Parallel Myths
10 best books like Parallel Myths (J.F. Bierlein): Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt, The Greek Way, The Greeks, The Life of Greece, Ancient Egyptian Myths and Legends, The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology: An A-Z Guide to the Myths and Legends of the Ancient World, The Zionist Idea: A Historical Analysis and Reader, The Gods of the Greeks, Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Reference to the Myths, Religions, Pyramids and Temples of the Land of the Pharaohs, Power of the Witch: The Earth, the Moon, and the Magical Path to Enlightenment
Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt
| Author | Geraldine Pinch |
| ISBN | 0195170245 |
From stories of resurrected mummies and thousand-year-old curses to powerful pharaohs and the coveted treasures of the Great Pyramids, ancient Egypt has had an unfaltering grip on the modern imagination. Now, in Egyptian Mythology, Geraldine Pinch offers a comprehensive introduction that untangles...
| Author | Edith Hamilton |
| ISBN | 0393310779 |
"Five hundred years before Christ in a little town on the far western border of the settled and civilized world, a strange new power was at work... Athens had entered upon her brief and magnificent flowering of genius which so molded the world of mind and of spirit that our mind and spirit today are different......
| Author | H.D.F. Kitto |
| ISBN | 0140135219 |
The Greeks, Humphrey Davy Findley Kitto
The Greeks is a 1951 non-fiction book on classical Greece by University of Bristol professor and translator H. D. F. Kitto. The Greeks serves as an introduction to the whole range of life in ancient Greece and established Kitto as one of the foremost Grecian...
| Author | Will Durant |
| ISBN | 1567310133 |
The Story of Civilization, Volume II: A history of Greek civilization from the beginnings, and of civilization in the Near East from the Death of Alexander to the Roman Conquest. The Life of Greece is a survey of ancient Greece whose scope and style recalls the golden age of historical writing, before...
| Author | Lewis Spence |
| ISBN | 0486265250 |
"Let us walk in the gloom of the pyramids, in the cool shadows of ruined temples, aye, through the tortuous labyrinth of the Egyptian mind itself, trusting that by virtue of the light we carry we shall succeed in unravelling to some extent the age-long enigma of this mystic land." — from Chapter One.
In...
| Author | Arthur Cotterell |
| ISBN | 0681617349 |
The book is oversize and has over 1,000 entries over hundreds of pages. It's bulky, but it's lavishly illustrated which makes the full size worthwhile, if you're into those kinds of things.
I think the Goodreads summary can give as good a feel as anything for this book: "An authoritative A to...
| Author | Arthur Hertzberg |
| ISBN | 0827606222 |
I was directed to read this book because I read "The Zionist Ideas" by Gil Troy. Both were commissioned by The Jewish Publication Society. Arthur Herzberg's was commissioned 10 years after the creation of Israel and Gil Troy's was commissioned 70 years after the creation of Israel. Gil Troys was somewhat...
| Author | Karl Kerényi |
| ISBN | 0500270481 |
After a brief introduction, the complex genealogies of the gods lead him from the begettings of the Titans and from Aphrodite under all her titles and aspects, to Apollo, Hermes and the reign of Zeus, touching upon the Affairs of Pan, nymphs, satyrs, cosmogonies and the birth of mankind, until he reaches...
Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Reference to the Myths, Religions, Pyramids and Temples of the Land of the Pharaohs
| Author | Lucia Gahlin |
| ISBN | 1843094290 |
Discover the world's first civilization! This beautiful volume is a fascinating guide to the myths, religions, pyramids, temples, and more that make up the allure of ancient Egypt.
Readers will gain a unique understanding of this captivating culture through breathtaking, full-color...
Power of the Witch: The Earth, the Moon, and the Magical Path to Enlightenment
| Author | Laurie Cabot |
| ISBN | 0385301898 |
The earth, the moon, and the magical path to enlightenment. Written by a practicing witch who conducts classes and seminars on witchcraft--the oldest Western religion, a means of power and enlightenment, and a healing art.
"Laurie Cabot has written a fascinating account of a beautiful and...
