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Can I read The World of Myth on EtoBox?
The World of Myth by David Adams Leeming is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The World of Myth about?
Hercules, Zeus, Thor, Gilgamesh--these are the figures that leap to mind when we think of myth. But to David Leeming, myths are more than stories of deities and fantastic beings from non-Christian cultures. Myth is at once the most particular and the most universal feature of civilization, representing common concerns that each society voices in its own idiom. Whether an Egyptian story of creation or the big-bang theory of modern physics, myth is metaphor, mirroring our deepest sense of ourselve
Who reads The World of Myth?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- David Adams Leeming
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780199878963
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, Anthropology, Christian
- Rating
- 3.58 / 5 (13 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14