Storytelling Encyclopedia

DAVID ADAMS LEEMING is professor emeritus of English and comparative literature at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, where he has taught since 1969. He held the position of Lycee English Head at Robert College, Istanbul, from 1961 to 1963 and again from 1966 to 1969. Leeming is the author of Mythology: The Voyage of the Hero and The World of Myth. He is also the coauthor of several works, including God: Myths of the Male Divine, Dictionary of Creation Myths, Encyclopedia of Creation Myths, and Goddess: Myths of the Female Divine and the forthcoming Mythology of Native North America. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in English from Princeton University and a master's degree and a Ph.D. from New York University.

CONTRIBUTORS vii
PREFACE ix
PART ONE
Once Upon a Time David Adams Leeming 3
Building Bridges with Stories Melissa Heckler and Carol Birch 8
American Oral Tradition Emory Elliott and Jackie Stallcup 16
The Utopian Tendency of Storytelling: Turning the World Upside Down Jack Zipes 27
PART TWO
A-Z Entries 35
Selected Bibliography 509
Index 519