Dances with the Gods – Canaanite-Phoenician Myths & Legends Retold

Dances with the Gods: Canaanite-Phoenician Myths & Legends Retold

Wafa Tarnowski, Myriam Misk

Bringing ancient myths into the modern era

Imagine yourself born more than three thousand years ago in a land both varied and beautiful. Cedar forests covered its mountains. Corn and wheat grew in its fields and grapes flourished in its vineyards. Rivers rushed down its mountains through gorges so stunning that they gave birth to legends of the gods.

In ancient times, the land of Canaan, what historians now call Phoenicia, stretched northward from Gaza, on the coast of Palestine, to include Tyre, Sidon, Beirut, Byblos, Tripoli, Ugarit and Baalbek-Heliopolis.

Here is a set of myths that originated in this beautiful and varied land, their stories encompassing the whole of the eastern Mediterranean world, including Greece and Cyprus.

Wafa Tarnowski

Wafa's great passions in life, other than travelling and being a mother to Daisy and Stefan, are writing and translation. Her first children's book Dances With the Gods was published by Rimal Publications.

 Biography   

Wafa Tarnowski was born in Lebanon but has worked and lived in Australia, Lebanon, Poland, Cyprus, India and the UK. She currently lives in the UAE.

Tarnowski's great passions in life, other than travelling and being a mother to Daisy and Stefan, are writing and translation. Her first children's book Dances With the Gods was published by Rimal publications. Her second book The Seven Wise Princesses was published by Barefoot books and translated into several languages.

She has translated numerous children's book from English to Arabic. She has also written articles on art and culture for Femme and Deco magazines. Wafa' has an MA in Sociology from the American University of Beirut and a BA in Political Sciences from Melbourne University.

Language: English
ISBN: 9789963610112
1997, paperback, 96 pages, 27.0 x 21.0 cm