Tudo o que precisamos saber, mas nunca aprendemos, sobre mitologia
- ISBN-10
- 8574321419
- ISBN-13
- 9788574321417
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 728
- Language
- Portuguese
- Published
- 2016-08-26
- Publisher
- Editora Bertrand Brasil
- Author
- Kenneth C. Davis
Description
Um livro para aprendizes de mitologia, entusiastas do assunto ou qualquer pessoa que goste de uma boa narrativa. De onde viemos? Por que as estrelas brilham e as estações do ano mudam? O que é o mal? Desde o princípio dos tempos, a humanidade vem respondendo a essas perguntas com histórias criativas, que já foram utilizadas pela religião, pela ciência, pela filosofia e pela literatura popular. Neste volume, Davis introduz e explica os grandes mitos universais, bem como as obras de literatura que os tornaram famosos, abordando, entre outros, o mesopotâmico Gilgamesh, o primeiro herói da mitologia; Aquiles e a Guerra de Troia; Stonehenge e os druidas; Thor, o deus nórdico dos trovões; e a vida e as grandes dificuldades enfrentadas pelo homem que se tornou Buda. Sempre informal e instrutivo, o autor mostra por que as narrativas ancestrais sobre deuses e heróis continuam nos emocionando até hoje, em filmes, arte, linguagem e música.
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