World Mythology - Softcover
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A New York Public Library Outstanding Reference Book
Filled with more than 500 color photographs, charts, maps, and line drawings, this is an incomparable guide to the world's most important mythological traditions.
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About the Author
Roy Willis, Ph.D., is a research fellow in social anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. Best known for his fieldwork in east-central Africa, he is the author of several books, including Man and Beast (1975), a highly acclaimed study of animal symbolism in the beliefs of African peoples.
Robert Walter is the director of the Joseph Campbell Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded to preserve, protect, and perpetuate the pioneering work of Joseph Campbell (1904-1987), one of the foremost interpreters of myth in our time.
From Library Journal
The study of mythology does not suffer from a dearth of fine, scholarly reference books, but until now the general reader lacked a good, illustrated collection of the most important myths. In this fascinating and authoritative encyclopedia, scholarly contributors use more than 500 color photographs, maps, and artifacts to describe the myths of Egypt, the Middle East, India, China, Tibet, Mongolia, Japan, Greece, Rome, the Celtic lands, Northern and Eastern Europe, the Arctic, North and South America, Mesoamerica, Africa, Australia, Oceania, and Southeast Asia. An insightful foreword by Robert Walter of the Joseph Campbell Foundation adds further credibility to this oversized, colorful book. Recommended for the general reader and as an introduction for the student and scholar in any library.
- Gary P. Gillum, Brigham Young Univ., Provo, Ut.
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- PublisherHolt Paperbacks
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0805049134
- ISBN 13 9780805049138
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages320
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