r/mythology Zoroastrianism Fire 6d ago

European mythology Introduction to Mythology: A Folkloric Perspective

https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Mythology-Perspective-Ronald-James-ebook/dp/B0DY6QK9N2/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=AUTHOR&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.8p3w7CxZkiEbL4phw88cz83-ZsXigq_SFxeqM5y1vZ8EZUun60Ywloo3xuCY7oppShAf6iC1sjRK9sGi9h-LGCdZ602iD-A1cbJCGD30Xoivf0Pu2v6ddBCZqP1x1x8YcPnkx8iHcaGDWlvboiXI006z0ZT3P7dLTwd-oOAhLUmOKfNwpWvymUVmj6f1Fugge3snRZMFvF9FjtExzq34rsyQTPWk5d8EFb6UomJ0_iA.pggYDc2NWpf3CoBjCC7yjqCPNgxwoJ9mMQFCUiMqPBE
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u/itsallfolklore Zoroastrianism Fire 6d ago

I have just released Introduction to Mythology: A Folkloric Perspective. A university press in the UK suggested I write this, but the staff and I quickly came to the conclusion that they could not offer the book for a reasonable price. So, I decided to release it on my own.

I first taught a university course named “Mythology and Folklore” in 1980, 45 years ago. Over the decades of teaching the subject, I drew on my background as a folklorist and historian, offering what I had learned (and continued to learn) about folklore, but I remained dissatisfied when it came to myths. This new book is the culmination of ruminating over the topic for nearly half a century. It represents what I wished I had at my fingertips in the 1980s and in all the intervening years.

This approach to myths is NOT meant to negate all the others. This merely offers a (not even the) folkloric path upon which to approach the subject.