description: An informative guide to the modern mythologies. This classic study, translated from the original French, deals primarily with societies around the world in which myth is--or was until very recently--"living," in the sense that it supplies models for human behavior &amp;, by that very fact, gives meaning &amp; value to life. The author believes that understanding the structure &amp; function of myths in these traditional societies serves to clarify a stage in the history of human "myths reveal that the world, man &amp; life have a supernatural origin &amp; history, &amp; that this history is significant, precious &amp; exemplary."
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: Mito y realidad
titlecomplete: Mito y realidad
genres: Sociology, History, Psychology, Mythology, Anthropology, Philosophy, Religion, Essays, Spirituality, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1039
publisher: Labor.