| 1000 Mythological Characters Briefly Described Contributor(s): Edward Sylvester Ellis (Author) |
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ISBN: 1717453589 ISBN-13: 9781717453587 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 7.01" W x 10" (0.50 lbs) 124 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: To the Greeks and Romans, there was a time more remote than history gives us any account of, when there was neither land nor water, and when the earth and all things within and upon it were "without form and void." Over that misty, nebulous mixing and mingling brooded the god Chaos, who shared his throne with Nox, the goddess of night. From this union the innumerable myths gradually sprang up and developed, which in their own imaginative though often grotesque way explained the various phases of creation. These finally became crystallized into a literature, or mythology, which has since been the inspiration alike of romancers and poets. The most learned of mythologists differ in their analysis of the multitude of myths that have descended to us. Their varying analyses, however, may be separated into two distinct classes or divisions, each of which has its own adherents and supporters. The first school is that of the philologists, and the second that of the anthropologists, or comparative mythologists. |