Opis: Myths and Myth-Makers - Fiske John

Excerpt from Myths and Myth-Makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology

In publishing this somewhat rambling and unsystematic series of papers, in which I have endeavoured to touch briefly upon a great many of the most important points in the study of mythology, I think it right to observe that, in order to avoid confusing the reader with intricate discussions, I have sometimes cut the matter short, expressing myself with dogmatic definiteness where a sceptical vagueness might perhaps have seemed more becoming. In treating of popular legends and superstitions, the paths of inquiry are circuitous enough, and seldom can we reach a satisfactory conclusion until we have travelled all the way around Robin Hood's barn and back again. I am sure that the reader would not have thanked me for obstructing these crooked lanes with the thorns and brambles of philological and antiquarian discussion, to such an extent as perhaps to make him despair of ever reaching the high road.

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Szczegóły: Myths and Myth-Makers - Fiske John

Nazwa: Myths and Myth-Makers Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Fiske John
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781440082368
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 372
Format: 15.2x22.9cm

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