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A dictionary of African mythology : the mythmaker as storyteller
- Title
- A dictionary of African mythology : the mythmaker as storyteller / Harold Scheub.
- Author
- Scheub, Harold.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 368 p. : ill., map; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Mythology, African > Dictionaries
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 00-164
- ISBN
- 0195124561
- LCCN
- 99035035
- OCLC
- 41503799
- Author
- Scheub, Harold.
- Title
- A dictionary of African mythology : the mythmaker as storyteller / Harold Scheub.
- Imprint
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [296]-322) and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 00-164