Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-333) and index.
Contents
Preface; List of Figures and Tables; List of Color Plates; List of Contributors; Ethnolinguistic Map of China; Dynasties and Periods of China; Part I Comparative Perspectives; Humanity's Beginnings in Creation and Origin Myths from Around the World; The World of Chinese Mythology: An Introduction; From Frog to Nüwa and Back Again: The Religious Roots of Creation Myths; Water-of-Immortality Myths in Altaic and Japanese Cultures; Myths of Giant Corpse Transformation; Part II Rediscovering the Beginning in Texts; Sacred Order: Cosmogonic Myth in the Chu Silk Manuscript.
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