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Title: Living Myths: How Myth Gives Meaning to Human Experience by J. F. Bierlein, J.F. Bierlein ISBN: 0-345-42207-4 Publisher: Wellspring/Ballantine Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.00

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)

Rating: 3
Summary: I enjoyed the reading but...
Comment: I read this book in couple of days' time, and I could not stop it till I finished. In that sense, I liked it a lot.

However, its main flaw is: how can the author tell the meaning of a myth -or a tale or whatever- for people living thousands of years ago? And why such a meaning is to be a transcendental one? Could it not just be that our ancestors enjoyed (as we do nowadays) listening to a nice story of love, death and/or conflict where beautiful women, heroic and strong men and bad enemies (whether humans or gods) are involved?

So I liked the book but I do not think that the author has proved that the meaning of myths is the one he defends.

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