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Verlyn Flieger. Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Utopian Studies; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Interrupted Music- The Making of Tolkien's Mythology. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University...Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology, she deals eloquently and concisely with...the background and tenets of Tolkien's mythology: the models, the reasons, the influences... Read more
Goddess in the Grass: Serpentine Mythology and the Great Goddess.(Book Review)
Newspaper article from: Reviewer's Bookwatch; 2/1/2005; ; 426 words ; Goddess in the Grass: Serpentine Mythology and the Great Goddess Linda Foubister...couldn't wait to learn more about serpentine mythology and the great goddess. Part of this meant...combined this study with her interest in mythology is explained. Linda lives in Victoria... Read more
Don't Know Much About Mythology.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
Magazine article from: Internet Bookwatch; 5/1/2006; 191 words ; Don't Know Much About Mythology Kenneth C. Davis Books On Tape 400...booksontape.com Don't Know Much About Mythology: Everything You Need To Know About...presented study of the world of historical mythology ranging from Sumer and Babylon to... Read more
Handbook of Chinese Mythology.(Brief article)(Book review)
Newspaper article from: Library Bookwatch; 12/1/2005; 104 words ; Handbook Of Chinese Mythology Lihui Yang & Deming An ABC-CLIO...ABC-CLIO's wonderful handbooks on world mythology offer in-depth explorations linking...and ideals, and Handbook Of Chinese Mythology is an essential reference for any... Read more
Handbook of Chinese mythology.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2005; 135 words ; 157607806X Handbook of Chinese mythology. Yang, Lihui and Deming An. ABC-CLIO 2005 293 pages $75.00 Hardcover World mythology BL1825 Yang (folklore and mythology, Beijing Normal U.) and An (folklore, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing... Read more
The names upon the harp; explore the wonder and mystery of ancient Irish mythology in this fascinating book.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Children's Digest; 6/1/2002; ; 147 words ; ...green grass and scenic countryside. Mythology also plays a large part in Irish heritage. When you hear the word mythology, you may think of Greek or Roman...Olympus, Zeus, and Medusa, but Irish mythology is much different. There are three... Read more
Spiders and spinsters; women and mythology. (reprint, 1982).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2008; 122 words ; 9780865345874 Spiders and spinsters; women and mythology. (reprint, 1982) Weigle, Marta. Sunstone...2007 340 pages $34.95 Paperback GR470 Mythology is mainly concerned with recording men...Mexico) looks at aspects of women in mythology such as goddesses, guides, moon and menstruation... Read more
Khanty mythology.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2007; 130 words ; 9630582848 Khanty mythology. Kulemzin, Vladislav et al. Ed, by Vladimir Napolskikh et al. Akademiai...objects, ceremonies, activities and other matters pertaining to Khanty mythology. Introductory essays outline the sources of information and the... Read more
Inventing Anzac--the Digger and National Mythology.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Sabretache; 3/1/2005; ; 635 words ; Inventing Anzac--The Digger and National Mythology, Graham Seal, UQP, 2004 Most Australians...War Memorial. Seal sums up the Anzac mythology as a deliberate ideological construct...Australian Dreaming. If Anzac is our national mythology, the Digger is its essential cultural... Read more
Sustaining the imaginative life: mythology and fantasy in Neil Gaiman's American Gods (1)/onderhouding van die verbeeldingryke lewe: mitologie en fantasie in Neil Gaiman se American gods.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; Abstract Sustaining the Imaginative life: mythology and fantasy in Neil Gaiman's American...examination of American Gods argues that mythology is the bedrock for creative and poetic...while Northrop Frye (1976:71) argues that mythology is a form of imaginative thinking, and... Read more
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