Myths as instructions from ancestors: The example of Oedipus

Zygon

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 341-350

  Steadman, Lyle B ^a   Palmer, Craig T ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Mythology; Oedipus; Religion; Tradition

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744440975     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.00095     Document Type: Article

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