Wise Lord of the Sky : Persian Myth,9780705436335

Wise Lord of the Sky : Persian Myth

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Edition: Illus.
ISBN13: 9780705436335
ISBN10: 0705436330
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-04-01
Publisher(s): Grand Central Pub
List Price: $32.36

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Summary

A dramatic series that captures, culture by culture, the information that never makes it into the history books: strange stories, mystic rites, angry gods, vision quests.

Table of Contents

The Persian World
6(26)
Empires of the Sand
8(14)
Picture Essay: Echoes of Empire
22(4)
Legends of the Early World
26(24)
The Valleys of Creation
28(2)
War at the Heart of Existence
30(2)
The Goddess and the Warrior
32(2)
The Gods of Ritual
34(2)
The First Earthly Kings
36(2)
Years of Peace and Plenty
38(4)
A Perfect Prince Beguiled
42(2)
The Slayer of Demons
44(4)
Picture Essay: The Bounty of Paradise
48(2)
The Flames of Wisdom
50(22)
The Birth of Zoroaster
52(4)
Forces of Good and Evil
56(4)
Tales of Creation
60(4)
The Division of Animals
64(2)
Visions of the Afterlife
66(2)
Evil Vanquished
68(2)
Picture Essay: Patterns of Perfection
70(2)
The Epic of the Kings
72(38)
Zal the White-Haired Prince
74(2)
The Boyhood of Rustam
76(4)
Sohrab and Rustam
80(4)
An Ill-Starred Prince
84(4)
The Battle with Akvan
88(2)
The Wars Between Iran and Turan
90(4)
Kay Khusrow's Final Victory
94(2)
Valorous Isfandiyar
96(4)
The Death of Rustam
100(2)
Sikander the World Conqueror
102(4)
A Dream of Kingdoms
106(2)
Picture Essay: Magic from the Sky
108(2)
Land of the Story-Tellers
110(24)
The Book of 1,000 Tales
112(2)
The Quest for a Distant Lover
114(2)
Weaving Tales of Wonder
116(2)
Prince Ahmed and the Peri Banu
118(2)
The Envious Sisters
120(2)
The Captured Bride
122(2)
The Minstrel Tradition
124(4)
How Chess Came to Persia
128(2)
Love Lost and Found
130(4)
The Persian Legacy
134
Glossary and Index
138
Further Reading and Picture Credits
144

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