Reviews for The first love stories

The average rating for The first love stories based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-01-21 00:00:00 William Crawford Seven stories, each from a different ancient culture, each focusing on a different aspect of love. The Egyptian, Isis and Osiris (one of the stories I got the book to read) on Love is greater than Nature. Inanna and Dumuzi, the Sumerian tale of the cyclical nature of love, although since Inanna gets mad at Dumuzi and banishes him to the underworld, and it is his sister who loves him enough to trade off six months a year, so he can still be in our world, it may be more about sibling loyalty, since Inanna's love is all about her vuvla and in my mind lust. Then the Hindu Shiva and Sati, the Passion of the mind. The Song of Songs, a Hebrew love song in the Catholic Bible we read as kids??, is a sensuaous yearning love. The Greco-Roman Psyche and Eros is supposed to be about forging yourself - but I see it more as curiosity killed the cat, literally in terms of Psyche's sisters and almost Psyche herself. Layla and Majnun, loving for love itself, from a distance, the madness of unfulfilled love (and in my opinion the most depressing story in the book - spoiler - everyone dies) Finally the Celtic Tristan and Iseult (the other story that prompted me to read this book) Is about choosing duty and honor over love, king, country, promised marriage, yet loving until death do you join, also pretty depressing. The book is well worth the read, because of references to these timeless stories, and it's good to know that lust and premarital relations was going on for thousands of years, not just today.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-07-22 00:00:00 Russ Hubler One of my favorite books from when I was younger. I find myself re-reading my favorite ones (Psyche and Eros, Isis and Osiris) quiet often as the years pass. The stories are very beautiful, loving, moving and sometimes tragic. They stay with you long after you have read them. I highly recommend this book!