Mythology Stories -- Children's Enlightenment Must-Read Series

Author: Shi Yanbo
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Mythology is a valuable spiritual treasure of a nation and a country. Its themes, content, and various mythological figures have had a multifaceted influence on literary creation across generations and the formation of epic poems among different ethnic groups, particularly in its rich, boundless, and fantastical imagination. It has provided abundant material for later literary works. Mythology also holds rich aesthetic and historical value, serving as important documentary resources for studying early human social marriage and family systems, primitive religion, and customs. Mythology is the world's earliest form of literary work. Through imagination and fantasy, it recreates the early humans' reflections and interpretations of the universe and humanity itself, reflecting the history of human ancestors conquering nature, the struggles of early human society, as well as the heroic spirit of humanity in overcoming natural challenges and the aspiration for civilization beyond savagery. This book selects 90 classic myths, telling the stories in concise language while also featuring related knowledge sections below each tale, accompanied by cartoon illustrations closely tied to the content.