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- 000 01669cam a2200349 i 4500
- 008 160912s2016 ncu b 001 0 eng
- 020 __ |a 9781476662015 (softcover : alk. paper) : |c CNY241.85
- 020 __ |a 1476662010 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 040 __ |a DLC |b eng |e rda |c DLC |d YDXCP |d BTCTA |d OCLCF |d NKM |d YDX
- 050 00 |a BL435 |b .M328 2016
- 100 1_ |a McCoppin, Rachel S., |d 1977- |e author
- 245 14 |a The hero's quest and the cycles of nature : |b an ecological interpretation of world mythology / |c Rachel S. McCoppin
- 260 __ |a Jefferson, North Carolina : |b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, |c c2016
- 300 __ |a vii, 223 pages ; |c 23 cm
- 336 __ |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent
- 337 __ |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia
- 338 __ |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier
- 504 __ |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-220) and index
- 505 0_ |a From seeds and sprouts to branching out -- Caves and the underworld -- Death and sacrifice -- Natural apotheosis and the resurrection of the botanical hero
- 520 __ |a "This examination of the heroic journey in world mythology casts the protagonist as a personification of nature--a "botanical hero"--who begins the quest in a metaphorical seed-like state, sprouting into strength to face a mythic underworld. A cyclical promise of continuous life is realized, in which no element fully disappears"-- |c Provided by publisher
- 650 _0 |a Nature |x Mythology
- 650 _0 |a Heroes |x Mythology