Myths and legends
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Houghton Mifflin,
Boston :
2007, c1985.
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Thirty-five stories from around the world, mostly myths from ancient Greece but also tales from the Norse, Chinese, English and Native Americans.
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- ISBN: 9780753461464 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0753461463 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 304 p. ; cm.print
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007, c1985.
- General Note: LSC 8.95Includes indexes."Kingfisher".
- Formatted Contents Note: Isis and Osiris -- Pyramus and Thisbe -- The judgment of Paris -- The seven pomegranate seeds (Demeter and Persephone) -- The spinning contest (Arachne and Athena) -- The story of the panpipes -- Glaucus and Scylla (Circe) -- The Achilles heel -- The mares of Diomedes (Hercules) -- Pandora's box -- The Gorgon's head (Perseus) -- Orpheus in the underworld -- The riddle of the Sphinx (Oedipus) -- Procrustes and his magic bed -- The eye of the Cyclops (Odysseus) -- Narcissus -- The Minotaur (Theseus) -- The hounds of Actaeon -- Romulus and Remus -- The dragon and Saint George -- The Grendel (Beowulf) -- The ugly wife (King Arthur) -- Nidud the Cruel (Volund the blacksmith) -- The death of Nornagest -- The stolen hammer of Thor -- The wishes of Savitri -- The great bell of Peking -- The monkey who would be king -- The first eclipse -- The fabulous spotted egg -- Geriguiaguiatugo -- The ten fingers of Sedna -- Given to the sun -- Catching the sun -- Death and the boy.