Author: Robert Graves

Paperback: 500 pages

Publisher: Crescent

ISBN-10: 0517004046

ISBN-13: 978-0517004043

File Format: PDF

File Size: 2 MB

Description: Robert Graves discusses the function of myth. He claims that in the first place, it serves to answer the type of awkward questions that children ask, like Who made the world or Who were the first people? The second function of myth is to justify an existing social system and to account for traditional customs and rites. The Encyclopedia investigates prehistoric mythology and that of Egypt, Assyro-Babylonia, Phoenicia, Greece, Rome, Persia, India, China, Japan, Oceania and that of the Celts, the Teutons, the Amerindians and Africans. It contains 34 colour plates and hundred of black and white illustrations and it concludes with a further reading list divided under different headings reflecting its chapter contents, plus a thorough index. Read more and download…

Author: Evelyn Wolfson

Publisher: Enslow Publishers

Paperback: 129 Pages

ISBN: 0766014118

File Format: PDF

File Size: 2.4 MB

Description: American Indian myths and legends often include a variety of characters with supernatural powers, including animals and heavenly bodies, who help to shape the universe. Unlike the myths of Europe, Africa, and Asia, where the point of a story is often made to express a moral, these stories seldom moralize. However, they do tell stories that humanize the past. Read more and download…