Symbolic Connections in World Literature (12th ed.)

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Symbolic Connections in World Literature (12th ed., Fall 2009)

The following links provide access to the sections and pages of an online version of
Professor Stephen Hagin's World Literature coursepacket.

COVER

Preface to the 12th edition

	INTRODUCTION		UNIT 3: ANCIENT EGYPT
1-32	INTRODUCTION (View/Print the full section)	166-311	UNIT 3: 166-180 / 181-311 (View/Print unit)
1-3	Table of Contents	167-168	Unit 3 Introduction
4	Ancient Civilizations Timeline	169	The Egyptian Natur
5-7	Introduction to Mythology	170-180	Egyptian Gods and Goddesses (large file)
8-9	Archetypes	181-183	Egyptian Creation Stories
10-13	Duality	183-186	*The History of Creation*
14-22	Mythological Creation Stories	186-188	Alternate Stories of Creation
23	Background: Hebrew Old Testament	188-194	*The Destruction of Mankind*
24-25	The Documentary Hypothesis	195-197	*Isis and the Name of Ra*
26	Pertinent Bible Terms	198-199	Horus and the Eye of Horus
27-30	Genesis 1-3: Two Creation Stories	200-245	*Osiris, Isis and Horus*
31-32	*Reading Guide: Genesis* 1-3**	246-275	*The Journey to the Duat*
		276	Egyptian Folk Tales
	UNIT 1: THE AGE OF TAURUS	276-279	*The Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor*
33-83	UNIT 1 (View/Print the whole unit)	280-285	*The Book of Thoth*
34-35	Unit 1 Introduction	286-287	*The Story of the Green Jewel*
36-41	Mesopotamian Character Glossary	287-288	*The Wax Crocodile*
42-51	*Enki and Ninhursag*	288-291	*The Tale of the Doomed Prince*
52-58	*Enki and the World Order*	291-298	*The Tale of the Two Brothers*
59	The Inanna Cycle	298-299	Genesis 39: Joseph's Enslavement in Egypt
60-61	Reading Guide: The Huluppu-Tree	300-311	*Literary Parallels to Genesis* 1-3**
61-63	RG: Inanna and the God of Wisdom
63-66	RG: The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi		UNIT 4: THE FAR EAST
66	Planting vs. Hunting Cultures	312-430	UNIT 4 (View/Print the whole unit)
67-68	Genesis 4: Cain and Abel	313	Western vs. Eastern Thinking
68-69	Ancient Underworlds	314-318	An Introduction to Eastern Philosophies
70	The Hebrew Conception of the Cosmos	319	The Vinegar Tasters
71-74	RG: The Descent of Inanna	320-321	Taoism
75	RG: The Descent of Ishtar to the Underworld	322-325	Voices of Taoism
76-81	*Enlil and Ninlil*	326	Confucianism
81-83	RG: Nergal and Ereshkigal	327-330	Voices of Confucianism
		331	Buddhism
	UNIT 2: THE AGE OF ARIES	332-334	The Story of the Buddha
84-165	UNIT 2 (View/Print the whole unit)	335-338	Voices of Buddhism
85-86	Unit 2 Introduction	339-340	Identifying Eastern Voices in Poetry
87-95	Stars in the Sky, Gods in the Heavens	341-345	Interpretations of Chinese Poetry
96	Precession of the Equinoxes	346-352	*Excerpts from The Tao Te Ching* of Lao Tzu**
97-98	The Zodiac and the Ages of Time	352-368	*Excerpt from The Analects* of Confucius**
98-102	The Ages of Man	368-380	*Excerpts from The Dhammapada* of Buddha**
102	Video Guide: Quest for the Lost Civilization	381-382	Hinduism
103-105	*The Rulers of Lagash*	383-385	The Avatars of Vishnu
105	The Real Rulers of Lagash	386-403	Reading Guide: The Ramayana
106-113	*The Sumerian King List*	404-426	*The Bhagavad-Gita*
114-116	Reading Guide: Etana	427	The Bhagavad-Gita: Triad of Nature's Qualities
117-119	RG: Adapa	428-430	RG: Siddhartha
120-126	RG: The Epic of Creation (Enuma elish)
126-130	RG: Atrahasis		*The Power of Myth*
131-132	Gilgamesh Notes	431-464	*The Power of Myth* (View/Print all)
133	Epic Conventions	431-435	Chap. 1: "Myth and the Modern World"
134	*from Essay on Man* by Alexander Pope**	436-439	Chap. 2: "The Journey Inward"
135-152	RG: The Epic of Gilgamesh	440-442	Chap. 3: "The First Storytellers"
153-157	Genesis 5-9: Noah and the Flood	443-446	Chap. 4: "Sacrifice and Bliss"
158-165	Comparing the Flood Narratives	447-452	Chap. 5: "The Hero's Adventure"
		453-455	Chap. 6: "The Gift of the Goddess"
		456-460	Chap. 7: "Tales of Love and Marriage"
		461-464	Chap. 8: "Masks of Eternity"

			REFERENCES
		465-467	General References
		468	Special Acknowledgment

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