18 books like The Dioscuri In The Christian Legends

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Orpheus: myths of the world Padraic Colum · 1930 · 327p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Legends, Mythology with this book.

The Cult Of The Heavenly Twins J. Rendel Harris · 1906 · 166p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Saints, Twins, Mythology with this book.

Godric Frederick Buechner · 1980 · ★ 4.2 · 178p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Saints, Christian saints with this book.

An Introduction to Viking Mythology John Grant · 1990 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Shares Legends, Mythology with this book.

Norse Myths and Legends Cheryl Evans · 1986 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares Legends, Mythology with this book.

Saint Francis of Assisi Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1923 · ★ 4.0 · 114p · ≈ 3h · Moderate G.K. Chesterton lends his witty, astute and sardonic prose to the much loved figure of Saint Francis of Assis. Grounding the man behind the myth he states "however wild and romantic his gyrations might appear to many, [Francis] always hung on to reason by one invisible and indestructible hair....The great saint was sane....He was not a mere eccentric because he was always turning towards the… Shares Saints, Christian saints, History

Legenda aurea Jacobus de Voragine · 1476 · 957p · ≈ 31h · Demanding "Among the books which afford us an insight into the popular religious thought of the middle ages, none holds a more important place than the Legenda Aurea or Golden Legend. The book was compiled and put into form about the year 1275 by Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa, who laid under contribution for his purpose the Lives of the Fathers by S. Jerome, the Ecclesiastical History of… Shares Saints, Christian saints, Legends, History

The Awful Secret

The Awful Secret Bernard Knight · 2006 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares History with this book.

Manual of mythology A. S. Murray · 1873 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares Mythology with this book.

Eros

Eros Teri Temple · 2012 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Light Shares Mythology with this book.

Modern mythology Andrew Lang · 1897 · 169p · ≈ 5h · Challenging xxiv p., 1 l., 212 p. 23 cm. Shares Mythology

Sun lore of all ages William Tyler Olcott · 1914 · 346p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Mythology with this book.

Dead Men's Money Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Moderate A mysterious one-eyed stranger, a midnight meeting at a lonely spot on the Scottish border, the secret password "Panama", and a corpse This is the situation Hugh Moneylaws, a young law clerk finds himself facing. Who murdered the man he was sent to meet, and why? With the only two men who knew the purpose of the meeting dead, it would seem a puzzle that would never be solved. Yet to save himself… Shares History

The Lady of the Rivers

The Lady of the Rivers Philippa Gregory · 2011 · ★ 4.0 The Lady of the Rivers tells the story of Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg, and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, who was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her house­hold for love, and then carved out a life for herself as Queen Margaret of Anjou's… Shares History

Manual of mythology A. S. Murray · 1873 · 399p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Shares Mythology with this book.

Myth and ritual in Christianity Alan Watts · 1953 · 262p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Mythology with this book.

Hephaestus Teri Temple · 2012 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Light Shares Mythology with this book.

Comparative mythology F. Max Müller · 1909 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Mythology with this book.

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