African Myths And Legends Summary

Chambers, Catherine. African Myths and Legends. Raintree, 2013. Chambers’ book talks about the heroes, villains, tricksters, creatures, quests, gods, and goddesses of African myths. She succeeds in giving an overview of African myths. Occasionally she makes connections to other cultures with shared concepts or ideas. Throughout the book, the author retells some of the culture’s myths. Chambers explains the importance of some places and items in She also explains the origin of some of the themes used in other locations or the origin of the myth. The author focuses on a small amount of myths, but she covers many areas of mythology instead of only the myths. She focuses more on the characters and themes. This information on African Myths is

Each category had at least three myths in it. The amount of myths per category gives the reader a chance to gain a basic understanding of the myths in that category.
The reader will gain a basic understanding of how Korean myths work. This knowledge is a fundamental step in understanding the mythologies of the world.

Fitzpatrick, Peter. The Mythology of Modern Law. Taylor & Francais, 2016. The author wants to argue that myths are part of the modern world. Throughout the book the author sustains the concept of the mythology of modernity. Fitzpatrick argues that modern law is a form of mythology. The author thoroughly explains the law system and his point although he rarely speaks about the myths. If he does talk about myths his format hides it. The format of the information is confusing because of information placement and size of the paragraphs. When the source was chosen, it showed promise of revealing connections between the law any mythology. The source does not make little to none connections back to mythology. This source is not the best for the overarching topic of

Taft, Michael, ed. Greek Gods & Goddesses. Britannica Educational Publishing, 2014. Britannica Educational Publishing, a trademark of Encyclopaedia Britannica, provides a clear, unbiased, and reliable source of information. The book gives a brief overview of different aspects of Greek mythology that include forms of myths, types of myth, gods, goddesses, and brief descriptions of mythological creatures. It also briefly goes over Western Civilization motifs and characters influenced by Greek Mythology. Only the Olympians and a few other gods have a detailed overview. All the others have a very short summary over their existence. Some gods and goddesses had an origin story that reveals where their worship originates from and where their origin spread. The origin reveals connections to other cultures with the location of the source or culture. This book lists some direct influences the mythology has had on its civilization and others around it. This books also gives a necessary overview of Greek Mythology for the overall topic of Mythology. This source contains valid and important information on Greek