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[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Myths are a rich source of history. People use them to make sense of our world. Even before myths were written down, people told and retold the stories of the gods and goddesses of their homeland. Readers of Egyptian Mythology will learn the history of myths, as well as their deeper meaning. From the sun god Amon-Ra to the good king Osiris, this book helps kids understand the myths that shape and direct people's lives.
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Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book discusses the Greek myths about the creation of the gods and humans; the adventures of Heracles, a Greek hero; the legend of the Trojan War; and the stories of Pyramis and Thisbe, Orpheus and Eurydice, and Alcestis and Admetus, tales of love.
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Pub. Date
c2004
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This revealing work introduces readers to the mythologies of Native Americans from the United States to the Arctic Circle--a rich, complex, and diverse body of lore, which remains less widely known than mythologies of other peoples and places. In thematic chapters and encyclopedia-style entries, Handbook of Native American Mythology examines the characters and deities, rituals, sacred locations and objects, concepts, and stories that define and distinguish...
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Pub. Date
©2006
Description
Encyclopedia of Judaism explores a tradition that has a 2,000-year recorded history and has been a part of the culture of almost every country and society around the globe. Encapsulating all things Jewish--language, laws, literature, arts, theology, ritual, land, culture, and personalities--this authoritative volume offers readers ba access to Judaism from both a historical and contemporary perspective.