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Author:

Philip, Neil, author.

Title:

Mythology / written by Neil Philip.

Edition:

Third edition.
Relaunch edition.

Publisher:

DK Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

72 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Mythology--Juvenile literature.
Religions--Juvenile literature.
Mythology.
Religions.
YOUTH NONFICTION / Social Science / Folklore & Mythology

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Mythology -- Creation of the world -- The cosmos -- Sun and moon -- Humankind -- Supreme beings -- Floods and storms -- The elements -- The natural world -- Fertility and birth -- Children of the gods -- Ancestor worship -- Evil forces -- Superheroes -- Journeys and quests -- Divine weapons -- Gods of war -- Contacting the spirits -- Love and fortune -- Tricksters -- Giants and small folk -- Animal idols -- Mythical beasts -- Shapeshifters -- Painting the story -- Universal creatures -- The afterlife -- Sacred sites -- End of the world -- Did you know? -- Mythical meanings -- Find out more.

Summary:

Surveys the treatment of gods, goddesses, the heavens, creation, death, and evil as expressed in various mythologies around the world.

Series:

DK eyewitness.

ISBN:

1465462465
9781465462466
1465462546
9781465462541

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

GHPD771 -- Grimes Public Library (Grimes)

HNPC845 -- Hawarden Public Library (Hawarden)

SPPE104 -- Independence Public Library (Independence)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

KOPC446 -- H.J. Nugen Public Library (New London)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

TXPC862 -- Traer Public Library (Traer)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)