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" ... de Heusch has achieved a significant advance over Levi-Strauss's formulations... [A] landmark contribution to anthropological theory, historical methodology, structural analysis, and African studies." Choice
" . . . de Heusch has achieved a significant advance over Lévi-Strauss's formulations. . . . [A] landmark contribution to anthropological theory, historical methodology, structural analysis, and African studies." —Choice
A major work that modifies and extends Lévi-Straussian myth analysis in profound and exciting ways. Roy Willis's masterful translation makes technical terms accessible to the general reader.
Translator's Introduction
Author's Introduction
Chapter One: Kingly Manners
Chapter Two: The Rainbow and the Lightening
Chapter Three: The Outraged Father
Chapter Four: The People of the Sun
Chapter Five: Palm Wine, the Blood of Women, and the Blood of Beasts
Chapter Six: Animals with Eyes of Night
Notes
Bibliography
List of Myths