African mythology / Geoffrey Parrinder

Main entry:

Parrinder, Geoffrey, author.

Title & Author:

African mythology / Geoffrey Parrinder

Publication:

London : Hamlyn, [1969]
©1967

Description:

139, [1] pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 140).
The creator -- God leaves the world -- The first men -- The mystery of birth -- The origins of death -- The world beyond -- Gods and spirits -- Oracles and divination -- Witches and monsters -- Secret societies and ancestors -- Legends of old Africa -- Animal fables.
Language: English.
Dust jacket.
Library copy: former shelfmark: 7.03/6/.

Summary:

Illustrated with photographs of art objects from sub-Saharan Africa.

ISBN:

0600000427
9780600000426

Subject:

Mythology, African.
Art Africa, Sub-Saharan Pictorial works.
Mythology, Sub-Saharan African.
Mythologie africaine.
Art
Mythologie.
Sub-Saharan Africa

Form/genre:

illustrated books.
Illustrated works
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

African Architecture Matters
Georg Lippsmeier Collection
Library of the world's myths and legends.

Holdings:

Location: Library main georg lippsmeier 297216
Call No.: BIB 243534
Status: Available

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