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A dictionary of African mythology : the mythmaker as storyteller / Harold Scheub.

By: Scheub, Harold
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000Description: xiii, 368 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0195124561Subject(s): Mythology, African -- DictionariesDDC classification: 299/.62/03 LOC classification: BL2400 | .S24 2000Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [296]-322) and index.
Contents:
"Mdi Msumu" -- Introduction -- Notes on the organization of this dictionary -- The mythmaker as storyteller -- A dictionary of African mythology -- The storyteller as mythmaker -- "The python's shining stone" -- Song of the Mythmaker -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Appendix one: country -- Appendix two: linguistic/cultural -- Appendix three: the grand myth -- Index.
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Reference Reference John Bulow Campbell Library Reference BL2400 .S24 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not for loan 0182902367107

"Mdi Msumu" -- Introduction -- Notes on the organization of this dictionary -- The mythmaker as storyteller -- A dictionary of African mythology -- The storyteller as mythmaker -- "The python's shining stone" -- Song of the Mythmaker -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Appendix one: country -- Appendix two: linguistic/cultural -- Appendix three: the grand myth -- Index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [296]-322) and index.

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