Anthony S. Mercatante (1940–1991)
Auteur de Who's Who in Egyptian Mythology
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Anthony S. Mercatante
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1940-01-29
- Date de décès
- 1991-03-15
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
Membres
Critiques
This book has rather basic entries for major gods and a lot of entries for minor less familiar gods, as well as thematic entries such as "dreams" and "family." It is not on the level of a major scholarly resource but it is useful for people like myself who are not specialists in Egyptology. The original author died before the second edition came out, so the changes in this edition are the work of the editor, who also provides an introduction.
Basically, this is a really condensed and general book of "myths and legends" spanning (and sometimes grouping together) most larger cultures and their historical belief system regarding gods and good vs. evil.
The level of convolution in some of these belief systems is amazing. I think I enjoyed the "Mayan/Aztec" section best.
It was fine. I didn't actively dislike it. It was on the dry side at times, and I think the subject matter would be quite easy to keep "alive". It was as though the author was forced to write a short essay on each society's belief system for some college course and then decided to slap them all together and make a book. Each chapter was a different culture (sometimes a grouping of similar i.e. Mayan/Aztec) and was told in just a few pages. How can you convey the ancient Greek belief system of the gods and good vs. evil in a few pages???
Waste of money, for sure.
Think I'll put it in the library donation pile...… (plus d'informations)
The level of convolution in some of these belief systems is amazing. I think I enjoyed the "Mayan/Aztec" section best.
It was fine. I didn't actively dislike it. It was on the dry side at times, and I think the subject matter would be quite easy to keep "alive". It was as though the author was forced to write a short essay on each society's belief system for some college course and then decided to slap them all together and make a book. Each chapter was a different culture (sometimes a grouping of similar i.e. Mayan/Aztec) and was told in just a few pages. How can you convey the ancient Greek belief system of the gods and good vs. evil in a few pages???
Waste of money, for sure.
Think I'll put it in the library donation pile...… (plus d'informations)
This is great! It has information on every single type of mythology and legend you can think of: not just the normal, simple ones you hear of every day. I've used this book and its partner for many school projects.
Vous aimerez peut-être aussi
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 10
- Membres
- 619
- Popularité
- #40,646
- Évaluation
- 3.1
- Critiques
- 8
- ISBN
- 23
- Langues
- 2
The level of convolution in some of these belief systems is amazing. I think I enjoyed the "Mayan/Aztec" section best.
It was fine. I didn't actively dislike it. It was on the dry side at times, and I think the subject matter would be quite easy to keep "alive". It was as though the author was forced to write a short essay on each society's belief system for some college course and then decided to slap them all together and make a book. Each chapter was a different culture (sometimes a grouping of similar i.e. Mayan/Aztec) and was told in just a few pages. How can you convey the ancient Greek belief system of the gods and good vs. evil in a few pages???
Waste of money, for sure.
Think I'll put it in the library donation pile...… (plus d'informations)