Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore by Adrienne Mayor #foliosociety Gilgamesh must battle against overwhelming

Gilgamesh must battle against overwhelming odds to save the city he loves

The story of a man undone by a culture that in part created him

a statement of the American zeitgeist

he has no idea he’s kicked off a chain of events that will overtake the next decade of his life

Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore by Adrienne Mayor #foliosociety Gilgamesh must battle against overwhelmingFrom acclaimed folklorist and historian Adrienne Mayor, an enchanting collection of the ancient myths that emerged out of the wondersand disastersof the natural world. Mythopedia is a fun, fact filled A Z treasury of myths inspired by natural events. Bringing together fifty legends from antiquity to the present, this delightfully entertaining book takes you around the world to explore sunken kingdoms and lost cities, accursed mountains and treacherous