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Mythopedia : A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore

From acclaimed folklorist and historian Adrienne Mayor, an enchanting collection of the ancient myths that emerged out of the wonders—and disasters—of the natural world

Mythopedia is a fun, fact-filled A-Z treasury of myths inspired by natural events. Bringing together fifty legends from antiquity to the present, this delightfully entertaining book takes you around the world to explore sunken kingdoms and lost cities, accursed mountains and treacherous terrains, and lethal lakes and singing sand dunes, explaining the historical background and latest science underlying each tale.

As soon as humans invented language, they told stories to explain mysterious things they observed around them—on land, in the seas, and in the skies. Even though these tales are expressed in poetic or supernatural language, they contain surprisingly accurate insights and even eyewitness descriptions of catastrophic events millennia ago. Drawing on her unique insights as a pioneer in the exciting new field of geomythology, Adrienne Mayor describes how cultural memories of tsunamis, volcanic disasters, and other massive geological events can reach back thousands of years as the stories were preserved, elaborated, told, and retold across generations. She shows how geomythology is expanding our understanding of our planet’s history over eons, revealing the human desire to explain nature and weave imaginative stories intertwined with keen observation, rational speculation, and memory.

Mythopedia is a compendium of many marvels, from the Hindu monkey god Hanuman and his army of bridge-building primates to the terrifying sand demon Shensha shen of China, the gnawing glaciers of Austria, and the vengeful fish-headed snake god Nyami Nyami of Africa’s Zambezi River.

Hörbuch

  • Veröffentlichungsdatum: 7.10.2025

  • Language: Englisch

  • Verlag: Dreamscape Media

  • ISBN: 9798349106729


Autor*in:

  • Adrienne Mayor

Sprecher*in:

  • Dina Pearlman

Format:

  • Hörbuch

Dauer:

  • 0 min

Sprache:

Englisch

Kategorien:

  • Klima, Flora und Fauna
  • Klima und Geografie
  • Kultur
  • Literaturwissenschaft
  • Gesellschaft und Politik
  • Gesellschaft

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