| Description |
560 pages ;40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Summary |
"In Larousse World Mythology, under the editorship of Pierre Grimal, twenty-three authors provide an authoritative survey of the myths of the worlld's principal societies. They analyze the form and function of myth, note its variations and evolution, and examine recurrent themes. They range from the dark, cave-bound rites of prehistoric man, through the system of Egyptian gods, the monotheistic patterns of the ancient near east, the Indian pantheon, and the gods and heroes of classical Greece and Rome. In less commonly charted areas they survey the polytheistic cults of northern Europe, the nature spirits of the American Indians, the sacrificial cults of Central America, totemism in Africa, and ancestor and fetish worship in Oceania."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 546-547 |
| Subject |
Mythology.
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| Author |
Grimal, Pierre, 1912-1996.
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| ISBN |
0831754214 |
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