The Babylonian and Assyrian Legends Concerning the Creation of the World and of Mankind. The Enuma Elish is one of the oldest stories known to mankind. It is a story first written down by the ancient Sumerians thousands of years ago. As a one time assistant in the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum, L.W. King provides us with a qualified translation of the tablets which were originally written in cuneiform ...

The writer best-known as the author/translator of "The Tibetan Book of the Dead" presents a body of tradition and testimony about an elusive order that survives in the natural setting of wild and lonely places--a classic study of the luminous reality of leprechauns, pixies, and other fairy spirits. **Lightning Print On Demand Title ...

Rich with implications for the history of sexuality, gender issues, and patterns of hellenic literary imagining, Marcel Detienne's landmark book, first published in 1972, recast long-standing ideas about the fertility myth of Adonis. The author challenges Sir James Frazer's thesis that the vegetation god Adonis - whose premature death was mourned by women and whose resurrection marked a joyous occasion - represented the annual cycle of growth ...

This is a rich collection of folktales and superstitions that capture the oral traditions of central and southeastern Alabama. ...

The deities and heroes of the ancient Romans were popular subject matter for the frescoes that decorated the elaborate villas of Pompeii's wealthy citizens. This richly illustrated volume highlights various depictions of the heavenly and heroic pantheon of ancient Rome, while the text
explores both the general characteristics of Pompeiian painting and their specific treatment of gods and heroes.
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First published in 1904, Lady Gregory collected the stories from many original sources, and in translating them from the early Irish, she created a unified group of tales that made a greater impact on people's appreciation of the wealth and strength of Irish mythology than any other similar work. ...

This elegant wallchart is a comprehensive family tree of Greek mythological figures from the time of Creation through the generation of the Trojan War and includes complete genealogical information and synopses of the myths attached to each figure. Color illustrations from classical vase paintings complement the chart's text. ...

Writing in a clear and readable style, two leading women of the Jungian school of psychology present this legend as a living myth that is profoundly relevant to modern life. 17 illustrations.
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From the ancient past come the myths that color our present. Like the symbols that haunt our dreams and guide our inner journeys, the myths of the Western world touch something deep within us, awakening old nightmares and new yearnings. Some of the gods, tales, and mythic creatures in Bergen Evan's "Dictionary Of Mythology are as familiar as the disturbing tale of Oedipus. Others may seem strange, wonderful, or chillingly macabre: Lycaon, the ...

No other god of the Greeks is as widely present in the monuments and nature of Greece and Italy, in the sensuous tradition of antiquity, as Dionysos. In myth and image, in visionary experience and ritual representation, the Greeks possessed a complete expression of indestructible life, the essence of Dionysos. In this work the noted mythologist and historian of religion Carl Kerenyi presents an historical account of the religion of Dionysos from ...