The origins of the world's mythologies / Michael Witzel
Pubbl/distr/stampa
New York, : Oxford University Press, 2013
Descrizione fisica
1 online resource
Disciplina
201.3
Soggetti
Mythology
Myth
Religion
Philosophy & Religion
Mythology, Comparative
Mitologia
Mite
Llibres electrònics
Lingua di pubblicazione
Inglese
Formato
Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico
Monografia
Note generali
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sommario/riassunto
Focusing on the oldest available texts, buttressed by data from archeology, comparative linguistics and human population genetics, Michael Witzel reconstructs a single original African source for our collective myths, dating back some 100,000 years.