by Lord Raglan, Hocart, A. M.

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ISBN-13: 9780415330718
ISBN: 0415330718
Publication Date: 2004
Publisher: Routledge

AUTHOR

Lord Raglan, Hocart, A. M.

SUMMARY

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 Including mainly previously unpublished work by A.M. Hocart the book examines such issues as:Why a queen should not have been married before; why a guest is sacred; why people are believed to have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).Lord Raglan is the author of 'Life-giving Myth', published 2004 under ISBN 9780415330718 and ISBN 0415330718.

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