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by Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty

Author: Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty
Publisher: University of Chicago Press; Univ of Chicago edition (November 1, 1995)
Language: English
Pages: 240
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Category: Literature
Subcategory: Mythology and Folk Tales
Other People's Myths celebrates the universal art of storytelling .
Other People's Myths celebrates the universal art of storytelling, and the rich diversity of stories that people live by. Drawing on Biblical parables, Greek myths, Hindu epics, and the modern mythologies of Woody Allen and soap operas, Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty encourages us to feel anew the force of myth and tradition in our lives, and in the lives of other cultures. She shows how the stories of mythology-whether of Greek gods, Chinese sages, or Polish rabbis-enable all cultures to define themselves.
In OTHER PEOPLE'S MYTHS, Wendy O'Flaherty says "God created people because he loves stories. O'Flaherty teaches History of Religion at the University of Chicago. She says not everyone will approach her book with the same level of interest
In OTHER PEOPLE'S MYTHS, Wendy O'Flaherty says "God created people because he loves stories. She says not everyone will approach her book with the same level of interest. The orthodox religious may find it sacriligious while hard-core secular humanists may find it too "religious. However, she believes some secular humanists may be ready to rethink the premise that rational thought is the only way to gain a handle on reality, and it is to them she dedicates this book.
Other Peoples' Myths: The Cave of Echoes. New York: Macmillan, 1988). Published under the name of Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty: Hindu Myths: A Sourcebook, translated from the Sanskrit. Harmondsworth: Penguin Classics, 1975. Published under the name of Wendy Doniger: The Implied Spider: Politics and Theology in Myth. The 1996–1997 ACLS/AAR Lectures.
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Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty (born 20 November, 1940) is an American Indologist. The Bhagavad Gita is not as nice a book as some Americans thin. hroughout the Mahabharata. hroughout the Mahabharat. rishna goads human beings into all sorts of murderous and self-destructive behaviors such as wa. .The Gita is a dishonest book. Wendy Doniger, Quoted in Philadelphia Inquirer, 19 November, 2000.
Other Peoples' Myths. by Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty. Published December 1988 by MacMillan Publishing Company. A myth may be, among many other things, the incarnation of a metaphor. The orthodox religious may find it sacriligious while hard-core secular humanists may find it too "religious
145 pp. Other Peoples' Myths: The Cave of Echoes. Elephanta: The Cave of Siva. Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty, Carmel Berkson, and George Michell (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983).
145 pp. 225 pp. Published under the name of Wendy Doniger: Columbia University Press, 1998; 200 pp. University of London Press and University of Chicago Press, 1999. History of Religions 25:4 (May 1986). Published under the name of Wendy Doniger
Look at other dictionaries: Wendy Doniger - Nombre completo Wendy Doniger O‘Flaherty Nacimiento 20 de noviembre de 1940 (71 años).