Grant L Voth

Whether around the campfire, between the covers of a great book or in the theater, the desire to tell stories has been a common human impulse for thousands of years. These 48 lectures take you on a journey through time and around the world, from the enormous auditoriums of ancient Greece to a quiet study in the home of a 19th-century New England spinster, to introduce the history of world literature. In this course, you'll sample some of the greatest...

Myths provide the keys to truly grasping the ways that principles, rituals, codes, and taboos are woven into the fabric of a particular society or civilization. It's through myths that we can answer these and other fundamental questions: How was the universe created, and why? What is the purpose of evil? Why is society organized the way it is? How did natural features like rivers, mountains, and oceans emerge? This entertaining and illuminating course...

"In 36 half-hour lectures, this course explores myths from around the world, focusing in particular on myths outside the Greco-Roman world"--Guidebook.

Explores ancient mythologies of the world's major civilizations.