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I guess, after reading Mircea Eliade’s related works, nothing can surprise you. This book doesn’t bring anything new and I can’t even say that it’s well written. Or maybe it’s the translation, although it doesn’t seem so.

It reads like a summary and that’s exactly what it is. Half the book has references from Eliade’s works, the other half from various other authors, which I’m not familiar with but I don’t think I want to be: Adonis, a political myth (according to Robert A. Segal)? Hm. I’m all for different interpretations, ‘everybody reads a different story in the same book�, but to me this interpretation seems rather out of context.

Anyway, for one who is not familiar with myths history, could be an acceptable start. However, if you know the drill, skip it altogether.