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Great Mythologies of the World

Written by: The Great Courses,Grant L. Voth,Julius H. Bailey,Kathryn McClymond,Robert André LaFleur
Narrated by: Grant L. Voth,Julius H. Bailey,Kathryn McClymond,Robert André LaFleur
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The deep-seated origins and wide-reaching lessons of ancient myths built the foundation for our modern legacies. Explore the mythologies of Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Learn what makes these stories so important, distinctive, and able to withstand the test of time. Discover how, despite geographical implausibilities, many myths from across the oceans share themes, morals, and archetypes.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

©2015 The Great Courses (P)2015 The Teaching Company, LLC

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Tinny Sound Made it Very Difficult to Listen To

I'll come back and edit my review once I've finished, but I noticed a tinny sound partway through the second lecture and now it's all I can hear. I am continuing to listen but it's significantly decreasing my ability to enjoy the story and thought others should be aware.

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Very good starting point

Stories are important to the human condition. This lecture series covering a wide variety of mythological stories from all over the world was like sipping from an ocean. just enough to whet your appetite for more information. Some myths we are familiar with, others not so much.
I highly recommend this to understand other cultures and histories.

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Great Book

Well researched and structured. The author’s transitions between topics are flawless making it very easy to follow. #Audible1

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Great material, inconsistent presentation

Contains a wealth of information that would be very hard to find independently, however I'm disappointed that the Africa section was allowed to be included as-is. I was particularly keen on learning about African myths, as this is the area of which I have the least knowledge, but the narrator/lecturer made it incredibly painful to listen to this section. False starts, corrections begun in the middle of words, stumbling and poor timing make this section sound like a grade school presentation. I ended up skipping several lectures rather than try to piece together the info provided. All other sections narrated ably.

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An informative book for anyone interested in religion.

I learned a great deal about my own religion, Christianity It gives one s new prospective on the Old Testament.

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Myth or Folk Tale

I enjoyed this it was very easy lisyening with the different lecturers. An overview of world myth that opens the door for further study.

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Great Purchase With Credits

I believe its a bit expensive to buy them as is, but the huge amount of content that you can get with a single Credit with this is amazing! Highly recommend to get started with the great stories and literature of mankind.

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Disappointing African portion in an otherwise enjoyable course

Most of the sections were presented quite well, with dynamic and interesting lecturers who present the subject matter in an accessible way for the casual students. The exception was the portion on African myths. The lecturer was absolutely terrible and the entire section had an amateurish quality reminiscent of the school presentations by our least intelligent classmates that made us all cringe. I highly question this lecturer’s credentials and sincerely wish an actual scholar of African myth and culture could have been found instead. It put an unfortunate damper in the middle of the entire course and almost made me quit listening, or at least skip that portion. I managed to get through it at double speed.

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Great lectures on various cultures and their myths

Really enjoyed this series of lectures... Except for the African myths section. I was very interested in this body of myths, but the lecturer was absolute trash. He makes so many errors, and stumbles so often over what he's saying, it's hard to imagine that this is the best version recorded. I was almost tempted to skip the whole section, it was so bad and distracting.

All of the other lecturers did a fine job, and overall I'd still recommend this lecture series.

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Very good

Deep in knowledge, expertise and the telling. Actual lecturers reading their own material brings less performance yet still an enthusiastic sharing of these stories and that knowledge.

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