The World of Myth

An Anthology

Buch | Softcover

378 Seiten

1992
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
9780195074758 (ISBN)

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Provides a universal context by examining the relevance of the myths of the ancients. Approaches to mythology usually catalogue the least important aspect of the subject. The collection is largely Greek and Roman, but there are also a significant number from other cultures, for example Indian, Native American, Egyptian, Norse, and African.

Approaches to mythology usually catalogue the least important aspect of the subject - the endless names, places, stories - as if they had no significant context beyond the particular cultures in which they emerged. "The World of Myth" provides a more universal context by examining the relevance of the myths of the ancients. The collection is largely Greek and Roman, but there are also a significant number from other cultures, for example Indian, Native American, Egyptian, Norse, and African.

David Adams Leeming is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, and is the author of several books on myth and literature.