Myths of the World (Padraic Colum/Boris Artzybasheff)

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A treasure trove of stories from the ancient world, retold by one of Ireland's greatest storytellers. 

This classic collection of myths and legends includes stories from all the major ancient civilizations, and some lesser known ones: Egypt and Greece, and Babylon and Rome, alongside Ireland and Iceland, India and Finland, China and Japan, Mexico, Peru and Polynesia. The tales range from creation stories to heroic epics, and feature Isis, Gilgamesh, Hercules and Pandora, to name but a few. 

This edition faithfully preserves Padraic Colum's original language. His lyrical rhythm and melody represent the very best of traditional storytelling. With illustrations by Boris Arzybasheff

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CONTENTS:

“The Significance of Mythology” by Padraic Colum

Egyptian: 

Osiris and Iris 

Ra, his Going-Down and Uprising 

Babylonian: 

In the Beginning 

Gilgamesh 

The Story of Utnapishtim and of the Deluge that Destroyed all that was on the Earth 

Ishtar's Descent into the World Below 

Persian: 

Jemshid the Resplendent 

Jewish post-Christian Period: 

The Angels and the Creation and Fall of Man 

The Confounding of the Angel of Death 

Greek: 

In the Beginning 

Prometheus 

Pandora 

Demeter 

Orpheus 

Dionysos 

Apollo 

Herakles 

Roman: 

The Children of Mars 

Numa the Law-Giver 

The Sibyl 

Pomona and Vertumnus 

Greco-Roman: 

Cupid and Psyche 

Celtic: 

Irish: Midir and Etain 

The Death of Conaire Mor, the King of Ireland 

The Voyage of Bran to the Land of the Immortals 

Welsh: Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed and his Visit to Annwn, the Realm of Faerie 

Math, the Son of Mathonwy 

Finnish: 

Lemminkainen, his Destruction and his Restoration to Life 

Icelandic: 

In the Beginning 

The Building of the wall 

Mimir 

Balder 

Loki's Punishment 

The Children of Loki 

Ragnarok, the Fate of the Gods 

Indian: 

Vedic: The Heavenly Nymph and her Mortal Husband 

Epic: The Churning of the Ocean 

The Birth of the Ganges 

Savitri and the Lord of Death 

Damayanti's Choice 

Buddhist: Gotama's Attainment 

Chinese: 

In the Beginning 

The Weaver Maiden and the Herdsman 

Japanese: 

The Sun Goddess and the Storm God and the Strife there was Between them 

The First People 

Polynesian: 

In the Beginning 

Maui the Fire Bringer 

How Maui Strove to Win Immortality for All Creatures 

Pele, Hawaii's Goddess of Volcanic Fire 

Peruvian: 

Viracocha 

The Llama-herder and the Virgin of the Sun 

Central American and Mexican: 

In the Beginning 

The Twin Heroes and the lords of Xibalba 

Quetzalcoatl 

Quetzalcoatl's Enemy 

The Gods of the Aztecs 

The Aztecs 

Zuni: 

Paiyatuma and the Maidens of the Corn

DETAILS

Age: 7 - 10 years
Product Code: BKST3655
Made In: United Kingdom
Product Size: 6 x 9.3 in 328 pages
Safety: Manufactured according to European Safety Standard EN71.