An Illustrated Guide to Korean Mythology
Choi, Won-Oh
This highly engaging volume is by one of Koreas leading scholars of comparative mythology. The first study of its kind in English provides a valuable introduction to centuries-old beliefs, myths and folk tales relating to Cosmology and Flood, Birth and Agriculture, Messengers of the Underworld, Shamans, Disease, Good Fortune, Love and Family, Gods of Village Shrines, and Heroes. Containing thirty traditional stories, the book is fully illustrated throughout and contains a wide variety of Korean art, including rare shamanist paintings, as well as the work of some contemporary Korean artists.
Kategori:
Tahun:
2009
Penerbit:
BRILL/Global Oriental
Bahasa:
english
Halaman:
330
ISBN 10:
1905246609
ISBN 13:
9781905246601
File:
PDF, 14.56 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2009