The outlines of mythology Author:Lewis Spence 1949. A short essay on myth which provides a definite view of the general principles which govern mythic science and surveys the conclusions of modern research concerning its nature, as well as furnishing some account of the larger problems associated with it as a whole. Contents: Background of myth; Development of belief in the gods; Making of... more » myth; Various types of myth; Great mythic systems of the world; Mythological systems of Asia and America; Conclusions; Selected bibliography of books on mythology.« less