Indian Myths and Legends

by K.E. Sullivan

2001. Author: K. E. Sullivan. Publisher: Brockhampton Press. 128 pages. Hardback with dust jacket. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841861057
• ISBN13: 9781841861050
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Brockhampton Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.5" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

A Fascinating Introduction to Indian Myths and Legends.

India has a cultural heritage of a wide variety of myths and legends linked to religious beliefs and philosophical interpretation of the universe. These are contained in the written and oral traditions of the Indian epics like the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the stories of the Puranas and Vedas. "Indian Myths & Legends" gives an excellent introduction to these stories and narrates a few important ones along with paintings and illustrations. There are more than fifty such full-page color illustrations, which is a great strength of the book. A glossary of Sanskrit terms at the end is also helpful to the western reader. For anyone interested in the stories from India this is a valuable book of introduction.