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Myths and Legends From Around the World
Author: Meera Uberoi

Meera Uberoi's Myths and Legends from Around the World, published by Ratna Sagar, is a collection of 12 fantastical tales that will appeal to all readers, young and old, who have a keen interest in myths and legends of gods and goddesses, supernatural beings, and heroes. The book includes: — Brief, well-written Introduction — Pronunciation help wi... more »th ancient and medieval names of characters

Brief notes on symbols from ancient and medieval times that explain their socio-cultural-political significance in the countries of their origin.

Artwork that bring to life certain episodes in the stories

Fun trivia quiz at the end of the book to help readers test their knowledge of myths and legends

Myths and Legends from Around the World is a bouquet of mythical and legendary tales peopled with strange beings, larger-than-life heroes, ravishing maidens, wicked enchantresses, and many more. Each story in the collection has been retold by Meera Uberoi in a simple and easy-to-understand manner. Known throughout the world, these tales have capitavated people's imagination from generation to generation, so much so that though they may not be true, they have developed some kind of sanctity and authority. Meera Uberoi has selected some of the most popular and celebrated tales from Greek, Roman, Norse, Welsh, Indian, Chinese, and Korean myths, as well as Welsh, Persian, English, German, and French legends, and treated them in a beautiful and new way. In this edition, a brief introduction to the advent of myths and legends is given. An ancient or medieval symbol, belonging to the culture from which the myth or legend has been taken, is shown at the beginning of each story, and a short explanation of it is given at the end of the story. Pronunciation guides of the names of certain characters are given at the foot of the page where the name appears the first time to assist the reader to pronounce it correctly. At the end of the book, a fun trivia quiz is provided to help readers test their knowledge of ancient and medieval myths and legends and improve their awareness of the subject. The origin of myths can be traced back to thousands of years when people did not have any rational answer or explanation for the creation of the universe or any natural phenomena, such as the change of seasons or floods or famines. To understand the nature of things, stories were invented that attributed any unexplained phenomenon to the supernatural, thus bringing into being myths of gods and goddesses. An interesting fact to be noted is that people who lived very far from one another came up with similar myths. A lot of myths on the origin of the world, for example, have common threads that are very surprising indeed. Legends are stories about extraordinary people and their heroic deeds. These legends, laced with courage and bravado, have inspired people down the ages to try to achieve great feats. The stories of King Arthur and his knights, of Robin Hood and his merry men, of Sohrab and Rustam, among others, have captured the imagination of the people across time, and lit the fire of courage in men.

ISBN-13: 9789350362471
ISBN-10: 9350362473
Publication Date: 10/5/2013
Pages: 88
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Ratna Sagar
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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Genres:

Literature & Fiction >> Genre Fiction >> Fairy Tales
Science Fiction & Fantasy >> Fantasy >> Epic

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