This book examines 30 common motifs that thread their way through mythological tales across history and around the globe.

All around the world, myths address questions that humans have always posed about their origins, their environments, their ultimate destinies, and the meanings

Mythology and religious-studies teachers will appreciate World Mythology for its thematic approach, historical background information, commentary, and discussio

A collection of myths from many cultures.

Fairies have been revered and feared, sometimes simultaneously, throughout recorded history. This encyclopedia of concise entries, from the A-senee-ki-waku of n