Mythological stories

Author: Shi Yanbo Li Chencan
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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 throughout history and the formation of epic poems among different ethnic groups. Especially notable is its rich, boundless, and fantastical imagination, which has provided abundant material for later literary works. Mythology also holds significant aesthetic and historical value, serving as important documentary resources for studying early human society's marriage and family systems, primitive religion, customs, and traditions. Mythology is the world's earliest form of literary work. Through imagination and fantasy, it recreates the early humans' reflections and explanations 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. In addition to telling the stories in concise language, it also features related knowledge sections below each story, accompanied by cartoon illustrations closely tied to the content.