Norse Myths and Legends vs Orpheus: myths of the world: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Norse Myths and Legends Norse Myths and Legends Cheryl Evans · 1986 ★★★★☆ 3.9 48 pages · ≈ 53 min · Moderate

This book introduces the characters and adventures that make up the Norse myths.

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Cover of Orpheus: myths of the world Orpheus: myths of the world Padraic Colum · 1930 327 pages · ≈ 6 h 03 m · Challenging

It is natural to begin with things Egyptian. But the stories that we have from the mythology of that great civilization are all fragmentary; for the most famous of them we have to go to a Greek work--to Plutarch's…

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Ratings 73 —
Editions 6 15
Want to read 148 —
Reading it now 35 —
Written reviews 8 —
Pages 48 327

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