Mythology is popularly known as the science or study of myths (traditional or legend any stories usually concerned with deities of demigods) and the creation of the World and its habitants. Myth is also known as story or belief that attempts to express or explain a basic truth; an allegory or parable. It is a belief whose truth or reality is accepted uncritically. Many of the deities and their myths have, over the centuries, been interpreted and reinterpreted to suit the whims and personal bias of generations of writers, with the result that a host of romantic, mystic or religious misinterpretations, egregious errors, and traditional expurgations have been perpetuated from one dictionary to another. This dictionary is based upon works of scholarship, which embody the results of scientific research, a few of which are mentioned in the bibliography. This dictionary is intended to serve as a ready and convenient reference aid for readers, for quick and handy elucidation of the nature of a deity or a mythological term which one would ordinarily encounter in general literature.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Manish Bhatia
Manish Bhatia is a dynamic young graduate looking after sales and marketing dept. of Reliance Publishing House earlier also assisted his father Dr. S.K. Bhatia, in the compilation of the following popular works: 1. Directory of Libraries in Delhi; 2. Directory of Universities and Colleges of India (6th Edition); 3. Directory of Business Management Institutions in India, U.K. & U.S.A.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.K. Bhatia
S.K. Bhatia is a professional consultant in Human Resource Management, trainer, counselor and author. He is corporate trainer and conducts workshops and need-based training programmes on Human Resource Development for public and private sector organization. He is senior faculty for MBA and Post-Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management in various Business Management institutions. He is “Accredited Management Teacher†by all India Management Association, New Delhi. He has over four decades of experience as practitioner in HRM Industrial Relations, Training, Organisation Development etc. He has been associated with the establishing of Human Resource and IR functions in factories/units and has been involved in formulation, co-ordination and implementation of these policies, in senior positions as Addl. General Manager, BHEL and as Director, Personnel, Oil India Ltd. After his Master’s degree, he obtained degree in Law from Delhi University In 1956 and took post-graduate diploma in Personnel Management from Calcutta University. He was selected in 1976 from BHEL, as a fellow under the “Action Learning Programme†of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, Government of India. Mr. Bhatia has attended a number of seminars and was specially sponsored to attend “ILO Modular Training†in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia/Singapore in March 1984. He has also attended General Mangement Programme for Top Management Personnel in Public Enterprises at Administrative Staff College of India. Hyderabad and in Yugoslavia during June 1987. He had the benefit of participating in several specialized professional traning programmes conducted by Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad, IIMs, NPC, BHEL, MDI, etc. He is Corporate Member of National Institute of Personnel Management, Calcutta. He has published a number of books and has written many articles which have appeared in professional journals/dailies. His papers won “Shriram Awards†for two consecutive years, i.e. 1984 and 1985 from Delhi Management Association for the best adjudged papers in their Journal. He is the recipient of “Escorts 1987 for his contribution to the Understanding of management practices through his book “Principles and Techniques of Personnel Managementâ€. Mr. Bhatia has organized two institutions of which he is founder Director, (i) Indian Institute for Management of Absenteeism (IIMA), New Delhi in 1989, (ii) Human Resource Management Foundation (HEMF), New Delhi.
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