Mythologies of the ancient world

by Samuel Noah Kramer

Paper Book, 1961

Status

Available

Call number

291

Tags

Mythology, Ancient World, Egypt, Sumer, Akkad, Hittites, Canaan, Greece, India, Iran, China, Japan, Mexico, ZZZ

Genres

Collection

Gifts

Publication

Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1961.

Description

Ten leading scholars take a fresh look at ancient mythologies in a work that can be read with pleasure and intellectual profit by both the specialist and the general reader. Includes chapters on the mythologies of ancient Egypt, the Middle East, Greece, India, China, and more.

Subjects

Mythology

Language

English

Original publication date

1961

Physical description

480 p.; 18 cm

Local notes

DKR

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