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From the white stag to the green knight, The Seven Story Tower examines how myth colors our perception of history, nature, and ourselves. Organized around seven key myths-representing the Irish, Greek, Sumerian, Indonesian, Amazonian, and Inuit cultures, as well as the fantasy world of J. R. R. Tolkien-this book is the perfect intro-duction to the common themes found in world mythology. Curtiss Hoffman, a noted archaeologist and anthropologist, takes us beyond the entertaining stories and uses insights from cultural anthropology and analytical psychology to analyze the many common themes found throughout. In particular, he examines the significance of names, numbers, plants, animals, the heavenly bodies, and the human body. The Seven Story Tower will enhance the reader's appreciation of myth's power today over our lives and cultures.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| List of Figures | p. xix |
| 1 The Broken Circle: A Dialogue between Myth and Science | p. 1 |
| 2 Approaches to Mythological Analysis | p. 23 |
| 3 The Pursuit of the White Stag | p. 43 |
| 4 At the Water's Edge | p. 59 |
| 5 The Measure of All Things | p. 75 |
| 6 Worthy is the Yam that Was Slain | p. 113 |
| 7 A Bride Too Far | p. 133 |
| 8 A Breed Too Near | p. 167 |
| 9 Master of Fate | p. 199 |
| 10 Closing the Circle: Myth in the Modern World | p. 221 |
| Bibliography | p. 243 |
| Endnotes | p. 255 |
| Glossary | p. 275 |
| Index | p. 287 |