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9780826436610

Tales of Darkness The Mythology of Evil

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  • ISBN13:

    9780826436610

  • ISBN10:

    0826436617

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-02-10
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary

Explores the causes of evil in myth, encompassing themes such as defilement, the figure of the trickster, evil people both within and outside the society, and traumatic initiations.

Author Biography

Robert Ellwood was Professor of Religion at the University of Southern California, USA, from 1967 until his retirement in 1997.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Abomination of Desolation: Confronting Evil, and Myth
Evil Is Abroad
Defilement
Evil People
Space Invaders
The Way Things Are
Couldn't It Have Happened Differently?
Trickster's Gameplan
Traumatic Initiations
The Hero's Dragon
Evil Under Analysis
The Road Back: Curing Evil
Laughter and Wisdom
Through Death to Life
The Hero Victorious
The Meaning of War
The End of Days
Summing Up
Bibliography
Notes
Index
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