TY - BOOK ID - 22163753 TI - The origins of the world's mythologies PY - 2011 SN - 9780195367461 9780199812851 9780199710157 0199710155 0199812853 0195367464 9780199932047 0199932042 PB - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Mythology KW - Myth KW - Religion KW - Philosophy & Religion KW - Mythology, Comparative KW - Mitologia KW - Mite KW - Demythologization KW - God KW - Gods KW - Religió KW - Mites KW - Arqueologia KW - Déu KW - Animals fabulosos KW - Gegants (Mitologia) KW - Hierogàmia KW - Metamorfosi (Mitologia) KW - Mites geogràfics KW - Mitologia aborigen australiana KW - Mitologia asteca KW - Mitologia cèltica KW - Mitologia en l'art KW - Mitologia hindú KW - Mitologia ibèrica KW - Mitologia jueva KW - Religió primitiva KW - Simbolisme KW - Déus KW - Diluvi universal KW - Myths KW - Legends KW - Religions KW - Folklore KW - Mythology. KW - Myth. KW - 291.13 KW - 903.6 KW - 903.6 Prehistorie: plaatsen van aanbidding; tempels; altaren; offerplaatsen KW - Prehistorie: plaatsen van aanbidding; tempels; altaren; offerplaatsen KW - 291.13 Mythe. Vergelijkende mythologie KW - Mythe. Vergelijkende mythologie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:22163753 AB - This remarkable book is the most ambitious work on mythology since that of the renowned Mircea Eliade, who all but single-handedly invented the modern study of myth and religion. Focusing on the oldest available texts, buttressed by data from archeology, comparative linguistics and human population genetics, Michael Witzel reconstructs a single original African source for our collective myths, dating back some 100,000 years. Identifying features shared by this "Out of Africa" mythology and its northern Eurasian offshoots, Witzel suggests that these common myths -- recounted by the communities of the "African Eve" - are the earliest evidence of ancient spirituality. Moreover these common features, Witzel shows, survive today in all major religions. Witzel's book is an intellectual hand grenade that will doubtless generate considerable excitement - and consternation - in the scholarly community. Indeed, everyone interested in mythology will want to grapple with Witzel's extraordinary hypothesis about the spirituality of our common ancestors, and to understand what it tells us about our modern cultures and the way they are linked at the deepest level. -- Publisher description ER -