Mythology of All Races e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The intrinsic interest Of the subject is very great; for better than almost anything else myths reveal men's first notions about their world and the powers at work in it, and the rela tions between men and those powers. They Show what things in their surroundings early engaged men's attention; what things seemed to them to need explanation; and how they explained them.