TY - BOOK TI - The Kingfisher book of mythology: gods, goddesses and heroes from the around the world / SN - 0-7534-0618-7 AV - R BL 311 .K59 2001 PY - 2001/// CY - London PB - Kingfisher KW - Mythology KW - sears N1 - Contents: What is a myth? - Northern lands (Arctic lands, North America, The Celts and the Slavs, The Norse) - Africa - Mediterranean lands (The Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome) - Eastern Asia (India, China, Japan, Southeast Asia) - Central and South America (Mesoamerica, The Amazon, South America) - South Pacific lands N2 - Contains over 500 characters from myths around the world. the patterns and themes that appear in mythologies around the world are introduced here. Some definitions of words like shaman, avatar or oracle can be found also in this book. An index was made available for every character that was included ER -