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Mythology comes from many countries and in many forms. This volume contains some of the more familiar Greek and Norse myths Such as Perseus, Midas and Pegasus; and also, a story about the Norse God Odin and the Norse hero Baldur. This book was written at a time when the knowledge of myth was introduced at an early age, to be followed by more classic studies as the student advanced. Taken from Hawthorne, Kingsley and Church.

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . ix CHAPTER PAGK I. THE THREE GOLDEN APPLES ... 3 (Hawthorne's "Wonder Book") II. THE POMEGRANATE SEEDS ... 27 (Hawthorne's " Tanglewood Tales ") III. THE CHIMERA 65 (Hawthorne's " Wonder Book ") IV. THE GOLDEN TOUCH .... 92 (Hawthorne's " Wonder Book ") V. THE GORGON'S HEAD . . . . 112 (Hawthorne's "Wonder Book") VI. THE DRAGON'S TEETH .... 140 (Hawthorne's " Tanglewood Tales ") VII. THE MIRACULOUS PITCHER . . . 174 (Hawthorne's "Wonder Book") VIII. THE PARADISE OF CHILDREN ... 197 (Hawthorne's "Wonder Book") IX. THE CYCLOPS 216 (Church's " Stories from Homer ") X. THE ARGONAUTS 227 (Kingsley's " Greek Heroes ") XI. THE GIANT BUILDER 299 (" In Days of Giants ") XII. How ODIN LOST His EYE ... 308 ("In Days of Giants") XIII. THE QUEST OF THE HAMMER . . . 316 (" In Days of Giants ") XIV. THE APPLES OF IDUN .... 330 (" Norse Stories ") XV. THE DEATH OF BALDER .... 337 (" Norse Stories ") XVI. THE STAR AND THE LILY .... 348 (Miss Emerson's " Indian Myths ")

Compiled by American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer Hamilton Wright Mabie, here is a fantastic collection of classic legends from ancient mythology, The classical work of Hawthorne has been generously drawn upon. Included are "Three Golden Apples"; "Pomegranate Seeds"; "Chimera" "Golden Touch" "Gorgon's Head"; "Dragon's Teeth"; "Miraculous Pitcher"; "Paradise of Children" "Cyclops"; "Argonauts"; "Giant Builder"; "How Odin Lost His Eye"; "Quest of the Hammer" "Apples of Idun"; "Death of Balder"; and "Star and the Lily.

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Excerpt from Myths: Every Child Should Know"Yes, there he sat, on the back of the winged horse!"; Frontispiece; "Looking suddenly up, what should he behold but the figure of a stranger"; "'Behold it then! cried Perseus, in a voice like a blast of a trumpet"; "'Why, it appears to me' cried Quicksilver, taking the pitcher by the handle, 'that there is certainly more milk in the pitcher'"; "'And will you stay with us' asked Epimetheus, 'forever and ever?'"; "Ulysses stood up in the ship and shouted"; Then Orpheus, led Jason, up the banks of Haliaemon, and over the spurs of Pindus"; "'Give me the glittering horn' he answered. 'I pledge you my eye for a draught to the brim'"; "But Loki and Thor stood safely among the ruins"; "The beautiful god lay dead upon the field"About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Now, it is a great many years since arrow heads have been used, and they were never used by the people who own the land in which they appear or by their ancestors. To explain the presence of these roughly cut pieces of stone we must recall the weapons with which the Indians fought when Englishmen, Frenchmen, Dutchmen, andS paniards first came to this part of the world. There may be no authentic history of Indians in the particular locality in which these old-fashioned weapons come to light, but their presence in the ground is the best kind of evidence that Indians once lived on these fields or were in the habit of hunting over them. In many parts of the country these arrow heads are turned up in great numbers; museums large and small are plentifully supplied with them; and they form part of the record of the men who once lived here, and of their ways of killing game and destroying their enemies. Wherever there are arrow heads there have been I ndians. A mong every people and in every language there are found stories, superstitions, traditions, phrases, which are not to be explained by the thoughts or ideas or beliefs of people now living; and the same stories, superstitions, phrases, are found among people as far apart as those of Norway and A ustralia.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at

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