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I first started reading this book in high school. As a reference book it wasn't allowed to leave the library so when i found it on ebay(12 years later) I snatched it up . World mythology and anthropology are a great deal of interest to me. the drive being simply to find out why we are the way we are, as there is a reason for why stories are told in the fashion they are and why ritual is performed a certain way. Belief systems answer much of this in the form of a code by finding distinctive human emotion or instinctual trait in a legend and noting simular traits in other legends world wide you can then surmise certain aspects of the human primate for the last 4-5,000 thousand years. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend, while the title is a mouth full, has near three-thousand entries to use as an on ramp to find out about a specific legend or mythos. All the information is'nt quit present, but each entry comes with the meaning, variant spelling and other names used to help you find more specific information elsewhere. The vocabulary is just right you don't feel like you need a dictionary on hand and its strong enough to read with some dignity ( some how in my collection of books I ended up with a great deal of child-like books on mythology). Lets face it. The harder you concentrate on descriptive words the less you learn about the subject, or so i've noticed with myself and others. If your interest is in learning this book is perfect though its probably impossible to remember all three-thousand entries its a good book to have on hand if you are interested in mythology. Even if you your not, high schooler and perhaps junior high students will find this book very useful to pull off bbok reports or add some twistedly obscure refrence to a peice of poetry ( i did using Lilith [my screen name also], then they put me in counseling ... just kidding, but they did have a 'talk'). i'm not that good of a writer and ebay asked me to write a review, its a good book i like every thing about it even though its shy on specifics most jobs require more than one point of reference this is the perfect starting book and now i'm getting redundantVollständige Rezension lesen
I purchased this book for several reasons. First off, I am fascinated by the lore of the world. And secondly, I needed it for muse reasons. Easily I found new inspiration from this well-written tome. There is almost too much information to sort through. Over 3000 individual articles make for some entertaining sittings. This book literally covers everything. From the Norse gods, to the origin of Uncle Sam. The amount of illustrations is astonishing as well. Some are very good, and only a handful aren't well drawn. I highly suggest picking up a copy if you love Mythology or need some inspiration for the book you're writing.