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From Olympus to Camelot : the world of European mythology /

From the stories suggested by the great cave paintings of the Paleolithic period to the thought experiments of modern scientists, From Olympus to Camelot provides a sweeping history of the development of the rich and varied European mythological tradition. David Leeming, an authority on world mythol...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Leeming, David Adams, 1937-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2003.
Series:OUP E-Books.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: myths and mythologies
  • The mythology of prehistoric Europe
  • The Indo-Europeans : a common mythology?
  • Greek mythology
  • Roman mythology
  • Celtic mythology
  • Germanic mythology
  • Baltic, Slavic, and Balkan mythology
  • Finnic and other non-Indo-European mythologies
  • European deities and creation myths
  • The European mythic hero
  • European philosophical myths and the modern world.