If you don't have much time for myths this book might just do the job for you. It's good and short. Man developed myths because he needed them to cope with life. Without myths, life is hard and then you die. The author claims that the problem with modern life is that we have been demythologised (reason pushed myths out of our lives). Her solution is; read novels like Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" and turn to other forms of art that can replace the function of myths for you.