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Myths and Myth-Makers - Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology. Twentieth Edition is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel... Read Full Overview

John Fiske was a 19th century American historian who wrote several acclaimed books about the Revolutionary War and the colonial era, including this one.

Nevertheless, in spite of his vast reputation, it is very likely that no such person as William Tell ever existed, and it is certain that the story of his shooting the apple from his son's head has no historical value whatever. In spite of the wrath of unlearned but patriotic... Read Full Overview

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Book Excerpt: ...fatal field, half dead with fear. He describes, with the loving minuteness of a contemporary, all the incidents of the Swiss revolution, but nowhere does he say a word about William Tell. This is sufficiently conclusive. These mediaeval chroniclers, who never... Read Full Overview

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Myths and Myth-Makers - Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1873. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions,... Read Full Overview

Myths and myth-makers - Old tales and superstitions interpreted by comparative mythology is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1893. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions,... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

Myths and Myth Makers is a book written by John Fiske that explores the origins and development of myths throughout history. The book is divided into two parts, the first of which examines the myths of ancient cultures such as the Greeks, Egyptians, and Scandinavians. Fiske delves... Read Full Overview