The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Mythology
- ISBN-10
- 1592577644
- ISBN-13
- 9781592577644
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 338
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Authors
- Nathan Robert Brown, Evans Lansing Smith
Description
An informative overview of world mythological traditions examines the gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, monsters and angels of myths from every region of the world, analyzing parallels between the traditions and lore of Celtic, Teutonic, Egyptian, Greek and Roman, Norse, Native American, and other cultures and including a glossary of terms and handy indexes. Original.
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