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Summary: Good, but not excellent, and not comprehensive
Review: The Encyclopedia of Mythology, by Arthur Cotterell, is a gorgeous, hardcover book filled with illustrations and text covering Classical, Norse and Celt mythology. Each section opens with full-color, glossy images that outline what you'll be able to find in each section. Every page is just as beautifully illustrated. The encyclopedia provides a great deal of information on not just the familiar gods and goddesses, but also more obscure ones. It is a terrific educational tool for children and adults. It is also a great book for coffee table discussion. Writers and artists will also find the encyclopedia to be a wonderful tool for striking the flame beneath the imagination. Most of the artwork to be found within its pages are by artists well-known for their fantasy images. My favorite artist in the book is Alan Lee, whose beautiful paintings are highly regarded by those who enjoy the sword and sorcery, AND the Tolkien realms. The Encyclopedia of Mythology is a must have for any mythology buff.
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Summary: Everyone must have this!
Review: The Encyclopedia of Mythology, by Arthur Cotterell, is a gorgeous, hardcover book filled with illustrations and text covering Classical, Norse and Celt mythology. Each section opens with full-color, glossy images that outline what you'll be able to find in each section. Every page is just as beautifully illustrated. The encyclopedia provides a great deal of information on not just the familiar gods and goddesses, but also more obscure ones. It is a terrific educational tool for children and adults. It is also a great book for coffee table discussion. Writers and artists will also find the encyclopedia to be a wonderful tool for striking the flame beneath the imagination. Most of the artwork to be found within its pages are by artists well-known for their fantasy images. My favorite artist in the book is Alan Lee, whose beautiful paintings are highly regarded by those who enjoy the sword and sorcery, AND the Tolkien realms. The Encyclopedia of Mythology is a must have for any mythology buff.
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Summary: This book covers everything that you would want to know!
Review: This encyclopedia is a great book for people who are interested in mythology. It is a great resource book for me. I use it a lot for information in some of my classes that deal with mythology. I would definatley recommend this book to anyone interested in learning some wonderful stories of the Classical, Norse, and Celtic mythology! And there's a great bonus, the pictures are encredible!
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Summary: Good, but not excellent, and not comprehensive
Review: This is mostly a picture book. It is in dictionary form, with three dictionaries, one each for Classical, Celtic, and Norse myths. Many of the illustrations are lavish and excellent, including oil paintings, museum pieces, and story-book illistrations circa 1900. Other illustrations (about a third) are meritless; evidently drawn to fill up space in the book. The text covers major entries that could be found in any dictionary of mythology, but falls severely short on minor characters and places. It is also missing several obvious entries: for example 'dwarf' and 'giant' and 'troll' are missing from the Norse dictionary. The Norse dictionary includes a smattering of characters from Baltic and Finnish (Kallevalla) mythology but it is even more incomplete than the Scandenavian entries.
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