Myths We Live By

By Colin Grant
Series: Religion and Beliefs Series
Publisher: Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press
Paperback : 9780776604442, 181 pages, May 1998
Ebook (PDF) : 9780776616605, 181 pages, May 1998

Description

Colin Grant challenges the popular use of "myth" as a dismissive designation of the superstitions and falsehoods of "other" cultures. The author maintains that myths occupy a place in our present-day lives that is every bit as important to us as the divinities and heroes of classical antiquity were to the ancients.
The myths themselves are in a constant state of flux and transformation. They ebb and flow, both within the context of wider culture and individual experience.
Published in English.