Tag Archives: Mythology

Bookshelf: Mythology 101

Posted on October 17, 2016 by David

Keith is a gregarious, open-minded college student, with a gift for persuasion. He’s so open-minded that he turns in a paper for his Sociology class on what first contact with an extraterrestrial civilization would look like, so open-minded he’s willing … Continue reading →

Posted in Bookshelf | Tagged Humorous Fantasy, Jody Lynn Nye, Mythology, Mythology 101, Wordfire Press | Leave a comment

Bookshelf: Mythos and Cosmos

Posted on October 17, 2015 by David

John Lundwall’s Mythos and Cosmos stands in a line of brilliant and essential books that pierce through the fog of modernity to ask the question: what were our ancestors thinking? In particular, Lundwall examines the connections among mythology, liturgy, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bookshelf | Tagged C.G. Jung, D'Aulaires, Frances A. Yates, Gilgamesh, Giorgio de Santillana, Herakles, Jane Ellen Harrison, John Lundwall, Joseph Campbell, Mircea Eliade, Mythology, Rick Riordan | Leave a comment

Bookshelf: Hamlet’s Mill

Posted on July 23, 2014 by David

I’ve just finished re-reading Hamlet’s Mill, for the fourth time. That makes it the third-most-reread book in my library, I think, and the most-reread work of scholarly nonfiction. Hamlet’s Mill is about mythology. The authors argue that myth, and its … Continue reading →