The Giant Book of Myths and Legends

by Mike Ashley

On the Like New side of Very Good in its Clean Dj The text is very clean clear and crisp

Genres: Folklore, Fantasy, Reference, Mythology, Short Stories, Anthologies

564 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Michael Raymond Donald Ashley is the author and editor of over sixty books that in total have sold over a million copies worldwide. He lives in Chatham, Kent.

Reviews

[Deborah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book 6 in my quest to read 50 books in 2012.

I'm seriously torn about this book. I've read various myths and legends from around the world before - and well.... some I have read before - in much better versions. It is a decent primer of some of the stories from other cultures, but there is much left out as they - by and large - are approached from a more western view and written with that sort of bias. Whenever possible, I would suggest reading the original - or as close to it as one can get.

That being said - the Japanese stories were interesting and those of the Celts were like old friends. Some of the Native American stories were new - and a few were retellings of stories I had read years ago.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Legends & Myths
544 pages

Mysterious, imaginative, and delightful.
A fun read.

[Tabitha · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really nice collection. It has a lot of classic tales, and some lesser known ones.
We used it and a couple others for a myths and fairy tales class in highschool, and this is the only one I felt the need to keep.

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

A superb collection of myths and legends from around the world, including a number of more familiar tales written by authors including Nathaniel Hawthorne and Charles Kingsley. Very readable and thoroughly enjoying.

[Athena]

If you like mythology this is a great one with good classic tales.