World Mythology Oxford Companion
By David Leeming.
Description
Cave paintings at Lascaux, France and Altamira, Spain, full of expression millennia later, point to an early human desire to form a cultural identity. The Oxford Companion to World Mythology explores the role of mythology in history & determines that the dreams of specific cultures add up to a larger collective story of humanity. Stopping short of attempting to be all-inclusive, this fascinating volume is still comprehensive, with an introduction exploring the nature & dimensions of myth & proposing a definition as a universal language. Briefly dipping into the ways our understa...
ISBN(s)
1603760350, 9781603760355
