Indian Myths & Legends: Tales of Heroes, Gods & Monsters

Flame Tree Collector's Editions Mythology

by Jake Jackson (Editor), Raj Balkaran (Introduction)

Beautiful edition with a new introduction to the profound, joyful and extensive mythology of India.

Gorgeous Collector's Edition . India, one of the great, ancient civilizations, spawned a fascinating canon of myths and legends. With multiple gods, and a riot of colour and character, this fantastic new book, Indian Myths & Legends , explores the themes and landscapes that created the tales, and reveals the boundless energy that brought us the Ramayana and the Mahabharata , retelling the stories of Krishna, Buddha and Shiva, and some of the many different versions of creation.

Flame Tree Collector's Editions present the foundations of speculative fiction, authors, myths and tales without which the imaginative literature of the twentieth century would not exist, bringing the best, most influential and most fascinating works into a striking and collectable library. Each book features a new introduction and a Glossary of Terms.

Genres: Mythology, Fiction, Religion, India

416 pages, Hardcover

Published March 14, 2023

About the author

SF and dark fantasy author but also a writer/creator of practical music books - Beginner's Guide to Reading Music, Guitar Chords, Piano Chords, Songwriter’s Rhyming Dictionary and How to Play Guitar. Other publications include Advanced Guitar Chords, Advanced Piano Chords, Chords for Kids, How to Play the Electric Guitar, Piano & Keyboard Chords, Scales and Modes and Play Flamenco. Also editor of Mythology books 

Released EP Jakesongs on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, LastFM, etc and on CDBaby. Lifelong passion for fantastic worlds of any kind, from movies to fiction, art to music, posters, album and paperback book covers.

Jake Jackson is the artist name for Nick Wells, Publisher of Flame Tree Press / Flame Tree Publishing.

Reviews

[Chris]

It's a very confusing book to follow. I don't think this book is proofread. For instance on page 335 it's written that Ansuman is Sagara's son, and then on page 336, Ansuman is Sagara's grandson.

Page 337, "ashes if the two princes...." Who are these 2 princes?? Where do they come from. This book often introduces a character out of the nowhere.

Glossary contains names that aren't used on the book. For example, Achilles, Izanami, Anubis, Thor... Why would you include them here? I understand that these characters appear on the other book of the series but not here...

I'm so disappointed at this book that I created a Goodreads account just to leave a review. Don't buy this one.

[Mike Bloom]

A dry, likely un-proofread book - but it does its job as a basic introductory primer.

[Jus]

“Collector’s Editions: Tales of Heroes, Gods & Monsters: Indian Myths & Legends” A New Introduction by Dr. Raj Balkaran, General Editor: J. K. Jackson.
ISBN: 978-1-80417-327-5

This was gifted to me from a family friend who lives in New Zealand. There’s a reading list and glossary terms.

The book splits into 13 sections with further stories in each. I’m going to list the titles for the sections:
1. Series Forword
2. A new introduction to Indian Myths & Legends
3. Further reading
4. Tales of the Ramayana
5. The Saga of the Mahabharata
6. More Tales of the Mahabharata
7. Legends of Indira and Yama
8. Legends of Krishna
9. Legends of Shiva
10. Legends of Buddha
11. Tales of the Hitopadesha
12. Miscellaneous Myths
13. A glossary of myths and folklore

There are no pictures in this book. The cover is beautiful. It reminds me of a book I read as a child which captures your imagination about the Indian mythology and tales.

I would say this book is suited for adults not children. It’s written in a way that the authors of this book are “telling” not “showing” e.g., Krishna and Radha chapter.

This is the type of you book you can dip in and out.

[ddot]

DNF - only read Ramayan and Mahabharat

did the editor even do his job?? so many spelling errors really pmo

1 star because it let me read the mahabharat (even if it was watered down)
1 star because it was a pretty book

[Elif]

DNF.

[Maria Levato]

Informative and a great start on learning about Indian Mythology.

[Sam]

Atp I need to be granted a boon for powering through this

[Alin Zdurlan]

Interesting but a dry read and Hinduism is quite hard to keep track of as far as the various gods go.