The Formosan Primary Anthropogenic Myths, Genesis, and the Creation of Man /
In this book, Valdis Gauss anthologizes the Formosan anthropogenic myths from all of Taiwan's Austronesian tribes. Over 250 origin texts, sourced from dozens of linguistic, anthropological, historical, and mythological corpora as well as other publications have been collated and analysed render...
المؤلف الرئيسي:
التنسيق: كتاب الكتروني
اللغة: English
منشور في:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2025.
سلاسل:
Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2025
Brill Series in Taiwan Studies ;
4.
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الوسوم: إضافة وسم
رقم الطلب: DS501
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- List of Tables and Figures
- Preface
- 1 In the Beginning ...
- 1 Framing the Myth-Time
- 2 The Importance of Origin Myths
- 2 The Anthology of Anthropogenic Myths
- 1 The Amis Myths
- 2 The Atayal Myths
- 3 The Bunun Myths
- 4 The Favorlang Myths
- 5 The Hla'alua Myths
- 6 The Kanakanavu Myths
- 7 The Kavalan Myths
- 8 The Paiwan Myths
- 8.1 Paiwan Creation Motifs
- 8.2 Paiwan Genesis Motifs
- 9 The Pazeh Myths
- 9.1 †The Kaxabu Myths
- 10 The Puyuma Myths
- 11 The Rukai Myths
- 12 The Saisiyat Myths
- 13 The Sakizaya Myths
- 14 The Seediq Myths
- 15 The Siraya Myths
- 16 The Truku Myths
- 17 The Tsou Myths
- 18 The Yami/Tao Myths
- 3 Salient Origin Motifs
- 1 Cosmogonic Motifs
- 2 Theogonic Motifs
- 3 Creation Motifs
- 3.1 Singing and Speaking
- 3.2 Transformation
- 3.3 Offspring of the Gods
- 3.4 God-Human Hybrids
- 3.5 Transcendental Conception
- 3.6 The Sons of God
- 3.7 Human-Animal Hybrids
- 3.8 Animal Ancestor
- 3.9 Intermediary Animals as Creation Catalysts
- 3.10 Creation by People
- 4 Genesis Motifs
- 4.1 Stone Genesis
- 4.2 Tree Genesis
- 4.3 Feces Genesis
- 4.4 Chthonic Genesis
- 4.5 Bamboo Genesis
- 4.6 Smoke Genesis
- 4.7 Lily Genesis
- 4 Drift Origin Themes
- 1 Amis Drift
- 2 Bunun Drift
- 3 Kavalan Drift
- 4 Ketagalan Drift
- 4.1 †Liulang Drift
- 5 Makatao Drift
- 6 Paiwan Drift
- 7 Puyuma Drift
- 8 Rukai Drift
- 9 Saisiyat Drift
- 10 Sakizaya Drift
- 11 Siraya Drift
- 12 Trobiawan Drift
- 13 Truku Drift
- 14 Yami/Tao Drift
- 5 Conclusions
- 1 Through the Origin Myth Lens
- 2 Motives for the Creation of Man
- 3 Creation En Masse
- 4 Seeds of Men
- 5 Interdictions
- 6 The Death Curse
- 7 Cosmic Vessels in Formosan Creation Myths
- 7.1 Sounds of the Cosmic Vessels
- 8 Instructions of the Gods
- 9 Final Remarks
- Appendix A: Formosan Origin Myths Corpus
- Appendix B: Note on Translations
- Appendix C: Origin Myths
- References Cited
- Index.