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Myths of the Dog-Man

3.7/5 ( ratings)

"An impressive and important cross-cultural study that has vast implications for history, religion, anthropology, folklore, and other fields.
... Remarkably wide-ranging and extremely well-documented, it covers the following: medieval Christian legends such as the 14th-century Ethiopian Gadla Hawaryat that had their roots in Parthian Gnosticism and Manichaeism; dog-stars , dog-days, and canine psychopomps in the ancient and Hellenistic world; the cynocephalic hordes of the ancient geographers; the legend of Prester John; Visvamitra and the Svapacas ; the Dog Rong during the Xia, Shang, and Zhou periods; the nochoy ghajar of the Khitans; the Panju myth of the Southern Man and Yao "barbarians" from chapter 116 of the History of the Latter Han and variants in a series of later texts; and the importance of dogs in ancient Chinese burial rites.
... Extremely well-researched and highly significant." —Victor H. Mair, Asian Folklore Studies

Language: English

Pages: 334

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Release: May 07, 1991

ISBN: 0226895092

ISBN 13: 9780226895093

Myths of the Dog-Man

3.7/5 ( ratings)

"An impressive and important cross-cultural study that has vast implications for history, religion, anthropology, folklore, and other fields.
... Remarkably wide-ranging and extremely well-documented, it covers the following: medieval Christian legends such as the 14th-century Ethiopian Gadla Hawaryat that had their roots in Parthian Gnosticism and Manichaeism; dog-stars , dog-days, and canine psychopomps in the ancient and Hellenistic world; the cynocephalic hordes of the ancient geographers; the legend of Prester John; Visvamitra and the Svapacas ; the Dog Rong during the Xia, Shang, and Zhou periods; the nochoy ghajar of the Khitans; the Panju myth of the Southern Man and Yao "barbarians" from chapter 116 of the History of the Latter Han and variants in a series of later texts; and the importance of dogs in ancient Chinese burial rites.
... Extremely well-researched and highly significant." —Victor H. Mair, Asian Folklore Studies

Language: English

Pages: 334

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Release: May 07, 1991

ISBN: 0226895092

ISBN 13: 9780226895093

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