The Myth of Replacement: Stars, Gods, and Order in the Universe Tapa dura - 1991

University of Arizona Press. Used - Like New. 1ST. 1991. Hardcover. May have a remainder mark. Fine. As New

University of Arizona Press. Used - Very Good. 1991. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Minor shelf-wear. Very Good. (Subject: Literary Criticism).

Univ of Arizona Pr, 1991-05. Hardcover. Good.

Tucson: U. of Arizona. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1991. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 318pp . Nice copy. .

University of Arizona Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

E-273: University of Arizona Press. Very Good. 1991. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ. 1991. 318 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Changes in season, rulership, and human fortune are the stuff of which myth is made. Why should these themes pervade the mythologies of so many cultures? Might they even provide an explanation for seemingly unrelated myths and rituals? What these myths have in common, observes Thomas Worthen, is an ancient awareness that the heavens were subject to irregularities. The movement of stars we now attribute to precession was once a cause for concern about the stability of the world. Worthen here proposes the paradigm of "replacement" to account for the… Leer más

Tucson: University of Arizona Press. Near Fine in As New dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0816512000 . First edition. Remainder mark on top edge, else as new in like dust jacket. Still in original shrinkwrap. .

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 1991. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-284) and index. Subjects: Mythology Comparative studies; Precession Miscellanea; Mythology; Gods.

Brand new still in shrink wrap.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.