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The World of Myth: An Anthology Summary & Study Guide Description
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"The World of Myth: An Anthology" by David Adams Leeming is a nonfiction work that explores and defines a series of ancient mythologies. Leeming is an author of world renown with a large body of work to his credit, much of which focuses on specific aspects of mythology, including its origins, plausibility, tradition, cultural influence, and how the myths create, support, and reinvent themselves over the course of centuries all over the world.
While the world of mythology is complex, Leeming manages to create a type of primer, introducing the reader to various myths while successfully interjecting enough explanation, theory and fact that the text will be enjoyable for the reader who already may know a fair bit about ancient myths.
Leeming is fond of separating out the myths and showing the reader how some of the elements may have come about, what they represent, and how they have been...
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