The purpose of this book is to provide not only a popular account of the religion and mythology of ancient Babylonia and Assyria, but to extract and present to the reader the treasures of romance latent in the subject, the peculiar richness of which has been recognized since the early days of archaeological effort in Chaldea. Contents: Babylonia and Assyria in History and Legend; Babylonian Cosmogony; Early Babylonian Religion; Gilgamesh Epic; ...

Volume 1 of 2. This exposition of scripture exegesis gives fuller knowledge of man's inner nature and the purpose of his life on earth. It takes the form of a dictionary because of the discovery forecasted by orientalist Max Muller of a metaphorical language underlying all sacred scriptures of the world. The terms of this language will reveal themselves to students of the scriptures who follow the line of thought of this dictionary. ...

The creation myths of America form a complete system, they give a detailed and circumstantial account of the origin of this world and of all things and creatures contained in it. In this course of the various narratives which compose this myth system, an earlier world is described to us, with an order of existence and a method of conduct on which the life of primitive man in American was patterned. ...

The classic of Greek, Norse, and Eastern mythology, revised and enlarged, with a classical index and dictionary and nearly two hundred illustrations. Includes family tree of the Greek gods. Since its composition in the late eighteenth century, Bulfinch's mythology has been the reference on mythology par excellence. Includes all the Greek gods and Greek teleology, Egyptian gods, theories on the origins of myth, modern monsters, Eastern mythology, ...

Keightley's main object in writing this work was to explain the mythology of Greece, as far as possible, by and through itself, and to give the student a clear and distinct idea of the manner in which the Greeks themselves viewed their religion and its traditions, so as to enable him to understand and appreciate the numerous allusions to mythical subjects occurring in the poets and other writers. The author attained this object in a manner that ...

With chapters upon Druid circles and Celtic burial. The author is considered one of the greatest of the Scottish Celtic scholars. This volume contains three of his earlier essays. Celtic Mythology was interesting historically and contains much valuable matter, however its general attitude and conclusion must be considered in the light of subsequent researches. The essays, Druid Circles and Celtic Burial, have no such qualifications attached to ...

Volume X of the series "The Mythology of All Races." An exhaustive compendium of North American mythology. Beautifully and copiously illustrated. Contents: The far north; Forest tribes; Gulf region; Great plains; Mountain and desert; Pueblo dwellers; Pacific coast; Notes and bibliography. ...

Found in this work are some of the most popular myths and legends of the Japanese culture. There are myths of gods and heroes; legends of the goddess Benten, the god Daikoku and of Buddha. There are stories of Mount Fuji, the sea, the supernatural, as well as descriptions of the spiritual properties found in flowers, fans, dolls, butterflies and many other objects. Wonderfully illustrated. ...

The role and use of the cat in history, religion, and mysticism. With 244 line drawings. Contents: Bast; Sekhmet; The Sistrum; Cat and the serpent; Cat and the riddle of Isis; Cat in Chaldean and Egyptian Magism; Freya and her cats; Christ and the cat; The Virgin and the cat; May kitten; Corn cat; Cat and the Sabbath; Witches in cat form; Witch cats and repercussion; Secret sects and cat worship; Cat as sacrifice; Cat and transmigration; Temple ...

As conceived by man from the earliest ages to the present time. Contents: Cosmogonies of Primitive Races; Creation Myths of Ancient Civilized Races; The Most Beautiful and Profound Creation Myths; Cosmogonies of the Ancient Philosophies; Damn of Modern Ages: Multiplicity of the Inhabited Worlds. With over 15 diagrams and illustrations. ...