The Mythology of America's Seasonal Holidays

The Mythology of America's Seasonal Holidays
Title The Mythology of America's Seasonal Holidays PDF eBook
Author Arthur George
Publisher Springer Nature
Pages 326
Release 2020-07-30
Genre Religion
ISBN 3030469166

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Every year we celebrate a cycle of seasonal holidays. The ancient Greeks called this cycle “The Dance of the Horae,” after the mythical divinities who represented the seasons. What myths sit at the foundation of our own holiday celebrations? This interdisciplinary book explores the myths and symbols that underlie our major seasonal holidays and give them their meaning. Arthur George also shows how America’s own mythmaking has shaped some holidays. This mythological approach reveals how and why holidays arose in the first place, how and why they have changed over the centuries, why they have remained important, and finally how we can celebrate them today in a more meaningful manner that can enrich our lives and better our society. George devotes particular attention to the depth psychological aspects of holidays and their corresponding myths, as well as to the insights of modern biblical scholarship for key holidays such as Easter and Christmas.

The Folklore of American Holidays

The Folklore of American Holidays
Title The Folklore of American Holidays PDF eBook
Author Hennig Cohen
Publisher
Pages 431
Release 1987
Genre
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The Folklore of American Holidays

The Folklore of American Holidays
Title The Folklore of American Holidays PDF eBook
Author Hennig Cohen (editor)
Publisher Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Company
Pages 476
Release 1987
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
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Covers more than 125 holidays including well-known religious and secular holidays as well as more obscure celebrations. Chronologically arranged, from New Year's Day through Christmas, entries include a description of origins, historical background and general characteristics.

The Folklore of American Holidays

The Folklore of American Holidays
Title The Folklore of American Holidays PDF eBook
Author Hennig Cohen
Publisher Gale Cengage
Pages 552
Release 1991
Genre Performing Arts
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A compilation of more than 500 beliefs, legends, superstitions, proverbs, riddles, poems, songs, dances, games, plays, pageants, fairs, foods, and processions associated with over 120 American calendar customs and festivals.

All Around the Year

All Around the Year
Title All Around the Year PDF eBook
Author Jack Santino
Publisher University of Illinois Press
Pages 260
Release 1995
Genre Social Science
ISBN 9780252065163

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Whether they're decorating Easter trees or celebrating Wagner's birthday by playing recordings of his Ring cycle operas and incinerating a model of Valhalla on an outdoor barbecue to the closing strains of "Gotterdämerung," Americans know both how to create and how to celebrate holidays. Jack Santino's guide to such frivolity is a wonderfully readable exploration of holidays, periods of festivity, and life-cycle rituals and celebrations. Santino draws on history, anthropology, popular culture, and folklore to show the intricate relationships between holidays and the roles that celebrations and rituals play in people's lives.

The Book of the Year

The Book of the Year
Title The Book of the Year PDF eBook
Author Anthony F. Aveni
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 228
Release 2004-04-22
Genre History
ISBN 9780195171549

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Halloween, Valentine's Day, Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Year's Day - these are but a handful of modern holidays descended from the red-letter days, seasonal celebrations we have invented and reinvented over more than five millennia to meet our changing human needs. When we explore their origins, the holidays begin to reflect not only who we are but also why, through oppressed by time and thwarted by the forces of nature, we never seem to lose the will to control the future.

America's Favorite Holidays

America's Favorite Holidays
Title America's Favorite Holidays PDF eBook
Author Bruce David Forbes
Publisher Univ of California Press
Pages 230
Release 2015-10-27
Genre History
ISBN 0520284712

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"America's Favorite Holidays explores how five of America's culturally dominant holidays--Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgiving--came to be what they are today, combinations of seasonal and religious celebrations heavily influenced by modern popular culture. Distilling information from a wide range of sources, Bruce David Forbes reveals the often surprising history behind the traditions of each holiday. The book offers a comprehensive look at the Christian origins of these holidays and also touches on Passover, the religions of ancient Rome, Celtic practices, Mexico's Day of the Dead, and American civil religion. America's Favorite Holidays answers our curiosity about the origins of our holidays and the many ways in which religion and culture mix"--Provided by publisher.