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Additional mythology relating to the concepts of life and death exists throughout African cultures. Examples of these stories were collected by James George Frazer in his book The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead. In some cases, the creatures involved are also reptilian, such as the chameleon in the mythology of the Zulu.
Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece by W. H. D. Rouse (1934) Bulfinch's Mythology (originally published as three volumes) by Thomas Bulfinch (1855) Mythology by Edith Hamilton (1942) Myths of the Ancient Greeks by Richard P. Martin (2003) The Penguin Book of Classical Myths by Jenny March (2008) The Gods of the Greeks by Károly Kerényi (1951)
Another of his writings about mythology is the 2000 book Mythography: The Study of Myths and Rituals, [6] which the Oxford Companion to World Mythology describes as "the most comprehensive and definitive study of the primary intellectual currents in the study of myths". [7]
1929 Belgian banknote, depicting Ceres, Neptune and caduceus Ballads of bravery (1877) part of Arthurian mythology. Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society.
Myths and legends of Babylonia and Assyria (1916) Edith Hamilton's Mythology has been a major channel for English speakers to learn classical Greek and Roman mythology. The critical interpretation of myth began with the Presocratics. [93] Euhemerus was one of the most important pre-modern mythologists. He interpreted myths as accounts of actual ...
Bulfinch's Mythology is a collection of tales from myth and legend rewritten for a general readership by the American Latinist and banker Thomas Bulfinch, published after his death in 1867. The work was a successful popularization of Greek mythology for English-speaking readers.
In the fields of philosophy and mythography, euhemerism (/ j uː ˈ h iː m ər ɪ z əm,-h ɛ m-/) is an approach to the interpretation of mythology in which mythological accounts are presumed to have originated from real historical events or personages.
Thomas Keightley (17 October 1789 – 4 November 1872) was an Irish writer known for his works on mythology and folklore, particularly Fairy Mythology (1828), later reprinted as The World Guide to Gnomes, Fairies, Elves, and Other Little People (1978, 2000, etc.).