Mythology: Asia & Far East

by Rachel Storm

In this fabulous reference book, the powerful and enthralling tales of East Asia are revealed in all their magnificence. This exciting publication is essential reading for all those interested in the myths and legends of Asian cultures, their retelling down the generations, and the way they influence and colour our thinking and beliefs in the modern day.

Genres: Mythology, Asia

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Andre · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was dissappointed by this book. I expected a much wider range of countries and cultures covered at least, but this book's content maybe 75 % Japanese and Chinese and even the rest is rather... odd, is the best word. I sometimes assumed that this book only deals with individual folklore/religious beings, but then we have entries like Kappa, Naga, Kuei, that refer to types of beings and not indiviudals, so it is odd that other things like Aswang are not mentioned. And here is the next odd thing: I had suspected very early that this book won't have anything from the Phillipines due to the country being majorily catholic, but while it does have some entries from that country, those seem to be restricted to the minorities but not more and the same is true for Indonesia. Basically everything christian or muslim is missing from this here and this while the book mentions things from Siberia etc. There was also nothing from South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam or Laos. So this book is a waste of time in my mind.

[Jbondandrews · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good starting point for the mythology of Asia and the far East.

[Victoria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Though this book is informative, it can feel imcredibly dense especially when the font is so incredibly tiny, it can almost be unreadable.

[E A M Harris · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful and informative book. I loved it.