Other Peoples' Myths: The Cave of Echoes
by Wendy Doniger
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Other People's Myths celebrates the universal art of storytelling, and the rich diversity of stories that people live by. Drawing on Biblical parables, Greek myths, Hindu epics, and the modern mythologies of Woody Allen and soap operas, Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty encourages us to feel anew the force of myth and tradition in our lives, and in the lives of other cultures. She shows how the stories of mythology—whether of Greek gods, Chinese sages, or Polish rabbis—enable all cultures to show more define themselves. She raises critical questions about the way we interpret mythical stories, especially the way different cultures make use of central texts and traditions. And she offers a sophisticated way of looking at the roles myths play in all cultures. show lessTags
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While this book explores ways to discover, appreciate, and translate the stories of the "other," it did not find a way to draw me in. Writing was dry and somewhat stale for me.
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Wendy Doniger is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of the History of Religions, University of Chicago Divinity School, and the author of over forty books.
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- I miti degli altri: la caverna degli echi
- Original title
- Other Peoples' Myths: The Cave of Echoes
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Anthropology, General Nonfiction, Literature Studies and Criticism
- DDC/MDS
- 291.1 — Religion Other religions [Formerly: General Religious Topics] [formerly: Religious mythology, general classes of religion, interreligious relations and attitudes, social theology. Relocated to 201]
- LCC
- BL304 .D55 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Religions. Mythology. Rationalism The myth. Comparative mythology
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- Languages
- English, Italian, Spanish
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- Paper
- ISBNs
- 5
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