Creation Myths: Man's Introduction to the World (Art & Imagination)

by David Maclagan

Paperback, 1977

Status

Available

Call number

291.2

Series

Art and Imagination

Genres

Publication

Thames & Hudson (1977), Edition: British First, 96 pages

Description

A brief cross-cultural study of the myths man has created to explain his origins, the laws of nature, and his relation to the cosmos.

User reviews

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This edition looks like a budget reprint of what may have once been a beautifully illustrated, much larger, hardcover version. In any event, the many illustrations would have benefitted from being larger and more clearly printed. The text is interesting and well written, but here and there becomes
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 a bit too academic for my tastes. Overall, it's a worthwhile compendium of world creation myths.
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Subjects

Creation Comparative studies

Language

English

Original language

English

Physical description

96 p.; 11 inches

ISBN

9780500810101

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