Myth: Stories from World Mythology

by Sarah Bartlett

272 pages, Hardcover

Published February 4, 2025

About the author

Sarah Bartlett (D.Psych Astrol) is the author of international best-selling books including The Tarot Bible, The Little Book of Practical Magic, The Witch's Spellbook and National Geographic's Guide to Supernatural Places. As contributing astrologer to media such as Cosmopolitan, She, Spirit & Destiny, the London Evening Standard and BBC Radio 2, Sarah now practices and teaches tarot, natural magic, astrology and other esoteric arts. She lives in the countryside.

Reviews

[Jane M · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although marketed as stories from World mythology it is more a useful reference guide. I actually bought a physical copy of this as reference guide for ease of use and it also looks great on my bookshelf.

There’s is an introduction about mythology and its significance, acrossvarious aspects such as art, psychology etc, to set up the book. The book is then split into two sections - the first Mythology around the world and the second, themes in Mythology.
There’s is a useful index in the back to speedily find what you’re looking for.

The subjects covered in the book have a paragraph to give an outline of their contribution to Mythology (this is why I’d consider this book a reference guide/encyclopedia rather than than ‘stories’)

All in all this is a really useful point of reference to point you to further interesting reading. The book covers the more commonly published mythologies, such as Greek, Roman and Norse, as well as less commonly published mythologies such as Aboriginal and African.

[Micheal Houlihan · Rating 4 out of 5]

wanted to read the epic of Gilgamesh, turns out this was more of a general synopsis of world mythology. read bits and pieces of it, planning on buying it to spend a bit more time going through specific stories.