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Symbolism of Fire and Air in Greco-Roman and Japanese Creation Myths
- Author(s):
- Steve McCarty (see profile)
- Date:
- 2021
- Group(s):
- Global & Transnational Studies, Premodern Japanese History
- Subject(s):
- Cross-cultural studies, Comparative literature--Study and teaching, Japanese literature, Mythology, Classical, Mythology, Plato
- Item Type:
- Book section
- Tag(s):
- Kojiki, Jungian psychology, shinto, kami, Comparative cultural studies, Comparative literary studies, Greco-Roman mythology
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/nf2v-mm13
- Abstract:
- Two sections of a book comparing creation myths from ancient Greece and Rome with their Japanese counterparts from the early 8th Century Kojiki (古事記, "Records of Ancient Matters"). These fusion essays are summations of previous book sections by Greek and Japanese authors on the elements of fire and air, respectively, and, drawing from Plato and Jung, the author's interpretation of similarities and differences in symbolism spanning European and Asian cultures.
- Notes:
- Original sources: McCarty, S. (2021). "Symbolism of Fire in Greek and Japanese Creation Myths" (pp. 103-107) and "Symbolism of Air in Greco-Roman and Japanese Creation Myths" (pp. 127-131). In M. Nakamura & M. Papatzelou (Eds.), Four Elements in Mythology: Seeking a World Nature Philosophy. Japan Code Books. Kyoto: Research Center for Japanese Culture Structural Studies.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Book section
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 1 year ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial
fusion_essays.pdf