Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Rizzoli
Pages
303
Description
An illustrated survey of the world's principal myths examines each of the major mythological systems and explores such common mythological themes as creation, man and woman, flood, death, and paradise.
Description
Mythology is the study of the imaginative traditions through which humans attempt to understand and control the world about them.
This comprehensive and accessible survey of the world's principal myths, the result of extensive research, shows how each story relates to the social patterns and religious beliefs of the time and place to which it belongs.
Includes over 400 color and black & white illustrations.
A "comprehensive, readabe and penetrating survey" of the world's principal myths. Profusely illustrated. Organized by continent, then countries, religions and beliefs. Museum photos throughout.
This comprehensive and accessible survey of the world's principal myths, the result of extensive research, shows how each story relates to the social patterns and religious beliefs of the time and place to which it belongs.
Includes over 400 color and black & white illustrations.
A "comprehensive, readabe and penetrating survey" of the world's principal myths. Profusely illustrated. Organized by continent, then countries, religions and beliefs. Museum photos throughout.
Collection
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1980
Physical description
303 p.; 11.7 inches
ISBN
0847802868 / 9780847802869
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Call number
PHIL C.000