description: Tales of love and war, courage and pain, justice and tyranny, heroes and villains, and ultimately the relationship of humanity to the divine powe4rs are a common element of all cultures. For millennia, these tales have served to transmit values, communicate wisdom, and reveal the nature of right and wrong -- in short, to demonstrate a particular society's ethics and way of life via storytelling.
language: English
title: Mythology: Tales of ancient civilizations
titlecomplete: Mythology: Tales of ancient civilizations
genres: Reference, History
ratings_count: 21
publisher: Barnes & Noble