Drawing upon hundreds of myths from around the globe, Arthur Cotterell not only reveals the vast differences in these civilizations, but also demonstrates the unity of mankind in its fundamental need for explanations of the unknown.Ĭotterell divides the chief myths of the world into seven main sections-West Asia, South and Central Asia, East Asia, Europe, America, Africa, and Oceania. Written by a leading scholar of ancient civilizations, A Dictionary of World Mythology presents the powerful gods of Greece, Rome, and Scandinavia, the more mystical deities of Buddhist and Hindu India, and the stern spirits of the African and American continents together in one fascinating Since his time, and especially now with the resurgent interest in myths, mythology has come to hold greater significance and power as a crucial element of civilization as a whole. Mythologia to mean merely the telling of stories which contain legendary figures. Just as this great goddess claimed to be universal, mythology itself exists in all cultures around the globe and extends back to the beginnings of human civilization. Mother goddess of Egypt-reveals herself to her devotee, Lucius Apuleius, in his novel The Golden Ass. "I am Nature, the universal Mother, mistress of all the elements, sovereign of all things spiritual.I am worshipped in many aspects, known by countless names, and propitiated with all manner of different rites, yet the whole round earth venerates me." With these words, Isis-the
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