A New York Public Library Outstanding Reference Book
Filled with more than 500 color photographs, charts, maps, and line drawings, this is an incomparable guide to the world's most important mythological traditions. Roy Willis, Ph.D., is a research fellow in social anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. Best known for his fieldwork in east-central Africa, he is the author of several books, including Man and Beast(1975), a highly acclaimed study of animal symbolism in the beliefs of African peoples. Robert Walter is the director of the Joseph Campbell Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded to preserve, protect, and perpetuate the pioneering work of Joseph Campbell (1904-1987), one of the foremost interpreters of myth in our time. Filled with more than 500 color photographs, charts, maps, and line drawings, this is an incomparable guide to the world's most important mythological traditions.
Cover price $18.95
- Condition: Used - very good
- Format: Softcover, color, 308 pages
- Size: 8½" x 11"
- Published: 1994
