Kathryn McClymond

The best thing about this lecture series was how diverse the mythology covered in it was. It touches on myths from all over the world, though it does feature Greek and Roman myth more heavily than any other, and some cultures are notoriously absent (for example, I don't think Slavic myth was mentioned at all). The thing I liked least was how non-diverse the lecturers were. I was less than thrilled with hearing about, for instance, Incan myths from a white man, Indian myths from a white woman, or Chinese myths from a different white man. I appreciated that they all seemed to try to see the myth through the lens of the culture that it belonged to, but it still felt wrong. It was worth it for the overview, but I'll get my deeper look at these mythologies elsewhere.… (mehr)

The book does not do justice to the sheer scope of the subject at hand ; the authors go over a plethora of ancient geographically disparate mythologies which spawned across the globe ;
Myths from ancient civilizations like Greek , Sumerian , Nordic , African etc which are are now form the archetype belief systems of current Abrahamic religions like Christianity , Islam etc due to geo-political consolidation and conquest ; which present day theists mindlessly spout as the “truth“ .

One can easily find certain prophetic “end of the world” patterns in all civilizations such as floods , fire or virgin births etc – which gives one a glimpse into the mind of humans who tried to make sense of their environment .… (mehr)