The Masks of God, Vol. 2
Subtitle: Oriental Mythology
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: November 1, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9780140194425
Subjects: Myths & mythology; Oriental religions; Spirituality; Mythology; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literature: Folklore/Mythology; China; Egypt; India; Japan; Folklore & Mythology - Mythology; Fiction / Folklore; Mythology, Oriental
First sentence: The myth of eternal return, which is still basic to Oriental life, displays an order of fixed forms that appear and reappear through all time.