Unravelling our island’s many mysteries
View(s):Asiff Hussein’s latest book The Zeylonese Treasure Book of Myth, Mystery and Mystique covers a hundred oddities, curiosities and mysteries of Sri Lanka that have long defied explanation. Our island is, after all, home to some of the weirdest lore and legends handed down the generations. These stories coming down to us from hoary antiquity speak of lost cities, vanished peoples, extinct creatures, strange ruins, weird prophecies, eerie happenings, bizarre visitations, mysterious deaths, unexplained sicknesses and unspeakable horrors among other things.
This book covers many such mysteries as the whereabouts of Ravana’s kingdom, the legendary Naga race and a missing race of dwarfs to man-eating ogres, human sacrifices, buried treasures and mysterious phenomena.
The author takes his readers on a journey not only to understand these inexplicable accounts and the context in which they emerged, but also to unravel their mysterious origins wherever possible.
Published by Neptune Publications, the book priced at Rs.3800 is available at Barefoot Bookshop
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