Acknowledgments
I would like to thank my editor, Robyn Curtis, for her
assistance and her support and to everyone on the editorial
and production staff of Palgrave Macmillan who assisted
in publishing this book. Let me also thank the reviewer of
this book for offering some valuable suggestions and for
supporting its publication. I owe an enormous debt to all
the scholars of religion and mythology who provided me
with insights that guided me in writing this book.