The Life-Giving Myth
| By: | A. M. Hocart |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781032810591 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781136551246 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2004 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Myths are the expression of a form of knowledge essential to life. Including mainly previously unpublished work by A.M. Hocart the book examines such issues as:Why a queen should not have been married before; why a guest is sacred; why people are believed to have been turned into stone; how money originated.These issues are considered as part of a socio-religious complex embraced in many parts of the world, both East and West. (There are chapters on the UK, India, Sri Lanka, Africa, Fiji, Egypt, and Ancient Greece).