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Cargando... Myths & Legends : Classical Greek, Celtic, Norse, Chinese, African, Native American & more (2013)por Jake Jackson
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Mythology never seems to bore me. There’s always something new I’m catching in my revisiting of some of the tails. Jake Jackson edited the stories well, and made them easy to understand, especially given the fact that some of the cultures - Native American, Chinese, etc. - are more unfamiliar to us. I highly recommend this as a read. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Creation myths, quests, the eternal battle between good and evil, these are some of the classic tales that feed the ravenous beast of modern culture. For many the classical traditions of the Greeks and the Romans occupy the imagination but the ancient world was a lively and fertile source of stories, reaching much further back than the pantheon of Zeus and his fellow gods. For the early civilisations, from the ancient Chinese to African tribal societies, stories were told to explain the origins of fierce weather, of unexplained disasters, of floods and earthquakes. Many traditions developed independently but still echoed similar themes in the natural human desire to understand the world around us. This new book brings to life the myths and legends of eight intriguing traditions: Native American, Chinese, Celtic, Scottish, Greek, Viking, Indian and African. With a cast of characters as broad and wide as the ancient river Styx the book is packed with the great themes of life: love, revenge, eternal conflict, the obsession with power and the everlasting the battle between the wily and the strong. This powerful new book is a dazzling collection of the most gripping tales, vividly retold. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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