The legends and artifacts found in this exciting new book explore the fascinating world of ancient Celtic legend and belief - accompanied by informative and engaging text and photographs.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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An Excellent Overview of Celtic Mythology,
This review is from: Celtic Myth: Heroes of the Dawn (Myth & Mankind) (Hardcover)
Heroes of the Dawn from Time Life's Myth & Mankind series is a lavishly illustrated and comprehensive overview of ancient celtic beliefs.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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An interesting mix of History and Mythology,
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This review is from: Celtic Myth: Heroes of the Dawn (Myth & Mankind) (Hardcover)
Historical material can sometimes suffer from the stigma of being "dry" when it comes to reading material. Many find it difficult to read and have a hard time trudging through the facts. Even if the subject matter is of interest to a reader, its presentation can perhaps be lacking. This particular work, which is only one installment of a series, is an exception to that rule. Myth and Mankind was a series that revolved around the combining of one specific culture's mythology and history in a very unique way. By presenting an overview of ancient civilizations in this manner, it gave people who are not readers of history a chance to explore civilizations that have long been extinct. While this is the only title in the series that I have personally read, I did find it very fascinating and really loved how the writing combined elements of history and mythology and reasoned how they influenced one another. These two elements were reinforced and influenced by one another in vital ways and the material in this book was very entertaining and educational without being cumbersome.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Great Rendition of the Celtic myths,
This review is from: Celtic Myth: Heroes of the Dawn (Myth & Mankind) (Hardcover)
Much like the rest of the Myth and Mankind series this book does a great job of combining both the historical and mythical aspects of the Celtic and anglo cultures of early Europe. The book as well provides brilliant pictures of artifacts for the stories and gives great explanations as well as connections of the myths and the actual history of the region.
The folklore as well is well written in this book as well and is often told interestingly as well as short enough that it isn't too time consuming but not so short that it takes away from the overall point. The book is simply a great book in both its mythic as well as comparative feats and is easily a great read to pick up again and again, I know I have. I would highly recommend bying this book and as well checking out the rest of the series, which spans the whole world and every major civilization, providing both amazing cultural information as well as pictures and great myths from every aspect of life.
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