Title
The Seven Story Tower : a Mythic Journey Through Space and Time
Files
Description
From the white stag to the green knight, The Seven Story Tower examines how myth colors our perception of history, nature, and ourselves. Organized around seven key myths-representing the Irish, Greek, Sumerian, Indonesian, Amazonian, and Inuit cultures, as well as the fantasy world of J. R. R. Tolkien-this book is the perfect intro-duction to the common themes found in world mythology. Curtiss Hoffman, a noted archaeologist and anthropologist, takes us beyond the entertaining stories and uses insights from cultural anthropology and analytical psychology to analyze the many common themes found throughout. In particular, he examines the significance of names, numbers, plants, animals, the heavenly bodies, and the human body. The Seven Story Tower will enhance the reader's appreciation of myth's power today over our lives and cultures.
ISBN
9780306460043
Publication Date
1999
Publisher
Insight Books
City
New York
Recommended Citation
Hoffman, Curtiss (1999). The Seven Story Tower : a Mythic Journey Through Space and Time. New York: Insight Books