mythology

Book Reviews

• Yves Bonnefoy: Mythologies
  - classical, Egyptian, European, Asian, American, African
• Roberto Calasso: Ka**
  - a superb synthesis of Hindu mythology
• Lucy Coats: Atticus the Storyteller's 100 Greek Myths
  - all the favourite stories, adapted for 4-8 year olds
• Ingri D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin D'Aulaire: D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths*
  - one of the outstanding reworkings for children
• Amy Ehrlich: With a Mighty Hand*
  The Story in the Torah
• Andrew George: The Epic of Gilgamesh*
• Edward R. Haymes, Susann T. Samples: Heroic Legends of the North*
  An Introduction to the Nibelung and Dietrich Cycles
• Claude Lévi-Strauss: The Raw and the Cooked
  Introduction to a Science of Mythology: 1
• R.K. Narayan: The Mahabharata; The Ramayana
  - an accessible English abridgment
• Apollonios Rhodios: The Argonautika
  The Story of Jason and the Quest for the Golden Fleece

See also: anthropology | religion