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J. D. Lewis-Williams's Myth and Meaning: San-Bushman Folklore in Global Context PDF

By J. D. Lewis-Williams

J.D. Lewis-Williams, one of many top South African archaeologists and ethnographers, excavates which means from the advanced mythological tales of the San-Bushmen to create a bigger conception of ways fable is utilized in tradition. He extracts their “nuggets,” the far-reaching yet frequently unstated phrases and ideas of language and realizing which are opaque to outsiders, to set up a extra nuanced concept of the function of those myths within the thought-world and social situations of the San. The e-book -draws from the original nineteenth century Bleek/Lloyd files, more moderen ethnographic paintings, and San rock art;-includes recognized San tales corresponding to The damaged String, Mantis goals, and construction of the Eland;-extrapolates from our realizing of San mythology right into a greater version of the way humans create that means from myth.

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