The Historical Atlas of World Mythology
Digital Edition
The last and most ambitious work of his career, Joseph Campbell’s Historical Atlas of World Mythology was never completed during Campbell’s lifetime. Joseph Campbell Foundation has always planned to make all of the existing work available — and possibly to release additional volumes.
It has struck us that, densely cross-referenced and full of opportunities for multimedia enrichment as the Historical Atlas of World Mythology is, technology has finally caught up with Campbell and provided us with the ideal medium for his magnum opus. We are pleased then to announce this initiative: Joseph Campbell’s Historical Atlas of World Mythology — Digital Edition.
We plan to release this massive work as a series of eSingles. While our first choice would be to release the complete project, some parts will require more work than others: some dates and historical accounts will need to be updated, and certain portions of the Atlas will benefit from multimedia enhancement. Small as our organization is, we will release sections as they are ready. If you would like to help us complete this project and you have a background in anthropology, in ebook multimedia and scripting, or in php/MySQL please contact us at publications@jcf.org
The sections in this table that are highlighted in purple have been released. The sections currently under development, which we plan to release soon, are marked in red, with no underlines.
Table of Contents for Joseph Campbell’s
Historical Atlas of World Mythology — Digital Edition
Volume I: The Way of the Animal Powers
The Mythological Dimension
Creation Tales
I.B – The Living Ground
I.C – The Peopling of the Earth
I.D – Early Hunters of the Open Plains
Early Hunters of the Open Plain
The Recognition of Death
The Master Bear
The Sentiment of Wonder
The Temple Caves
Symbols of the Female Power
The Shamans of the Caves
Advent of the Bow and Arrow
Culture Tides in a Verdant Sahara
South African Painted Rock Shrines
The Bushman Trance Dance and Its Mythic Ground
I.E – Living Peoples of the Equatorial Forest
The Forest Song of the Pygmies
Ancestral Caves of the Tasaday
The Andaman Islanders
I.G – Mythologies of the Great Hunt: Australia, Siberia, and the Americas
I.H – Twilight of the Great Hunt: North America
Volume II: The Way of the Seeded Earth
II.A – Prologue
II.B – The Sacrifice: The Prime Symbol
II.C – Agricultural Origins in the Americas
II.D – The American Northeast Woodland
II.E – The American Southeast
II.F – The Mesoamerican Matrix
II.G – The South American Rain Forest
II.H – The Pacific Coast of South America
APPENDIX: Myth-Motif Index of The Historical Atlas of World Mythology
APPENDIX: Credits and Acknowledgements