Myth - Theaology

General Mythology

A COMPREHENSIVE DICTIONARY OF THE GODS, 1984, Anne S. Baumbgartner. A virtual biographical dictionary of every god or goddess known from every culture.

A HISTORY OF RELIGOUS IDEAS: From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries, 1977, Mircea Eliade. Part 1 of 3 parts.

A HISTORY OF RELIGOUS IDEAS: From Gautama Buddha to the Triumph of Christianity, 1977, Mircea Eliade. Part 2 of 3 parts.

A HISTORY OF RELIGOUS IDEAS: From Muhammed to the Age of Reforms, 1977, Mircea Eliade. Part 3 of 3 parts.

ESSAYS ON A SCIENCE OF MYTHOLOGY. Karl Karenyi & Carl Jung. Jungish theory of mythology.

HISTORICAL ATLAS OF WORLD MYTHOLOGY Vol 1. (The Way of The Animal Powers), 1988, Joseph Campbell. Multivolume magnum opus. Giant books, profusely illustrated. Each book in this series is a complete work.

HISTORICAL ATLAS OF WORLD MYTHOLOGY Vol 2. (The Way of The Seeded Earth), 1988, Joseph Campbell. Multivolume magnum opus. Giant books, profusely illustrated. Each book in this series is a complete work.

THE MASKS OF GOD: Primitive Mythology,1959, Joseph Campbell. Excellent way to get a grounding in myth and archetype. (1st of 4 volumes)

THE MASKS OF GOD: Oriental Mythology,1962, Joseph Campbell. Excellent way to get a grounding in myth and archetype. (2nd of 4 volumes)

THE MASKS OF GOD: Occidental Mythology,1964, Joseph Campbell. Excellent way to get a grounding in myth and archetype. (3rd of 4 volumes)

THE MASKS OF GOD: Creative Mythology,1968, Joseph Campbell. Excellent way to get a grounding in myth and archetype. (4th of 4 volumes)

MYTH OF THE ETERNAL RETURN, Or, Cosmos and History, 1954, Mircea Eliade. Research and theory on death and rebirth mythology by one of the world's greatest scholars of myth and ritual.

MYTHOLOGY: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes, 1942, Edith Hamilton. The classic.

MYTHS & LEGENDS OF ALL NATIONS, 1950; 1961, Herbert Spencer Robinson & Knox Wilson. Synopses of the essential stories from virtually every culture on Earth.

MYTHS TO LIVE BY, 1972, Joseph Campbell. Readable theory of mythology. What are myths? What do they contribute to our lives?

NEW LAROUSSE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MYTHOLOGY, 1959; 1986, Felix Guirand, ed. Classical, reliable reference text of myths from A-Z.

THE POWER OF MYTH, 1988, Joseph Campbell. Conversations with Bill Moyers, transcribed from the six-hr. PBS TV series. (interview available on video from PBS)

THE POWER OF MYTH, 1988, Joseph Campbell. Conversations with Bill Moyers, the six-hr. PBS TV series. (DVD)

THE GODS ABIDE, 1976, Thomas Burnett Swann. Swann's final novel, telling of the retreat of the Pagan gods and all their retinue. A beautiful and moving story. (fiction)

Goddesses

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