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Divination and the Shamanic Story [electronic resource].

By: Publication details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008.Description: 1 online resource (236 p.)ISBN:
  • 9781443806787 (electronic bk.)
  • 1443806781 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Divination and the Shamanic StoryDDC classification:
  • 203.2
LOC classification:
  • BL2370.S5 B47 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
Summary: Stories have traditionally been classified as epics, myths, sagas, legends, folk tales, fairy tales, parables or fables. However, the definitions of the terms have a tendency to overlap, making it difficult to classify and categorize material. For this reason, a case can be made for the introduction of a new genre, termed the shamanic story - a story that has either been based on or inspired by a shamanic journey (a numinous experience in non-ordinary reality) or one that contains a number of ...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

Stories have traditionally been classified as epics, myths, sagas, legends, folk tales, fairy tales, parables or fables. However, the definitions of the terms have a tendency to overlap, making it difficult to classify and categorize material. For this reason, a case can be made for the introduction of a new genre, termed the shamanic story - a story that has either been based on or inspired by a shamanic journey (a numinous experience in non-ordinary reality) or one that contains a number of ...

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