A thorough reference of world mythology encompasses surveys of the mythologies of twenty varied cultures, 250 alphabetically arranged long entries on central mythical characters, and a micropedia featuring one thousand concise entries. Reprint.

The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends

COTTERELL, Arthur

Religion & Spirituality

Macmillan General* Reference

Provides a detailed view of the Chinese emperor Ch'in Shih-huang-ti, and discusses how the discovery of an entire larger-than-life ceramic army buried with him, reveals many facts about ancient China

The First Emperor of China: The Greatest Archeological Find of Our Time

Henry Holt Co.

This is an account of the culture that produced the terracotta army, the important archaeological discovery at Mount Li in 1974, which is now a major tourist attraction.

The First Emperor of China

Penguin??Books

"I am Nature, the universal Mother, mistress of all the elements, sovereign of all things spiritual....I am worshipped in many aspects, known by countless names, and propitiated with all manner of different rites, yet the whole round earth venerates me." With these words, Isis--the mother goddess of Egypt--reveals herself to her devotee, Lucius Apuleius, in his novel The Golden Ass. Just as this great goddess claimed to be universal, mythology itself exists in all cultures around the globe and extends back to the beginnings of human civilization. Plato first coined the term mythologia to mean merely the telling of stories which contain legendary figures. Since his time, and especially now with the resurgent interest in myths, mythology has come to hold greater significance and power as a crucial element of civilization as a whole. Written by a leading scholar of ancient civilizations, A Dictionary of World Mythology presents the powerful gods of Greece, Rome, and Scandinavia, the more mystical deities of Buddhist and Hindu India, and the stern spirits of the African and American continents together in one fascinating volume. Drawing upon hundreds of myths from around the globe, Arthur Cotterell not only reveals the vast differences in these civilizations, but also demonstrates the unity of mankind in its fundamental need for explanations of the unknown. Cotterell divides the chief myths of the world into seven main sections--West Asia, South and Central Asia, East Asia, Europe, America, Africa, and Oceania. Traveling through this vast array of legendary riches, we encounter Gilgamesh, the tyrannical, semi-divine king of Babylonia, who, according to the Gilgamesh Epic, rejected Ishtar and thus caused the ravaging of the earth by Anu, the bull of heaven, and the death of his lifelong friend Enkidu. We learn that Dharma--the term meaning the doctrine of duties and rights of each caste in the Hindu religion's ideal society--was an ancient Hindu sage who married thirteen of Daksha's daughters, and that, according to the Mahabharata, Daksha sprang from the right thumb of Brahma. From East Asian mythology, we discover Tsao Chun, the gentle Chinese kitchen god whose temple exists in a small niche near the cooking stove. Along with the well-known Greek and Roman deities, Europe has also brought us Dagda, the ancient Irish deity of life and death, who could, with one end of his staff, kill nine men and could, with the other end, restore them to life; and Balder, "the bleeding god" of Germanic mythology, renowned for his good looks and wisdom. According to Native American tribes living along the Xingu River in Brazil, a legendary nation called Minata-Karaia once existed with men who had holes in the top of their heads which produced high, loud whistles, and bunches of coconuts growing from their armpits. From Africa, Ogun, the Yoruban war god, descended by a spider's thread upon the marshy waste that existed prior to the formation of the earth. We also meet Papa, the ancestress of Hawaiian people, who functioned as Earth goddess and queen of the underworld, as well as mother of the gods. Each section contains an introduction highlighting the history, lifestyle, and ideology of the particular ancient civilizations, as well as the landscape in which they lived and the reasons why different mythologies arose in different lands.

A Dictionary of World Mythology (Oxford Paperback Reference)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Oxford University Press

There has been in recent decades a dramatic transformation around the Pacific Rim. Japan has become an economic superpower, and Korea and the People's Republic of China are close behind, flooding the world market with computers, automobiles, and electronic components. It is even predicted that by the next century East Asia will be the workshop of the world. No longer "the Far East"--that exotic, mysterious land at the distant fringe of western consciousness--east Asia today commands the attention of the world. In East Asia, Arthur Cotterell condenses into a short, highly readable book an immense amount of historical knowledge, placing this remarkable economic boom in its proper perspective--an Asian one. To do this, Cotterell ranges from the dawn of Chinese civilization, to the rise of the Mongols and the Manchus, to Japan's emergence as the first East Asian nation to develop an industrial economy. And he brings his history up to the present, examining America's setbacks in the Korean and Vietnam War, Japan's rise as an economic superpower, and the recent histories of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, reunited Vietnam, socialist Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Cotterell not only provides insight into the past of this burgeoning region, but he offers a provocative view of the future as well. He suggests for instance that Japan, the present leader of the Pacific Rim, will eventually be overtaken by its neighbors, now engaged in a hectic pace of development (seen especially in the People's Republic of China, which has only just begun to compete as an exporter). He concludes that the relations between the Chinese and the Japanese will determine the future of East Asia. By providing an in-depth historical perspective on the most dramtic transformations taking place in the world today, Cotterell performs an invaluble service both for students of Asia as well as for businessmen who need to have a deeper understanding of their newest trading partners.

East Asia: From Chinese Predominance to the Rise of the Pacific Rim

Business & Money

Economics

A historical examination of East Asia divided into three time periods: the Chinese predominance (B.C. to 14th century), the new balance of power (14th-20th century), and the rise of the Pacific Rim

History

Asia

China: An Integrated Study

David Morgan

Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd.

China's Civilization: A Survey of Its History, Arts, and Technology

Travel

Praeger Publishers

China's civilization: A survey of its history, arts, and technology

Praeger

A complete work of reference, with over 1250 entries, covering the world's most fascinating cultures, societies and civilisations.

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends

Orion Publishing Co

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