I'd like to read a book about the Dreamtime of the Australians. I was kind of thinking about reading Chatwin, but these comments have made a little wary; I don't particularly want to read about another outsider's spiritual journey, and I don't want a New Agey attempt-at-universal-religion haphazardly mixed in with basic anthropological records. Can you recommend a solid book about Dreamtime?
posted by Greg Nog on Oct 19, 2009 - 10 answers

Do we have any evidence about whether people believed in the gods of Greek & Roman mythology as people today believe in the gods of Christianity, Islam, etc?
posted by xmutex on Jul 29, 2008 - 28 answers

Why does Greek mythology ostensibly lack many of the "survivalistic" traits of the Bible? [more inside]
posted by wireless on Jan 8, 2007 - 34 answers

Egyptologists and other experts: are the works of E. A. Wallis Budge on ancient Egyptian religion still considered somewhat accurate? If he has been superceded, who are the new authorities? [more inside]
posted by PinkStainlessTail on Sep 17, 2006 - 6 answers

Who are the 21st century Muses? [more inside]
posted by rwhe on Jan 12, 2006 - 14 answers