Lost Realms of Gold: South American Myth (Myth & Mankind , Vol 10, No 20) [Hardcover]

Time-Life Books (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1998 | Series: Myth & Mankind , Vol 10, No 20

Focusing on both the ancient (Inca) and living (Yanomami) cultures of South America, this volume captures the South American mythmakers' fascination with shape shifting and magic. Includes the tale of the first Inca, who built the city of Cuzco on the spot where his staff disappeared into the ground, and the sky people, who discovered the rainforest teeming with animals.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Time Life Education (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0705435830
• ISBN-13: 978-0705435833
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 9.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #606,459 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Historical/Mythological Book. It Just Rocks!!, October 13, 2007

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This review is from: Lost Realms of Gold: South American Myth (Myth & Mankind , Vol 10, No 20) (Hardcover)

This book is a great cross reference between both reality and fiction. The stories presented by Lost Realms give the myth of The Incas as well as provide a large amount of historical as well as archaelogical information about their culture then and now. The book also does a great job of composing a fluent and entertaing air that keeps the reader interested.

The book is as well simply a marviously brilliant book for its amazing ability to tie together cultures as well as present universal and primal myths of the world so clearly. An amazing and elaborate work yet easy for anyone to understand "Lost Realms of Gold" is a joy to read as well as to browse.

I would recommend all other books in the Time-Life "Myth and Mankind" series; which do a superb job of tying in the major cultures of the world together.