An Illustrated Treasury of Read-Aloud Myths and Legends: More than 40 of the World's Best-Loved Myths and Legends Including Greek, Roman, Celtic, Scandinavian, Indian, Mexican, and Many More
by Joan c. Verniero Editor, Robin Fitzsimmons Editor
(From Amazon): Read-Aloud Myths and Legends collects time-honored stories from the Greek, Roman, and Celtic traditions including: "The Adventures of Odysseus," "Pandora's Box," "Psyche and Cupid," "Lugh, the Sun God," "Queen Maeve and the Wild Sow," and much more. Also included are myths from Egypt, Arabia, China, Japan, Hawaii, and Mexico. Thirty full-color illustrations throughout bring the myths to life and further enhance read-aloud enjoyment.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1579123619
- Print Status
- In Print
- Stories
- 47
- Pages
- 192
- Publisher
- Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
- Copyright
- 2004
Stories
- 1 The Adventures of Odysseus
- 2 The Laurel of Apollo
- 3 The Great Warrior Achilles
- 4 Aphrodite, Goddess of Love
- 5 The flight of Daedalus and Icarus
- 6 The Wooden Horse of Troy
- 7 Hermes, Messenger of the Gods
- 8 Life After Death: The Underworld
- 9 The Family of Gods at Olympus
- 10 Monsters of Greek Mythology
- 11 Orpheus in the Land of the Dead
- 12 Prometheus's Gift to Humankind
- 13 Pandora's Box
- 14 Demeter and persephone
- 15 The Golden Branch
- 16 Aeneas in the Underwold
- 17 A Father's Message to his Son
- 18 Juno Versus the Destiny of Aeneas
- 19 The Children of Mars
- 20 The Founding of Rome
- 21 The Sibyl
- 22 Psyche and Cupid
- 23 Psyche and Venus
- 24 psyche in hades
- 25 Nuada of the Silver Hand
- 26 The Magic Cow
- 27 Lugh, the Sun god
- 28 The Quest of the Sons of Turenn
- 29 The magic Cauldron
- 30 Queen Maeve and the Wild Sow
- 31 Etain and Midir
- 32 Branwen's Starling, Bran's head
- 33 Fire and ice: the Beginning of the World
- 34 Odin and the Wall
- 35 The Hammer of Thor
- 36 Seven Hundred Rings - Volund and the Valkyries
- 37 Ragnarok - Winter of the World
- 38 How the Sun and The World Were Created - Egypt
- 39 Isis and Osiris - Egypt
- 40 The Ebony Horse - Arabia
- 41 How the World Was Created, Destroyed, and Created Again - India
- 42 Esu's Trick on the Two Friends - Brazil, Cuba, Nigeria
- 43 Some Ugly God's Who Rewarded Humans - China
- 44 Creation From an Egg - Japan
- 45 Quetzalcoatl - Central America and Mexico
- 46 Pele, Goddess of Fire - Hawaii
- 47 The Search for Fire - Yana Tribe, Native America
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