In here it is sure, calm and grounded without any flourishes. Neil Gaiman’s voice is as familiar as the stories he is sharing. And, whether consciously or unconsciously, they also inject their own voices in their retellings. Storytellers over the years have tackled this problem with careful consideration of their subjects, the people listening and the context of the times. The mythographer runs the risk of either sinking into obscure academic detail, or producing only a thin, reheated soup.
It presents problems at odds with each other: on the one hand, there is a vast wealth of conflicting, incomplete information to choose from, on the other, any book of mythology is a retelling of stories that most people already know at their base level.
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