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Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 168
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Price: |
22.00 |
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Title: |
Oceanic, American Indian, and African Myths of Snaring the Sun |
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Author: |
Katharine Luomala |
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Description: |
Softcover (6x9), Kraus Reprint Co., 1971. 58 pages.
Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 168 |
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Condition: |
Name and address stamped on cover and title page, inside cover, label on title page, remainder clean; covers has minor spot, tight straight spine. |
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Summary: |
"The motif of snaring the sun is so unusual as to arouse interest, whenever one encounters myths based on the theme, in comparison of the variants for evidence of common origin. While analyzing the cycle of myths about Maui, the Polynesian trickster and culture hero, one of those whose deeds was the snaring of the sun, I had occasion to trace and study variants of the sun-catcher myth as narrated in Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, America and Africa. The African and western Oceanic versions have not been discussed before, but the points of resemblance between the Polynesian and American Indian myths aroused comment from Tylor, Ehrenreich, Petitot and Westervelt. None, however has subjected the versions to comparative analysis to determine whether there is sufficient resemblance beyond the basic theme to justify any hypothesis of dissemination. Any analogies between the Oceanic and the American variants are naturally tantalizing because of theories of pre-European diffusion of culture traits between the two areas..." CLICK THE "MORE IMAGES" LINK ABOVE TO SEE MORE OF THIS TITLE |
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