultural studies, as well as anyone interested in the fascinating world of mythology. A detailed bibliography and index are included.

'The Companion provides a fine interpretive road map to Western culture's use of archetypal stories.' Wilson Library Review

'It certainly is a comprehensive volume… extremely useful.' Times Higher Education Supplement

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781138936003
eBook ISBN
9781317387138
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Criticism
Index
Literature
Index
Abel 174–83
Abraham 1–7
absolutism 291–7
absurdity 968–81
abundance 460–3
Académie française 747–57
Achilles 521–30
Actaeon 128–34
Adam 42–60, 389–406, 758–68; and Golem 468–87
Adonis 8–23
Adversary 389–406, 672–80, 1105–9; see also Satan
Aeëtes 464–7
Aeschylus 33–41, 298–308, 309–16, 968–81
aetiological myths 42–60
African myths 24–9; South Africa 1033–9; West Africa 325–34, 681–4, 1076–82
ages of the world 85–101
Aguirre, Lope de 407–11
Ah Q 30–2
Ahasverus 826–34
Akkadian legends 603–10
alchemy 531–56
alkaloid plants 758–68
allegory, myth as 586–96, 685–719, 960–7
alter ego see doubles
Amazons 557–65, 646–57, 1159–62; in South America 407–11
ambivalence see duality
Ambrosius Aurelianus 135–48
Ambrosius Merlinus 796–806
American Indians 163–73, 209–19, 241–54, 407–11, 442–9
Amor 412–9
anarchism 69–76
ancestor worship 24–9
anchorites 1105–9, 1179–86
ancient gods 263–5, 298–308, 309–16...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Original Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Abraham
  9. Adonis
  10. African myths
  11. Ah Q/Ah Q ism
  12. Ancient Apollo
  13. Androgynes
  14. Andromeda
  15. Antigone
  16. Aphrodite
  17. Apocalypse
  18. Apollo, the mythical sun
  19. Archetypes
  20. Ariadne
  21. Artemis
  22. Arthur
  23. The Aryan myth
  24. Atlantis
  25. Black Tezcatlipoca
  26. Cain
  27. Carmen
  28. Celtic myths
  29. Centaurs
  30. Chinese legends and mythology
  31. The Cid
  32. Coatlicue, the mother goddess
  33. Cosmogonie myths
  34. Cronos
  35. Daedalus
  36. Daphne
  37. David, or the journey
  38. The Dictator
  39. Dionysus of the Ancients
  40. Dionysus: the development of the literary myth
  41. Discoveries
  42. The Dogon myth of creation
  43. Donjuán
  44. Doubles and counterparts
  45. Echo
  46. Eden
  47. Eldorado
  48. Eros
  49. Eternal Recurrence
  50. Europa
  51. Faust
  52. The feathered serpent
  53. The flood
  54. Germanic myths
  55. The golden age
  56. The golden fleece
  57. The golem
  58. The grail
  59. The great serpent
  60. Gyges
  61. Hamlet
  62. Helen of Troy
  63. Hermes
  64. Heroism
  65. Hindu myths
  66. Historical figures and mythical figures
  67. Image and myth
  68. Iphigenia
  69. Ishtar
  70. Isis
  71. Jacob
  72. Japanese mythology
  73. Jesus Christ in literature
  74. Joan of Arc
  75. Job
  76. Judith
  77. Julian
  78. Koumen
  79. The labyrinth
  80. Lilith
  81. Literary and mythological narratives
  82. Literature and initiation
  83. Lorelei
  84. Louis XIV
  85. Mandrake
  86. Medea
  87. Medusa
  88. Melusina
  89. Melusina in literature
  90. Merlin
  91. Moses
  92. The minotaur
  93. The myth of decadence
  94. The myth of the wandering Jew
  95. A mythical bestiary
  96. The mythico-poetic attitude
  97. Narcissus
  98. Nietzsche, disciple of Dionysus
  99. Odysseus
  100. Oedipus
  101. The ogre in literature
  102. Orion
  103. Orpheus
  104. Parsifal
  105. Phaedra
  106. Phoenix
  107. From primitive myths to literary myths
  108. Prometheus
  109. Psyche
  110. Pyramus and Thisbe
  111. Revolution and revolutionaries
  112. Salome
  113. Satan
  114. Saturn
  115. Scandinavian myths
  116. Shaka the Zulu
  117. Sirens in Antiquity
  118. Sisyphus
  119. The spinners
  120. Sundiata
  121. Tahiti
  122. Tales and myths
  123. The temptation of St Anthony
  124. Theseus
  125. Tristan
  126. Twins: quadratures and syzygies
  127. The Unicorn
  128. Utopia and myth
  129. Virile women
  130. Witches
  131. Zoroaster
  132. Further Reading
  133. Index