num_pages: 176
description: For eons, stories about sex gods and fertility goddesses have expressed our secret longings and deepest desires. This collection reveals sixteen of the world's most evocative tales of * Tristan and Iseult, the classic myth of doomed love * Orpheus and Eurydice, and the dark passions of the Greek Underworld * Shiva and Parvati, in an epic Indian tale of the mysteries of desire * The Herdsman and the Weaver Girl, a Chinese story of love among the stars --and a dozen more love stories that are truly legendary. 176 pages, 16 color illus., 7 1/2 x 9 1/2.
language: English
title: Mythical Lovers, Divine Desires: The World's Great Love Legends
titlecomplete: Mythical Lovers, Divine Desires: The World's Great Love Legends
genres: Nonfiction, Mythology
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Blandford Pr