Who was the trickster god Maui? What was the mead of poetry and what gift did it give to those who drank it? What was the passage to the afterlife like according to ancient Egyptian mythology? What was the role of Loki and Thor in Norse mythology, of Gilgamesh in Sumerian or of Viracocha in Inca mythology?

This book answers these and other questions by exposing more than eighty myths from around the world. Through entertaining stories, illustrative graphics and attractive images, The Book of Mythology provides a new look at myths and their meaning for the cultures that created them.

Both the layman and the student of ancient cultures, or simply the lover of exciting stories, will find in the pages of this documented book all the information and excitement they are looking for.