"Myth, Ritual and Religion" in 2 volumes is one of the best-known works by a Scottish author Andrew Lang first published in 1887, in which he explained the "irr

This is the second of a two-volume collection of studies on inconsistencies in Greek and Roman religion. Their common aim is to argue for the historical relevan

When this book first appeared (1886), the philological school of interpretation of religion and myth, being then still powerful in England, was criticised and o

This Very Short Introduction explores different approaches to myth from several disciplines, including science, religion, philosophy, literature, and psychology

This second volume of a two-part collection of studies on inconsistencies in Greek and Roman religion focuses on the ambiguities in myth and ritual of transitio