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Superstitions: A Handbook of Folklore, Myths, and Legends from around the World by D.R. McElroy
4.0
I received an ARC of this book thanks to NetGalley and publisher Wellfleet Press in exchange for an honest review.
This is a beautifully presented and interesting collection of superstitions, mythology and other folklore from around the world. I love the effort that has been put into making this book attractive and I can only imagine it is better in a non-digital format. The information is presented geographically and then alphabetically which works really well. I had some issues with the tone and wording of some parts (for example, describing Africa as a mystical place is a little ill-informed in this day and age) but a lot of that is the usual tone of more spiritual books like this so I was willing to let that slide. Definitely a brilliant book to just pick up and flick through,
This is a beautifully presented and interesting collection of superstitions, mythology and other folklore from around the world. I love the effort that has been put into making this book attractive and I can only imagine it is better in a non-digital format. The information is presented geographically and then alphabetically which works really well. I had some issues with the tone and wording of some parts (for example, describing Africa as a mystical place is a little ill-informed in this day and age) but a lot of that is the usual tone of more spiritual books like this so I was willing to let that slide. Definitely a brilliant book to just pick up and flick through,