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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Amy T Peterson; David J Dunworth |
| ISBN: | 0313321922 9780313321924 |
| OCLC Number: | 54373090 |
| Description: | xxi, 234 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
| Contents: | Adam and Eve -- Aphrodite -- Artemis and Actaeon -- Balder's death -- Bellerophon -- Beowulf -- The birth of Hercules -- The creation of the world -- Cronus and his offspring -- Cuchulain -- Cupid and Psyche -- Deucalion -- Dionysus -- Echo and Narcissus -- Excalibur -- The Furies -- Galahad and the Holy Grail -- The giants trick Thor -- Gilgamesh and Enkidu -- The Greek division of the world -- Hercules -- Icarus and Daedalus -- Jason and the Argonauts -- Lancelot -- Leprechauns -- Loki's children -- Loki's gift to Odin -- Man the animal -- Medusa -- Merlin -- Midas -- Minotaur -- The Muses -- Odysseus -- Oedipus -- Orpheus -- Pan -- Pandora -- Persephone and Hades -- Prometheus -- Pygmalion -- Pyramus and Thisbe -- Ragnarok -- Romulus and Remus -- Sibling rivalry -- Sisyphus -- Tantulus -- The trickster -- The Trojan war -- The world tree -- Appendix A: Mythology in nature -- Appendix B: Mythology in brand names -- Appendix C: Mythology in the solar system -- Appendix D: Mythology in the calendar -- Appendix E: Mythology in common words. |
| Responsibility: | Amy T. Peterson and David J. Dunworth ; illustrations by David J. Dunworth. |
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