Sources

Man, Myth and Magic

Citation Formats

General Reference

Divinity Atlas. "Man, Myth and Magic." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/man-myth-and-magic.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Man, Myth and Magic. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/man-myth-and-magic

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-man-myth-and-magic,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Man, Myth and Magic},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/man-myth-and-magic},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Man, Myth and Magic is a popular illustrated encyclopedia of mythology, religion and the esoteric edited by Richard Cavendish with contributions from a range of named writers, and this record holds it at the tier appropriate to a broad general reference work rather than to specialist academic scholarship. Its value is its wide comparative coverage across traditions and topics, useful for orienting facts a specialist source can then confirm in depth, not for a claim needing close textual or historical precision on one narrow point. Use it for general, checkable facts about a broad range of mythological, religious or esoteric topics it covers; a claim needing rigorous scholarly sourcing on a specific point should be checked against a specialist academic source rather than resting on this encyclopedia alone.

Facts

Assessment

Reliability Tier

A broad illustrated reference encyclopedia surveying mythology, religion and the esoteric across traditions, edited by Richard Cavendish and issued by Marshall Cavendish from 1970; held at the tier for a maintained general reference rather than the top tier because its entries summarize a wide field rather than presenting original specialist scholarship.

Notes

Illustrated encyclopedia of mythology, religion and the esoteric; broad comparative coverage of occult and religious subjects.

Citation

Author

Richard Cavendish (ed.)

Publisher

Marshall Cavendish

Publication Year

1970

URL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man,_Myth_%26_Magic_(encyclopedia)

Source Type

encyclopedia

Claims Backed By This Source (110 claims)

This source backs 110 claims across the atlas. As facts: 48 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 40 holds, 1 connected. Plus 18 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Disciplines, 34 claims: 8 well-attested, 23 holds, 3 general references.
Figures, 29 claims: 18 well-attested, 3 scholarly debate, 6 holds, 2 general references.
Animals & Totems, 20 claims: 1 well-attested, 10 holds, 9 general references.
Articles, 16 claims: 12 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 2 general references.
Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
Mythical Creatures, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 2 general references.