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[http://0-www.oxfordreference.com.library.acaweb.org/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t68 '''''A Dictionary of African Mythology''''']
400 entries
This collection of fascinating, mysterious, and revealing tales captures the immense sweep and diversity of African [[mythology]]. The stories touch on virtually every aspect of [[belief]]: gods and goddesses, epic heroes and [[divine]] tricksters, along with epics of the world's origins, the struggle between the [[human]] and the [[divine]], and much more. Entries cover the entire continent, from the mouth of the Nile to the Cape of Good Hope.
Here, for example, is the tale of [[Abu Zayd]] (from the Bani Hilal of Tunisia), an epic hero who battles a [[jinn]]i; and here too is a [[myth]] of how the moon and the toad created the first man and woman, from the Soko of Congo. Each story is told, and information provided about the respective belief system, the main characters, and related stories or variants.
This magnificent collection not only provides hundreds of fascinating myths, but also recaptures their cultural [[context]]s, in which story and storyteller, [[tradition]] and performance, all merge.
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[http://0-www.oxfordreference.com.library.acaweb.org/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t68 '''''A Dictionary of African Mythology''''']
400 entries
This collection of fascinating, mysterious, and revealing tales captures the immense sweep and diversity of African [[mythology]]. The stories touch on virtually every aspect of [[belief]]: gods and goddesses, epic heroes and [[divine]] tricksters, along with epics of the world's origins, the struggle between the [[human]] and the [[divine]], and much more. Entries cover the entire continent, from the mouth of the Nile to the Cape of Good Hope.
Here, for example, is the tale of [[Abu Zayd]] (from the Bani Hilal of Tunisia), an epic hero who battles a [[jinn]]i; and here too is a [[myth]] of how the moon and the toad created the first man and woman, from the Soko of Congo. Each story is told, and information provided about the respective belief system, the main characters, and related stories or variants.
This magnificent collection not only provides hundreds of fascinating myths, but also recaptures their cultural [[context]]s, in which story and storyteller, [[tradition]] and performance, all merge.
[[Category: Health]]
[[Category: Oxford Reference Premium]]
