Reviews for The psychology of myth, folklore, and religion

The average rating for The psychology of myth, folklore, and religion based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-03-24 00:00:00 Dave Rinaldi Ugh. I really worked hard on this book. I chose to read it because it was supposed to explore within mythology and storytelling "our age-old, outmoded notions about masculine identity and about racial stereotyping, and warns us of the dangerous, unthinking ways we perpetuate the bogeyman." Does it? I don't know. I read at least 250 pages that boiled down to one idea. Cannibalism finds its way into mythology, folklore, folk traditions, and art. Ok, but why 250 pages just to say that over and over again? I got it the first time. One reviewer nailed the problem I think. It's as though the author found so many examples that she couldn't help but stuff them all into the book. It became mind-numbing. This book also has whole paragraphs without a topic sentence and chapters that just don't add anything to the main thesis. And racism and masculinity? I didn't see those discussions anywhere. Anyway, I do give it two stars as a hard-core enthusiast may slog their way through it, but I can't recommend it otherwise.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-09-24 00:00:00 Nick Manning So, hrm, slightly more organized than From the Beast to the Blonde, but still mostly reads like: I did some research on these sources, let's cram them all into a book somehow. The section on fighting fear with humor, for example, was about Circe, giants, and bananas. So, yeah.