Mythology
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
5 Lectures on geology, c1879
Notes and text for five lectures on geology. Sir Archibald Geikie placed civilisation, religion and mythology in the context of geological development, looking at geolgical formations and the processes and materials involved in their creation.
Lecture notes on 'The Materials of Land', c1879
Lecture notes on the materials the land is composed of, relating these to both mythology and the natural world in general, focusing in on the likes of mountain architecture, volcanoes and earth sculpture.
Lecture text: 'Lecture I', c1879
Text of lecture looking at geological themes, such as landscape, physical geography, the formation of continents, types of rock and volcanic activity, and relating them to such subjects as the relationship between man and nature, mythology, history and religion.