Bookmark this site!
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.
Yahoo Group
Orkut Community
