Do you have any resources on the origins of Greek gods? This info on Apollo is most welcome, I'm writing a story involving various world myths (depending on where the protagonist is travelling) and my great interest is to delve into the deities who begat the greek deities.
Hey, great question which I hope to answer in THE INVENTION OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY. I will most likely make that draft chapter available at some point, but in the meantime, if you are interested in doing a little deeper reading about the origins of the Greek divinities, you should get a hold of a copy of GREEK RELIGION by Walter Burkert. It's a good college-level handbook that discusses origins but does a whole lot more than that. If you want to go even deeper, you'll want to find Martin (M.L.) West's EAST FACE OF HELICON and INDO-EUROPEAN POETRY AND MYTH. The first book is pretty available on Amazon, but the last two are out of print and wildly expensive, so if you don't want to spend $100.00 on a used book, you might check out your local university's library and see if you can borrow out of that. Happy researchlng and writing!
Do you have any resources on the origins of Greek gods? This info on Apollo is most welcome, I'm writing a story involving various world myths (depending on where the protagonist is travelling) and my great interest is to delve into the deities who begat the greek deities.
Hey, great question which I hope to answer in THE INVENTION OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY. I will most likely make that draft chapter available at some point, but in the meantime, if you are interested in doing a little deeper reading about the origins of the Greek divinities, you should get a hold of a copy of GREEK RELIGION by Walter Burkert. It's a good college-level handbook that discusses origins but does a whole lot more than that. If you want to go even deeper, you'll want to find Martin (M.L.) West's EAST FACE OF HELICON and INDO-EUROPEAN POETRY AND MYTH. The first book is pretty available on Amazon, but the last two are out of print and wildly expensive, so if you don't want to spend $100.00 on a used book, you might check out your local university's library and see if you can borrow out of that. Happy researchlng and writing!
Fantastic - thanks for the reading recommendations!