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Chinese myths were primarily a diffuse and fragmentary oral traditioneventually preserved in writing only in a piecemeal fashion. Many classicaltexts are unavailable in translation and the stories have been unknown toWestern readers. Anne Birrell here introduces the general reader to a selectionof narratives organized by themes and motifs that help set Chinese myths in thecontext of world mythology. The contents include o Origin and creation myths oMyths of the flood o The divine cosmos o Gender in myth o Metamorphoses oMythic heroes and heroines o Fabled plants and animals o Major sources of myth «
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