The Mythology Bible: Everything you wanted to know about mythology

by Sarah Bartlett

The world's most fascinating gods and goddesses come to life in the pages of this beautifully illustrated book. "The Mythology Bible" explores the powerful figures that have compelled us for millennia--including Indra, god of thunder in India's Rig Vedas; Thor, the merciless Nordic giant-slayer; and Mawu-Lisa, whom the African Fon people associate with fertility and compassion. Discover, too, the enduring themes that loom large in the myths of almost every culture: creation and the cosmos, beasts and monsters, death and the underworld, love and heroism.Filled with photographs and pictures, this volume is as attractive as it is readable.

Genres: Mythology, Nonfiction, Reference, History, Religion, Spirituality, Adult

400 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

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

[Lucy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got into this a while ago, but have come back to it for some research. I've enjoyed it and I like how the sections are fairly easily digestible, will tell you what you need to know about a wide variety of myths and culture. I felt it gives enough information to encourage you to look further into some myths and deities, and also nurtures further thought and is interesting enough to promote doing more research into some of the ideas presented, which isn't always the case for me reading non-fiction so I appreciate that quality.

[Kolesne · Rating 4 out of 5]

O livro é perfeito pra iniciantes em mitologia ou quem está pensando em começar a estudar sobre, é quase que uma enciclopédia sobre a maioria das mitologias, desde as mais famosas como a grega e nórdica até as menos conhecidas como a mesopotâmica e africanas.

Não posso recomendar o livro pra quem já é um veterano em mitologia, pois aborda de forma muito simples e curta os contos, em apenas 400 páginas a autora tenta mostrar diversos mitos em diversas culturas, por isso a maioria são contadas em apenas uma página ou apenas meia página.

O livro peca um pouco na segunda parte, quando na primeira fala sobre os deuses, heróis e monstros, na segunda parte se foca no que todas essas mitologias tem em comum, como a criação do universo, o mundo inferior, a lua e o sol, os heróis e monstros. Nessa parte o livro acaba se repetindo, em vez de se focar em como esses mitos são parecidos ou tem relações um com os outros, cita histórias que já foram contadas de uma forma mais resumida.

Recomendo demais o livro para quem está começando agora a se interessar por mitologia, ele com certeza vai fazer você se interessar por alguma em específico, e se você já é um veterano, além de umas artes legais, é sempre bom ver um pouco do básico novamente hehe.

[Bhamini Khandige · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book I decided to read is called ‘The Mythology Bible’. It is a nonfiction book written by Sarah Bartlett. I had borrowed this book a long time ago so that I could read some nonfiction if I wanted to but I only started reading it during the break.
The book has a lot of information on different religious gods and also a timeline showing when each religion came to be. The start of the book even has some general information on keywords associated with religions such as ‘symbol’. It also gives some information on the Sun which is a key aspect in many religions.
This book isn’t one that I would usually pick up which made it not that exciting for me to read it but I thoroughly enjoyed the book because it let me expand my knowledge of religions and gods. I think this is an excellent book that can be used to find information for school material such as an essay or presentation. This book definitely won’t be interesting for people younger than me so I think the recommended reading age is 14 and above. I would rate this book a 6/10.

[Asiuol K · Rating 3 out of 5]

I finally finished it. It's a good book to have around for reference, but it's quite hard to get into.

[Dansolo · Rating 2 out of 5]

took too long to read it only made it like 100 pages in had to give it back to the library. from what i did read it was way too general and lacked a lot of detail so whatever

[Regina Hunter · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read a different version of this book, and still enjoyed this one. I love mythology and everything about it. I also like that this one was not like the other one where the concentration was only on Western and Egyptian mythology, mostly. This one broke up alot more. Although I do suggest reading previous version, because it is more detailed on some of the things.

[Trang · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some parts were written like a Simple English Wikipedia article, which lowered the rating to 3.5/5. But other than that, it offers a wide variety of mythologies from common ones (Egyptian, Greek, etc) to rarer ones (Native American, Polynesian, etc) and unique art to go with it so there's bound to be something you like.

[Brendan Lloyd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating book for anyone interested in mythology - includes your 'standard' mythos' (e.g Norse, Egyptian, Greek) , but also covers some more exotic ones such as Native American, African. The interior artwork is exceptionally colourful and high-resolution and complements the text perfectly. Well worth a purchase for any mythology enthusiast!

[Arielle Rae Aguilar · Rating 5 out of 5]

type of text: Non-fiction

This is a very useful book to people who like mythology. It shows mythology from different parts of the world and there are also plenty of stories.

I recommend this book both to people who have already read a lot on mythology and on those just starting.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the Godsfield Bible collection! I've got a few more in mind that I would love to get (Fairies, Spells etc.). I love History and Mythology and this was perfect. It covered all cultures, which was brilliant and interesting to read.

[Misti Rainwater-Lites]

discovered myths that were new to me...great material for my poems

[Kristi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love Mythology and this is a quick overview of myths from various cultures with lots of great pictures and illustrations.

[Rosea Bellator · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bom, mas para uma "Bíblia" do assunto.... ficou a desejar rs
Mas boa para iniciar estudos e incitar a curiosidade!

[Lísa Jónasdóttir · Rating 3 out of 5]

There were a couple things in this that weren’t 100% correct.
Also there were several spelling and grammar mistakes