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A Dictionary of African Mythology : The Mythmaker As Storyteller by Harold Scheub (2000, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195124561
ISBN-139780195124569
eBay Product ID (ePID)711405
Product Key Features
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameDictionary of African Mythology : the Mythmaker As Storyteller
Publication Year2000
SubjectMiscellaneous, Folklore & Mythology
TypeLanguage Course
AuthorHarold Scheub
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Social Science
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight24.7 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-035035
TitleLeadingA
Reviews"An extraordinarily rich compilation of origin tales, heroic quests, accounts of benevolent and vengeful gods, and variations on the continent-wide story of the slow chameleon who inadvertently let death into the world."--Choice, "The 400 stories presented here--revamped by Scheub, who has devoted his professional career to researching and teaching in Africa and has published numerous monographs, e.g., the celebrated The Tongue is Fire--reveal the unique sweep and diversity of African mythology.... Engaging yetscholarly in presentation, this work is vital to upper-level and professional studies and should be considered for all collections of African research."--Library Journal, "...the 400 stories presented here--revamped by Scheub, who has devoted his professional career to researching and teaching in Africa and has published numerous monographs, e.g., the celebrated The Tongue is Fire--reveal the unique sweep and dicersity of African mythology....Enganging yetscholarly in presentation, this work is vital to upper-level and professional studies and should be considered for all collections of African research."--Richard K. Burns, Library Journal, "...the 400 stories presented here--revamped by Scheub, who has devotedhis professional career to researching and teaching in Africa and has publishednumerous monographs, e.g., the celebrated The Tongue is Fire--reveal the uniquesweep and dicersity of African mythology....Enganging yet scholarly inpresentation, this work is vital to upper-level and professional studies andshould be considered for all collections of African research."--Richard K.Burns, Library Journal
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal299/.62/03
SynopsisIn this marvelous collection of hundreds of fascinating, mysterious, and revealing tales, Harold Scheub captures the immense sweep and diversity of African mythology. Scheub offers an unprecedented collection of 400 stories, arranged alphabetically, that touch on virtually every aspect of religious belief. Here are 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. Scheub covers the entire continent, from the mouth of the Nile to the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, including North African as well as sub-Saharan cultures. Here, for example, is the tale of Abu Zayd (from the Bani Hilal of Tunisia), an epic hero who battles a jinni; and here too is a myth of how the moon and the toad created the first man and woman, from the Soko of Congo. Scheub not only retells each story, but provides information about the respective belief system, the main characters, and related stories or variants. Perhaps most important, Scheub emphasizes the role of mythmaker as storyteller--as a performer for an audience. He explores various techniques, from the rhythmic movements of a Zulu mythmaker's hands to the way a storyteller will play on the familiar context of other myths within her cultural context. In A Dictionary of African Mythology , Harold Scheub has constructed an invaluable bridge to the richly diverse oral cultures of Africa. In this magnificent collection, he not only provides hundreds of fascinating myths, but recaptures their cultural contexts--in which story and storyteller, tradition and performance, all merge., In this marvelous collection of hundreds of fascinating, mysterious, and revealing tales, Harold Scheub captures the immense sweep and diversity of African mythology. Scheub offers an unprecedented collection of 400 stories, arranged alphabetically, that touch on virtually every aspect of religious belief. Here are 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. Scheub covers the entire continent, from the mouth of the Nile to the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, including North African as well as sub-Saharan cultures. Here, for example, is the tale of Abu Zayd (from the Bani Hilal of Tunisia), an epic hero who battles a jinni; and here too is a myth of how the moon and the toad created the first man and woman, from the Soko of Congo. Scheub not only retells each story, but provides information about the respective belief system, the main characters, and related stories or variants. Perhaps most important, Scheub emphasizes the role of mythmaker as storyteller--as a performer for an audience. He explores various techniques, from the rhythmic movements of a Zulu mythmaker's hands to the way a storyteller will play on the familiar context of other myths within her cultural context. In A Dictionary of African Mythology, Harold Scheub has constructed an invaluable bridge to the richly diverse oral cultures of Africa. In this magnificent collection, he not only provides hundreds of fascinating myths, but recaptures their cultural contexts--in which story and storyteller, tradition and performance, all merge.
LC Classification NumberBL2400.S24 2000
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This work is wonderful. Especially for those who live to read, read, read, all kinds of print matter, you will not be disappointedVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
