Author: Michael Witzel
Title: The Origins Of The World's Mythologies
Description: Oxford University Press 2012 Softcover, 686pp. This remarkable book is the most ambitious work on mythology since that of the renowned Mircea Eliade, who all but single-handedly invented the modern study of myth and religion. Focusing on the oldest available texts, buttressed by data from archeology, comparative linguistics and human population genetics, Michael Witzel reconstructs a single original African source for our collective myths, dating back some 100,000 years. Indeed, everyone interested in mythology will want to grapple with Witzel's extraordinary hypothesis about the spirituality of our common ancestors, and to understand what it tells us about our modern cultures and the way they are linked at the deepest level. Heavy; Large. (ISBN: 9780195367461). Very good.

Keywords: Mythology, History9780195367461 9780195367461


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