Moyra Caldecott

Myths of the Sacred Tree

Illustrator: Toorchen, Anthea

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Since the beginning of time, trees have held a special place in our collective consciousness. Moyra Caldecott gathers here a collection of myths celebrating the rich symbolism of trees, from African, European, Native American, Russian, Indian, Arabian, and other traditions--bringing to life a time when trees and forests were thought be be inhabited by spirits and divine beings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
• Original edition
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780892814145
• ISBN-10: 0892814144
• Artikelnr.: 21004773

Autorenporträt

Moyra Caldecott (1927-2015) was the author of more than 17 books and novels, including Myths of the Sacred Tree and Women in Celtic Myth. With degrees in both English literature and philosophy, she devoted the major portion of her life to collecting and examining myths and legends across the world.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Gilgamesh and the Cedar Forest (Sumerian)
The Huluppa Tree (Sumerian)
Mahavira (Indian/Jain)
The Bodhi Tree (Indian/Buddhist)
The Old Tree (Chinese)
Isis and the Tamarisk Tree (Egyptian)
The Two Brothers (Egyptian)
The Singing Tree (Arabian)
Daphne and the Laurel Tree (Greek)
The Myrrh Tree (Greek)
Persephone and the Pomegranate Tree (Greek)
Orpheus (Greek)
Phaeton's Sisters (Greek)
The Golden Apples of the Hesperides (Greek)
The Transformation of Dryope (Greek)
Aeneas and the Golden Bough (Greek)
The Oak of Dodona (Greek)
The Dream of Nebuchadnezzar (Hebrew)
The Two Trees of Eden (Hebrew)
Eve's Tree of Redemption (Western European/Christian)
The Woman Who Was Turned into a Tree (African/Kenyan)
Two Sisters (African/Kenyan)
Invisibility (African/Nigerian)
The Young Man, the Lion, and the Yellow-Flowered Zwart-Storm Tree (African)
The Baobab Tree (African/Hausa)
Willow Wife (Japanese)
The Wonderful Birch Tree (Russian)
Yggdrasil, the World Tree (Scandinavian)
The Orange Grove and the Enchanted Canary (Flemish)
The Twelve Dancing Princesses (French)
Merlin and the Hawthorn Tree (British)
The Glastonbury Thorn (British)
Deirdre and the Yew Tree (Celtic)
The Piqui Tree (South American Waura)
The Sacred Cottonwood Tree and the Sun Dance (North American Sioux)
The Origin of Stories (North American Seneca)
Selected Bibliography
Index by Species