Hero Tales vs Myths and myth-makers: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Hero Tales Hero Tales James Baldwin · 1904 ★★★★☆ 3.7 160 pages · ≈ 2 h 58 m · Challenging

This is a containing spiritually inspiring stories of a wide assortment of seemingly ordinary individuals who were used by God to do extraordinary things.

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Cover of Myths and myth-makers Myths and myth-makers John Fiske · 1873 ★★★★☆ 3.7 251 pages · ≈ 4 h 39 m · Challenging

The book features 34 fascinating stories of both famous and not-so-well-known mythical entities – Pygmalion, Adonis, Lorelei, Beowulf, Echo Johann Wolfgang.

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Goodreads 3.7 (45) —
Hardcover — 2.0 (1)

Reception

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Ratings 45 1
Editions 15 24
Citations — 6
Film adaptations 1 —
Want to read 85 —
Reading it now 27 —
Written reviews 2 —
Wikipedia attention 1851 —
Pages 160 251

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