The World of Myth: An Anthology
In Mythology: The Voyage of the Hero (Harper, 1980), Leeming collected over 100 hero myths for a comparative study. In his new volume the myths of various types are divided into four sections: of the cosmos, of the gods, of the hero, and of places and objects, within which subdivisions deal with "The Trickster," "The God as Archetype," "The Tree," etc. His introduction and pre-chapter commentaries are concise and somewhat probing. This work does not and is not meant to rival that of Joseph Campbell, but it will be useful to general readers or as a high school or college introductory text. Excellent brief chapter bibliographies; index and illustrations not seen.-Terry McMaster, Utica Coll. of Syracuse Univ. Lib., N.Y.Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.