Myths of the underworld : timeless tales of the afterlife, love, revenge, fatal attraction & more from around the world /
Christinee, Lindsay,
Myths of the underworld : timeless tales of the afterlife, love, revenge, fatal attraction & more from around the world / Lindsay Christinee. - 162 pages : 22 cm
Anubis -- Mictlantecuhtli and Mictecacíhuatl -- Baldur's death -- Persephone -- Kali's birth -- Maman Brigette -- Shinigami's candle -- The lord of death -- The goddess of the sea -- Camp of ghosts.
Myths of the Underworld is a vibrant collection of ten retellings of forbidden love, acts of vengeance, and naive attractions. Modernized for today's reader, these diverse stories span time and space. But while the cultures and traditions are varied, the themes woven throughout these tales reveal how the struggle to understand and accept death and all that comes with it is one that is quintessentially human.
9781646045549 1646045548
2023938337
Death--Mythology.
Future life.
Mythology, Egyptian.
Aztec mythology.
Mythology, Norse.
Mythology, Greek.
Hindu mythology.
Mythology, Japanese.
Mythology, African.
Inuit mythology.
Myths of the underworld : timeless tales of the afterlife, love, revenge, fatal attraction & more from around the world / Lindsay Christinee. - 162 pages : 22 cm
Anubis -- Mictlantecuhtli and Mictecacíhuatl -- Baldur's death -- Persephone -- Kali's birth -- Maman Brigette -- Shinigami's candle -- The lord of death -- The goddess of the sea -- Camp of ghosts.
Myths of the Underworld is a vibrant collection of ten retellings of forbidden love, acts of vengeance, and naive attractions. Modernized for today's reader, these diverse stories span time and space. But while the cultures and traditions are varied, the themes woven throughout these tales reveal how the struggle to understand and accept death and all that comes with it is one that is quintessentially human.
9781646045549 1646045548
2023938337
Death--Mythology.
Future life.
Mythology, Egyptian.
Aztec mythology.
Mythology, Norse.
Mythology, Greek.
Hindu mythology.
Mythology, Japanese.
Mythology, African.
Inuit mythology.