An exploration of the diverse origin myths of Kashmir reveals a common theme of habitation, shaped by sages, monks and prophets while mirroring geological truth ...

Ancient wilderness mythologies have been criticised for their role in forming anthropocentric outlooks on the natural world, and idealising human separateness from the rest of the living world. Laura ...

Twentieth Century Mythologies traces the study of myth over the last century, presenting the key theories of mythology and critiquing traditional definitions of myth. The volume presents the work of ...

Roland Barthes’ essays, collected under the title “Mythologies” dissected the ideological meanings behind the ephemera of the popular culture of his day. His topics included plastic ...