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A dictionary of world mythology [electronic resource] Arthur Cotterell.

Author: Cotterell, Arthur.

Edition Statement:New ed., rev. and expanded.

Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.

Description1 online resource (314 p.) : ill., maps.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

Note: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. Drawing upon hundreds of myths from around the globe, it 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.

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