Mythology: Mega Collection

By: Scott Lewis

Narrated by: Madison Niederhauser, Oliver Hunt

Length: 31 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's Summary

Do you know how many wives Zeus had? Or how the famous Trojan War was caused by one beautiful lady? Or how Thor got his hammer? 

Give your imagination a real treat. This Mythology: Mega Collection of eight audiobooks with more than 30 hours of listening time is for you.

Some of the topics covered are:

• Mount Olympus and the 12 Olympian gods and goddesses and then beneath the surface to the gloomy world of Hades
• Classic Celtic myths, such as "The Life of Cú Chulainn"
• How Odin formed the world from Ymir’s body and make men and women from wood
• Who Loki’s children are, and why Odin fears them
• And more stories of Greek, Celtic, Norse, Japanese, Hindu, Chinese, Mesopotamian, and Egyptian mythology

The eight books included in this collection are:

• Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of the Greek Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters
• Celtic Mythology: Classic Stories of the Celtic Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters
• Norse Mythology: Classic Stories of the Norse Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters
• Japanese Mythology: Classic Stories of Japanese Myths, Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters
• Hindu Mythology: Classic Stories of Hindu Myths, Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters
• Chinese Mythology: Classic Stories of Chinese Myths, Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters
• Mesopotamian Mythology: Classic Stories from the Sumerian Mythology, Akkadian Mythology, Babylonian Mythology, and Assyrian Mythology
• Egyptian Mythology: Classic Stories of Egyptian Myths, Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters

©2018 Scott Lewis (P)2018 Scott Lewis

Good delight

Delight yourself with these fascinating, captivating , informative and educative stories. This book is a mega guide with more than one story from the author. it delivered in depth knowledge and satisfying details.

3 of 4 people found this review helpful

Not a waste of time

Many things actual sounded strange to me before now. it was as thou i was never making any head ways with the drive to learn mythology until i stumbled on this book. it really helped to make a difference and am glad this book thou recommended wasn't a waste of time.

2 of 3 people found this review helpful

A brilliant collection of stories

My daughter loves to these stories. This book was easy to buy, read, listen and also understand. I think i got her the perfect gift this year. Its was a good choice .

2 of 3 people found this review helpful

Hard to navigate the book.

The stories that are told are good, for me who is totally new to mythologies it's helpful to have so many introductions to different mythologies.

With that said, the book would be so much better if there was an index for all chapters, now they are just numbered.
It's not smooth at all if you want to skip something or revise

Table of Contents

This is the type of "information" that requires a table of contents which would have been so easy to add in place of chapter 1, 2, 3...Also, the male narrator sounds like he's 'reading' when he should be 'telling' a story

complete book

For the first time , i discovered a complete book on mythology. well written, well narrated stories with classic information on over eight different country myths. This book covers over 5 interesting topics that will amaze anyone with love or interest for mythology. recommended

1 of 2 people found this review helpful

Mega collection

A mega collection of over eight audio books together.Quite lengthy but worth it. Enjoyed listening and glad to recommend this book as well.

1 of 2 people found this review helpful

Have it all!

Although I have several books about Methodology, I find this one is a must to anyone is interested in Methodology as a general.

0 of 2 people found this review helpful

Schoolboy Errors - 25 x 5 stars misleading

Having listened to some excellent mythology books on audible- mainly from Greek but also Norse- I bought this to learn some myths of cultures I wasn,t as familiar with.

I have only listened to just under two hours of this but I don't see my 1 star review as premiture.

It begins (and ends for me) with the Greek myths. The errors begin early on referring to a dispute Zeus settled between Hera and Hades over Persephone- not as it should have been between Demeter and Hades.

The next blinding error appears in the passage describing Apollo. Talking of the music contest between Pan and Apollo- Lewis says Apollo turns Midas EYES? Into the eyes of a Donkey for judging in Pan's favour. The logic of that is crazy even if you don't know the myth it's a far more logical thought to think Midas must have the EARS of a donkey to think Pan is sounds superior.

A passage relating to the Trojan war during the overview of Aries states that Athena Aries' lover and the god of love and beauty persuades him to join the Trojan side. Aphrodite is of course the true god of love and beauty and lover of Aries.

I honestly find it mindblowing this has 25 5 star reviews and that was one of the main reasons I bought the book. This should not be in the market let alone rated 5/5. I am no mythology scholar but someone who has basic knowledge of the Greek myths. This should have been proof read/listened to before release by someone who actually knows the myths to correct errors. Hard to believe it hasn't.

I have lost faith in this audiobook as a result of the basic inaccuracies and have no confidence to continue to the myths of cultues I know less well as I believe I will be learning with further inaccuracies. This is hugely dissapointing as the main reason for purchase was broadening my knowledge into new cultures.

I hope this helps you save your time, money and allows you to avoid similar dissapointment.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Facts

I actually got what i expected from this book. The length of the book almost put me off but after taking time to listen i discovered it was well narrated and the time actually fits. I love the introduction, actually got me prepared for every chapter of the book.

2 of 3 people found this review helpful

learning new ideas

I have no regret giving this book a 5 star. Thou, its one of the longest books have ever come across since i started listening to audio books but it was worth it. This book helped to correct the ideas i have about Babylonian and Assyrian Mythology. I also got to learn about the others for the first time. Learning through this book was worth it.

1 of 2 people found this review helpful

Recommended for history lovers

what an amazing collection of myths stories? am excited have been able to update my library with the right book on this subject. . . This book is worth listening to over and over again. I would gladly recommend for history lovers.

0 of 1 people found this review helpful

This is a reliable book

There is a lot of hope from this book for those looking at learning mythology. The very different stories made the changes and positive effects you can expect while learning. You can trust the information written in this book

0 of 1 people found this review helpful

overwhelming

This book is revealing quite a lot of information in a short time.its a lot more clearer after listening to this audio book.am overwhelmed and would gladly recommend this book

0 of 1 people found this review helpful