Мирча Элиаде: Священные тексты народов мира

One of the masters of the minds of the educated public of the sixties and seventies, Mircea Eliade (1907-1986), was the most original researcher of the mythological traditions of mankind. He taught the history of religions for many years at the University of Chicago. `Sacred texts of the peoples of the world` is an extensive anthology, which includes sacred texts from a huge variety of sources of world culture: the Koran, the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Rig Veda, the Bhagavad Gita, the Popol Vuh, etc. The anthology is built on the thematic principle. Each theme (for example, `Gods, goddesses and supernatural beings`, `Death, afterlife, eschatology` or `Myths about creation and origin`) is revealed through myths, religious stories, tales from various parts of the globe.