from beckymmoe

This book is an intersting blend of history and mythology--and really does prove that most of us don't know much about either! Each section of the book starts with a timeline of events for the part of the world being discussed (ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Americas, Pacific islan...

from benuathanasia

This was an audiobook and the reader was just shy of terrible. Every word he could butcher, he did. The worst was when he pronounced the same word multiple ways (eg. shaman: shah-mən, shah-man, shay-mən). The book itself was really fascinating. I enjoyed it quite a bit. I go out of my way to read...

from Jthierer

A really good introduction to the myths and religions of a wide variety of cultures. I found this book to be easy to read and understand with terminology explained in a way that should be clear to most lay readers. My one complaint was that Davis over relies on making parallels with the Christian...

from SamTekoa

Imagine having a guy working with fine china while wearing boxing gloves. Davis knows his subject well but does serious damage to the product while he handles it. He seems much too confident that he knows why people believed like they did. He maintains a modern skeptical view of the existence of ...

from oxlena

The first chapter is basically an introduction to what mythology is. Okay, great, I don't care, put that in the introduction where it belongs. I know what mythology is, and it didn't say anything I didn't already infer. The actual chapters on mythology didn't go into enough detail for me to actua...