Mythology Summary
Edith Hamilton

Myth [addendum] As Alasdair MacIntyre says, some philosophers have treated myth, disparagingly, as the opposite of logos, as a nonrational form of understanding the world that either has been or shoul... Read more

In the essay that follows, Littleton studies various versions of the widespread and pervasive motif of the divine king, and concludes that the theme does not have a single Indo-European origin. Introd... Read more

In the following essay, Kelsey examines the use of the snake figure in Buddhist and Shinto narratives of evil and redemption. Introduction Buddhism and Shinto have had a remarkably harmonious coexiste... Read more

In the following essay, Gadd explores the network of Babylonian rituals centering around the motif of renewal and suggests that it reflects existential concerns. It is tedious to read in a first sente... Read more

Today, we view the world through mathematics, scientific terms, and the omnipresent factor of chance. This, however, was not the case 3000 years ago, when Homer wrote the Iliad. Man based his views... Read more

Mythology; the body of myths of a particular culture. The study of myths, the interpretation of our lives, our battles, our world, our past, yet so much more. Myths are the stories of people, spirits... Read more