Hamilton's Mythology or Bulfinch's Mythology?
Hamilton's Mythology or Bulfinch's Mythology?
Logan Moore
Aiden Murphy
Yes.
Bentley Nguyen
Hamilton is Greek exclusive, Bulfinch talks about the full world of myth. Bulfinch’s mythology goes from ancient times, to King Arthur, all the way up to the Romantics. The Golden Bough, one of the most influential works of comparative mythology, is based largely on the structure of Bulfinch’s Mythology and it assumes you’re familiar with the work.
If you’re doing a “start with the greeks” thing, yeah read Hamilton, but Bulfinch is a class in its own to read
My rec:
1. Bulfinch’s Mythology
2. The Perennial Philosophy
3. The Golden Bough
4. The Bible, The Metamorphoses, Homer, etc.
Lincoln Ward
They're actually mythographies, user, and there are very many to choose from (read more than one).
I'd rec Calasso's Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony for the Greek, and his Ka for the Hindu. Also, has anyone read Gaiman's Norse take? If so, is it any good?
Julian Hall
Bump
Nathan Cox
Neither. Unless you're in elementary school.
Juan Campbell
Any good recs on Indian mythology besides Ka?
Owen Lee
seconded, any books on indian mythology and Gods?
David White
The source texts, dumbass.
Jayden Richardson
>sure I’m a dumb retard durr time to not answer the question hburrrrrr
Evan Ward
You are a dumb retard, as I answered your question.
Logan Perez
user that was asked here
I think Pattanaik's introductions are pretty good although his attempt at a full mythography is rather week. If youre not so familiar with the major divinities then get a Mahabharata and go from there.
Kayden Parker
>durr hurr burr me think me answer question but me don’t durrrr hburrrr me retarded durrrrrrrrrr
Anthony Harris
For Greek, Pseudo-Apollodorus.
Michael Parker
?
Jaxson Baker
Hamilton is way too opinionated
the bitch literally starts every story with "I don't like this poet" like nobody asked you old hag
Chase Cook
Gaiman's Norse Mythology is a pop retelling written for and by someone whose first encounter with Thor was Marvel, going so far as to have an MCU-style hammer on every edition's cover
just read the Poetic Edda
Dylan Russell
Don't know why I've always shied but okay, will do. It's time.
Adrian Cooper
Personally I prefer Robert Graves.
Austin Reyes
Graves' telling of the myths is good but his analysis of the myths is garbage.
Liam Ramirez
Agree with this; what's good about Graves is that he exhausts the subject on the level of relating all the tales. Calasso's the best mythographer listed so far, however, and he's still alive fwiw
Jace King
The penguin guide to classical mythology as a reference, then the source material particularly The Tetamorphoses, Homer, The Argonautica and The Oedipus Trilogy.