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Bulfinch's Mythology Thomas Bulfinch · 1996 Thomas Bulfinch was an American banker and Latin scholar. Bulfinch’s Mythology is a posthumous compilation of three volumes published by Bulfinch during his lifetime which were intended to introduce the general reader to the myths and legends of Western Civilization by presenting them in simple prose with occasional commentary by the author. Bulfinch also includes many quotations showing how… Shares: Charlemagne, Folklore, Mythology

Legends of Charlemagne, or, Romance of the Middle Ages Thomas Bulfinch · 1862 · 302p · ≈ 10h · Challenging No new edition of Bulfinch's classic work can be considered complete without some notice of the American scholar to whose wide erudition and painstaking care it stands as a perpetual monument. "The Age of Fable" has come to be ranked with older books like "Pilgrim's Progress," "Gulliver's Travels," "The Arabian Nights," "Robinson Crusoe," and five or six other productions of world-wide renown as… Shares: Charlemagne, Romances, Adaptations, Folklore

The Age of Chivalry / Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages Thomas Bulfinch · 1962 · ★ 4.0 · 608p · ≈ 20h · Moderate Shares: Charlemagne, Romances, Folklore, Mythology Shares: Charlemagne, Romances, Folklore, Mythology

Bulfinch's Mythology Vols. 2&3 Thomas Bulfinch · 1962 · ★ 3.5 For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity. Shares: Romances, Folklore, Mythology

The age of fable Thomas Bulfinch · 1871 · 531p · ≈ 17h · Challenging The Age of Fable is a Mythological type of book. It contains many Greek and Roman myths, including simplified versions of The Iliad and The Odyssey, as well as a selection of Norse and “eastern” myths. Thomas Bulfinch’s goal was to make the ancient myths accessible to a wide audience, and so it is suitable for children. Shares: Charlemagne, Classical Mythology, Folklore, Mythology

The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch · 1800 · ★ 3.9 · 524p · ≈ 17h · Challenging Drawing on the works of Homer, Ovid, Virgil, and other classical authors, as well as an immense trove of stories about the Norse gods and heroes, The Age of Fable offers lively retellings of the myths of the Greek and Roman gods: Venus and Adonis, Jupiter and Juno, Daphne and Apollo, and many others. [Source][1]. [1]:… Shares: Charlemagne, Classical Mythology, Adaptations, Mythology

A story of the golden age James Baldwin · 1887 · 286p · ≈ 9h · Challenging You have heard of Homer, and of the two wonderful poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, which bear his name. No one knows whether these poems were composed by Homer, or whether they are the work of many different poets. And, in fact, it matters very little about their authorship. Everybody agrees that they are the grandest poems ever sung or written or read in this world; and yet, how few persons,… Shares: Classical Mythology, Mythology

The golden age of myth & legend Thomas Bulfinch · 1900 · 495p · ≈ 16h · Challenging The Age of Fable is a Mythological type of book. It contains many Greek and Roman myths, including simplified versions of The Iliad and The Odyssey, as well as a selection of Norse and “eastern” myths. Thomas Bulfinch’s goal was to make the ancient myths accessible to a wide audience, and so it is suitable for children. Shares: Folklore, Mythology

Traditions of the Tinguian Fay-Cooper Cole · 1915 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Abstracts: p. 202-226. Shares: Folklore, Mythology

Beltane the Smith Jeffery Farnol · 1915 · ★ 2.0 · 558p · ≈ 18h · Challenging A mighty man was Beltane the Smith, despite his youth already great of stature and comely of feature. Much knew he of woodcraft, of the growth of herb and tree and flower, of beast and bird, and how to tell each by its cry or song or flight; he knew the ways of fish in the streams, and could tell the course of the stars in the heavens; versed was he likewise in the ancient wisdoms and… Shares: Romances, Adaptations

The Challenge of the Green Knight Ian Serraillier · 1966 · 56p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Sir Gawain is determined to keep his rendezvous with the Green Knight even though he believes it will mean his death. Shares: Romances, Adaptations, Folklore

Popular Tales from Norse Mythology George Webbe Dasent · 2001 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Full of giants, trolls, heroes, and beautiful princesses, these 42 folktales include such favorites as "Temptations," "The Magician's Pupil," "Legend of Tannhäuser," "The Outlaw," "The Widow's Son," and "The Goatherd." Shares: Folklore, Mythology

The story of Sir Launcelot and his companions Howard Pyle · 1907 · ★ 5.0 · 340p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Follows Sir Launcelot of the Round Table as he rescues Queen Guinevere, fights in the tournament at Astolat and pursues other adventures. Shares: Romances, Adaptations, Folklore

The king and the corpse Heinrich Robert Zimmer · 1948 · 338p · ≈ 11h · Challenging "Drawing from Eastern and Western literatures, Heinrich Zimmer presents a selection of stories linked together by their common concern for the problem of our eternal conflict with the forces of evil. Beginning with a tale from the Arabian Nights, this theme unfolds in legends from Irish paganism, medieval Christianity, the Arthurian cycle, and early Hinduism. In the retelling of these tales,… Shares: Romances, Folklore, Mythology

Wonder Book Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1852 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Challenging O jovem Eustáquio conta histórias da Grécia antiga para a turma de crianças na casa de campo de Tanglewood, e os entretém com as viagens do herói Hércules, o domador de Pégaso e o combate contra a terrível Quimera, o encontro de Perseu com a icônica Medusa, entre outras aventuras. Baseando-se na mitologia grega, o autor Nathaniel Hawthorne reescreveu engenhosamente as histórias de personagens e… Shares: Classical Mythology, Mythology

African Myths (Graphic Mythology) Gary Jeffrey · 2005 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Moderate First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world - part myth, part legend and part history. Rich with magic and achingly beautiful, they speak of a land of heroic battles, intense love and warrior ideals, in which the otherworld is explored and men mingle freely with the gods. From the vivid adventures of the great Celtic hero Cu Chulaind, to the… Shares: Folklore, Mythology

Pantheum mythicum François Pomey · 1694 · ★ 5.0 · 387p · ≈ 12h · Demanding Shares: Classical Mythology, Mythology

Scandinavian folk-lore William A. Craigie · 1896 · 554p · ≈ 18h · Challenging IN this brief outline of an extensive subject I have endeavoured to explain clearly not only what the Icelandic sagas are, but how it happened that they arose in a place so remote from the rest of Europe...The special reasons which explain it are fully stated in the first chapter,...the central Germanic area is not strongly represented; it is on the outmost borders, in Iceland, England, and… Shares: Folklore, Mythology

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