Sex in the World of Myth

By David Leeming ’58

Published Dec. 10, 2018

Drawing on a worldwide range of mythologies, Sex in the World of Myth (Reaktion Books) examines how cultural conceptions of sex are borne out in the myths that arise from those cultures, as well as how religious aspects of myths inform how sexuality is presented in mythology.

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