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Anthropologist C. Scott Littleton defined comparative mythology as "the systematic comparison of myths and mythic themes drawn from a wide variety of cultures". [1] By comparing different cultures' mythologies, scholars try to identify underlying similarities and/or to reconstruct a "protomythology" from which those mythologies developed. [ 1 ]
This book makes a provocative case for the comparative study of the hidden treasures of China’s oral and written myth traditions in different languages and cultures, a legacy generously left behind by singers, storytellers, poets, and writers.
3 maj 2016 · Cultural Mythology: " The Similarities of Mythology Across Cultures ". Paperback – May 3, 2016. Mythology can refer to the collected myths of a group of people—their collection of stories they tell to explain nature, history, and customs —or to the study of such myths.
This paper explores ancient Indian myths to bring out these various dimensions of the cross-cultural journey of several symbols, ideas and memories, and shows how they are situated within the Indian mythological tradition in reconstructed forms.
26 kwi 2011 · How did the world begin? How were the first people created and which specific roles were they supposed to play in the cosmos? Like other mythologies worldwide, China’s creation and origin myths...
18 kwi 2018 · This paper will assess the cultural implications of modernizing mythology and narratives that incorporate changing values in the concept of cross-cultural consciousness with the proliferation of media.
26 kwi 2011 · Like other mythologies worldwide, China’s creation and origin myths explain how man created order out of chaos and imposed culture on nature. Cross-cultural approaches to myth make us aware of the limitations of our own familiar classifications.
