Don't Know Much About Mythology: Everything You Need to Know About the Greatest Stories in Human History but Never Learned
A History, Mythology, Religion book. Dont Know Much About Mythology takes a slightly different tack. It sets out to examine all...
What is an Egyptian pyramid doing on the U. S. dollar bill? Did a pharaoh inspire Moses to worship one God? What’s a Canaanite demoness doing at a rock concert?Since the beginning of time, people have been insatiably curious. They’ve asked questions about where we come from, why the stars shine and the seasons change, and what constitutes evil. The imaginative answers crafted by our ancestors have served as religion, science, philosophy, and popular literature. In this latest installment of the New York...
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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. Kenneth C. Davis, Don't Know Much About Mythology: Everything You Need to Know About the Greatest Stories in Human History but Never Learned // how the innate and insatiable curiosity young children have about the world gets absolutely killed by the tedium of school. Kenneth C. Davis, Don't Know Much About Mythology: Everything You Need to Know About the Greatest Stories in Human History but Never Learned // Dont Know Much About Mythology takes a slightly different tack. It sets out to examine all the fascinating myths created by these ancient cultures and relate them to their histories and achievements. Kenneth C. Davis, Don't Know Much About Mythology: Everything You Need to Know About the Greatest Stories in Human History but Never Learned //
This book is pretty much what the title says it is. It's not a scholarly mess of whatnot, but a really great breakdown of most major culture's mythological history. I am pretty convinced that no one really has any idea about specifics of Japanese mythology because I can never find a book on it (only art relating to the mythology) but... I listened to this audio because I thought that it would be a good one for my boyfriend and I try listen to together on a long car trip, since in college he studied ancient Greece and Rome. He, however didn't like it. I will agree with him that the Introduction was overly long and explained things a bit too much about how the book was... I started reading this as a quick reference for egyptian myth, but I couldn't put it down after that. I desired to know more about the other mythology. I enjoy the way that Davis writes. Simple, orderly, and interesting. A great reference book that contains a general over veiw of the cultures cosmology, significant events and a who's...
