Myths and Legends: An Illustrated Guide to Their Origins and Meanings (DK Compact Culture Guides)

Another “par for the course” DK release: Excellent photography/images, meticulous research, fun and concise reading with a team of people to put it all together. Impressive work.

I love this book. As odd as it seems, good books that provide a general overview of various mythologies are surprisingly scarce. This is exactly what I was looking for! I wanted something that would give me general information on Greek and Asian mythologies, while keeping it light and interesting. "Myths and Legends" does all that and more. It not only covers Greek and Asian mythologies, it covers the various mythologies of Native Americans, South Americans, Europeans, Babylonians... you name it, it's probably in here.It has an excellent ratio of text, photos, and illustrations. Kudos to the author and the editor, because this book was put together with an astounding amount of care that is clearly visible on every page. You literally cannot open this book to any page, and not be impressed by at least one thing that you see on it. It's much easier to visualize these legends, when presented with the great pictures that accompany the text. Also, the pages are of a very high quality, as is the binding and cover. I can't believe I only paid $15 for this book. I look forward to browsing through it, time and again. It's massive, and I'm constantly finding new material to absorb. If you're even remotely interested in the subject matter, I don't see how you can go wrong with this book!

Item arrived promptly and in EXCELLENT condition!! Even the dust cover! The book is beautiful and I am thrilled about this purchase!

Detailed and well done. A wealth on information. More text than I expected, not for children. Love their entire series. Awesome

I only give this book 4/5* because if you have minimal or little knowledge on Greek mythology this book will be difficult to follow! I am a learner/researcher at heart which means whenever I stumble upon a subject I am interested in, I learn as much as I an from it! I got this book first, found too difficult, so I reverted to what has helped me before, read it in a child/young adults version! Lucky for me, and you, Amazon has a wealth of books to buy at a good rate! So, I purchased: Mythology The Gods, Heroes, and Monsters of Ancient Greece (Ologies). This book is geared to kinds 7-13 I found it to be a wonderful foundation to start into this book! Basically if you get this book for a friend that i already involved with the subject matter then this one is a good one, filled with text and excellent imagery. If this is for a kid or someone who is in the beginning of this research I wold recommend the book for-mentioned. I planned on giving the kids book to a neice or nephew as of now I plan on keeping it for myself!

This is a pretty good book for those that love legends and mythology or those just getting into it for the first time. It features lots of text and art! It's biggest section is European myths, but luckily has sections for everywhere. While not as large as I would like from other areas it still has more than other books of this nature. Overall it gives a good taste of myths and legends from around the world!

Really impressed with the high quality of this book, haven’t gone through all of it yet but just flipped through some pages and the pages are very thick and have a slight sheen to them and the images are very colorful and vibrant. Would be a lovely coffee table book.

This seller is excellent. No problems at all. I definitely recommend it.