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Great Mythologies of the World
- Narrated by: Grant L. Voth, Julius H. Bailey, Kathryn McClymond, Robert André LaFleur
- Length: 31 hrs and 36 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The deep-seated origins and wide-reaching lessons of ancient myths built the foundation for our modern legacies. Explore the mythologies of Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Learn what makes these stories so important, distinctive, and able to withstand the test of time. Discover how, despite geographical implausibilities, many myths from across the oceans share themes, morals, and archetypes.
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- Angus Simpson
- 02-10-2023
One of the most informative overviews of the human story
Fantastic over view of all the mythologies of the world. So glad I picked up this series and it’s incredible
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- Zyanya
- 01-09-2023
Interesting
A variety of myths from around the world told in an interesting and insightful way.
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- Amazon Customer
- 18-07-2019
Listen to which ever mythology you like!!!
The chapters are labelled and so you can jump to myths from any part of the world whenever you like it. The content is excellent, some stories are (by necessity) familiar, others not so much. Falling asleep to story so worn out, every bare thread is visible; or hopping on to a new one on a new road trip - this book is a joy!
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- Rose
- 26-03-2022
excellent opportunity to learn
I throughly enjoyed listening to these lectures and learnt a lot about myths from countries i had never really thought about before. its amazing how similar as well as different they are from our own
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- David
- 26-12-2020
Some of the best lectures on mythology from around the world.
Each lecturer not only has a great grasp of their topic but expertly constructs their lectures in engaging and interesting ways to retain interest. So happy I made the investment.
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- My Pet Dog
- 10-06-2018
Starts out GREAT then fizzles
The first third of this book which covers Greek Italian Irish Norsk mythology is awesome - I could listen to author, academic and narrator Kathryn McClymond all day - her knowledge and the way she draws the listener is worth purchasing this audio book for.
BUT . . . the listener is then challenged with an American narrator whose inflections and false excitement was so over the top I had to fast forward thru the African mythology to the Asian section.
For anyone interested in learning about mythology, I would definitely recommend this audiobook.
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- Daniel A.
- 06-05-2017
Broad range of stories and explanations
fantastic learning! was great to hear about myths from across the world and be able to put together common topics and even similarly described creatures.
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- Lea Hullett
- 02-05-2022
Detailed history of beliefs
A thorough history of mankind's beliefs in God's. I found it educational and enlightening. well worth the listen.
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- Anonymous User
- 18-02-2021
Overall OK
The first woman ruins the myths by showing her bias. I did not want to learn about feminism and its flaws like equal Rights.
But other than the first part it was pretty damn good
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- Zohal
- 06-05-2018
Suffers from lack of direction
Overload of information you'll never remember. Lack of analysis. Suffers from lack of direction and structure. Narration was okay.
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5 people found this helpful