Project Gutenberg 2022-01-15 Public domain in the USA. 212 Clarke, Helen A. (Helen Archibald) 1860 1926 Clarke, Helen Archibald A Guide to Mythology $aUnited States :$bDoubleday, Page & Company,$c1908,reprint 1918. What is a myth? -- Animals in primitive myths -- Animals in culture myths -- Tree and plant myths -- Myths of the sun, moon, and stars -- Myths of the sky and air -- Mother-myths and child-myths. Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A Guide to Mythology" by Helen A. Clarke is a comprehensive exploration of myths, written in the early 20th century. This work is designed for young readers, providing both entertainment and education about various mythical stories from different cultures, while laying the groundwork for further studies in Comparative Mythology. The text likely covers topics ranging from the definition of myths to individual stories and their implications in human understanding of nature and existence. At the start of the book, the author grapples with the question, "What is a myth?" using a creative analogy that compares myths to a castle with many perspectives and interpretations. Clarke discusses different scholarly viewpoints on myths, from ancient philosophers to modern theorists, and emphasizes the need to piece together these perspectives to understand myths holistically. She introduces several key figures in mythology and provides insight into their importance, while indicating that myths serve as imaginative explanations for the human experience and natural phenomena. The first chapter sets the tone for an engaging journey into the rich tapestry of mythical narratives that follow in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/guidetomythologyg00clar/page/264/mode/2up 20200407202401clarke 1908 US Reading ease score: 73.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Mythology -- Juvenile literature BL Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore 646222 2025-06-26T11:46:36.249180 text/html 624901 2024-10-18T18:16:17 text/html 1228099 2025-06-26T11:46:44.350149 application/epub+zip 1229392 2025-06-26T11:46:37.845199 application/epub+zip 336340 2025-06-26T11:46:36.891152 application/epub+zip 1384120 2025-06-26T11:46:49.190150 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1341068 2025-06-26T11:46:43.551143 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 447426 2022-09-30T07:54:19.396585 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 589093 2025-06-26T11:46:35.386136 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 569145 2024-10-18T18:16:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17136 2025-06-26T11:46:49.330096 application/rdf+xml 11079 2025-06-26T11:46:37.006153 image/jpeg 2052 2025-06-26T11:46:36.949139 image/jpeg 1139918 2025-06-26T11:46:36.339143 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia