The Origins Of The World's Mythologies by Michael Witzel

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This remarkable book is the most ambitious work on mythology since that of the renowned Mircea Eliade, who all but single-handedly invented the modern study of myth and religion. F ocusing on the oldest available texts, buttressed by data from archeology, comparative linguistics and human population genetics, Michael Witzel reconstructs a single original African source for our collective myths, dating back some 100,000 years.... Indeed, everyone interested in mythology will want to grapple with Witzel's extraordinary hypothesis about the spirituality of our common ancestors, and to understand what it tells us about our modern cultures and the way they are linked at the deepest level. This 2012 Oxford University Press Softcover is in very good condition. Heavy; Large. ISBN: 9780195367461 SKU: 1567703 This image is of the actual book. Show more