# The Friendly Guide to Mythology

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- Book: [The Friendly Guide to Mythology](https://www.bookquiver.com/nancy-hathaway/the-friendly-guide-to-mythology) ([The Friendly Guide to Mythology.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/nancy-hathaway/the-friendly-guide-to-mythology.md))
- Authors: [Nancy Hathaway](https://www.bookquiver.com/nancy-hathaway)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4024-087-0
- Pages: 448
- Published: 2003-08-26
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

How was the world as we know it created? What does it mean to be a hero? Where do we go when we die? Why are flood myths so ubiquitous? Anyone who has pondered these and other questions about humanity's...