The Truth of Myth: World Mythology in Theory and Everyday Life

by Tok Thompson, Gregory Schrempp

The Truth of Myth is a thorough and accessible introduction to the study of myth, surveying the intellectual history of the topic, methods for studying myth cross-culturally, and emerging trends. Readers will encounter insightful commentaries on such questions What is the relation of mythology to religion? To science? To popular culture? Did the events recounted in myths actually occur? Why does the term "myth" have so many contradictory definitions and connotations? Offering serious students with an intellectual "toolkit" for launching into this fascinating field, the book is especially useful in conjunction with case studies of individual mythological traditions.

Genres: Nonfiction, Mythology

224 pages, Paperback

Published March 2, 2020

Reviews

[riley huddleston · Rating 1 out of 5]

would rate this 0 stars if i could

[Marina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative and dense. Not your pleasure reading on the subject but very well organized.