In Search of Myths & Heroes

Posted on 20052005 by Michael Wood

Author : Michael Wood

Publisher : Univ of California Press

Release : 2005

ISBN-13 : 9780520247246

Page : 272 pages

Rating : 4.5/5 from 246 voters

The author goes in search of four of the most famous myths in the world--Shangri-la, Jason and the Golden Fleece, the Queen of Sheba, and the Holy Grail--journeying to some of the most remote regions on Earth, including Western Tibet, the mountains of Geo

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