."..encapsulates a remarkable amount of information in a small amount of space. It covers literary and historical figures, including kings and heroes, writers and scholars. It also covers tribes and peoples, real and imaginary places and animals, and objects. The author's primary emphasis is on legends of Slavonic, Baltic, Finno-Ugric, Norse, and Teutonic origin....The origin of each myth is italicized under the main entry. There are entries for individual countries...Embedded within each...are cross-references to related entries within the volume. Graphs...chart the lineage of various protagonists...The value of the work lies in the concise recounting of many of the legends and myths, some never written down but passed from generation to generation through oral tradition....Libraries...will benefit from the author's...scholarship on eastern European legend and myth. Especially useful for high schools and public libraries."-- "Booklist. 288 pages, 6 1/4 x 9 1/4.
- ISBN10 0713726768
- ISBN13 9780713726763
- Publish Date 11 September 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 April 1999
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Octopus Publishing Group
- Imprint Cassell Illustrated
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 272
- Language English