The mythologies of the world are collective cultural dreams, and as such should be analyzed first...

One of America's most important writers takes on the arrest of Wayne Bertram Williams for the mur...

This book offers an unusual yet effective approach to the subject of mythology by stressing the u...

Esteemed scholar David Leeming, who has authored more than twelve books on mythology, here offers...

Most North Americans experience mythology by way of translations of classical texts, and surprisi...

Vainglorious gods and irresistible seductresses. Beastly beasts and brutal warriors. Stories cent...

From cosmic eggs and the Garden of Eden to the Spider Woman and the Gaia Principle, from myths of...

Meet the supreme Gautama Buddha, the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesa, and Chang O--the Lunar Toa...

This is the first definitive reference work to address the substantive elements of oral storytell...

Esteemed scholar David Leeming, who has authored more than twelve books on mythology, here offers...

Entries cover the Western allegorical tradition, as well as selected Indian, Middle Eastern, Sout...