The Classic of Mountains And Seas in Stellenbosch, Western Cape for sale

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Fiction
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Classics
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Traditionally ascribed to the mythical figure Yu the Great, The Classic of Mountains and Seas (third century B.C. to second century A.D.) brings together a treasure trove of rare data and colorful fiction about the mythical figures, rituals, medicine, natural history, and ethnic peoples of the ancient world. The Classic narrates episodes of 204 mythical figures, notably the gods Foremost, Fond Care, and Yellow, and goddesses like the fearsome Queen Mother of the West and the doomed Girl Lovely, the nurturing solar and lunar goddesses, and many others unknown outside this text. This eclectic work also contains crucial information on early medicine (with cures for impotence and infertility), omens to avert catastrophe, rites of sacrifice, and familiar and unidentified plants and animals. In sum, the Classic is a spectacular guided tour of the known world in antiquity, moving outward from the famous mountains of central China to the lands "beyond the seas."
This major source of Chinese mythology (3rd century BC to 2nd century AD) brings together a treasure trove of rare data and colourful fiction about the mythical figures, rituals, medicine, natural history and ethnic peoples of the ancient world. The text is brought to life using English equivalents for all the many names (such as the gods Foremost, Fond Care and the doomed Girl Lovely) and there is a lucid and entertaining introduction containing insights from comparative mythology. (Kirkus UK)
Bibliographic information
Title The Classic of Mountains And Seas
lTranslated by Anne Birrell
Contributor Anne Birrell
Edition illustrated, Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books, 1999
ISBN 0140447199, 9780140447194
Length 276 pages
Subjects History?Asia?China
Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
Fiction / General
History / Asia / China
Social Science / Folklore & Mythology