TY - BOOK AU - Bierlein,J.F. TI - Parallel myths SN - 0345381467 (pbk.) AV - BL311 .B54 1994 U1 - 291.1/3 20 PY - 1994/// CY - New York PB - Ballantine Books KW - Mythology KW - Comparative studies N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-337) and index; Invitation to myth: Introduction -- Cast of characters -- Myths: Beginnings-Creation myths -- Earliest times -- Flood myths -- Tales of love -- Morality tales from the myths -- Four parallel stories -- Some brief myths of the hero -- Journey to the underworld and the path of death -- End-Visions of the apocalypse -- Modern readings of myth: Views of myth and meaning -- Parallel myths and ways of interpreting them -- Myth-Yours, mine, and ours N2 - An entertaining and thought-provoking look at the common threads woven through the world's greatest myths -- and the central role they have played through time UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/random0411/93022128.html UR - http://www.archive.org/details/parallelmyths00bier UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL1413047M ER -