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A world treasury of myths, legends, and folktales, stories from six continents, as told by Renata Bini ; illustrations by Mikhail Fiodorov

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

A world treasury of myths, legends, and folktales

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42072201

as told by Renata Bini ; illustrations by Mikhail Fiodorov

stories from six continents

A collection of myths and legends from many different cultures around the world, including those of ancient Greece and the Great Plains Indians

Judgment of Paris (Greek) -- Daedalus and the labyrinth (Greek) -- Heracles's last labor (Greek) -- Rhea Silvia (Roman) -- Romulus and Remus (Roman) -- Thor's hammer (Scandinavian) -- Death of Balder (Scandinavian) -- Siegfried (German) -- Firebird (Russian) -- Sword in the stone (Celtic) -- Isis and Osiris (Egyptian) -- Rama, the incarnation of Vishnu (Indian) -- Rama against the Demon Ravana (Indian) -- Shepherd and the weaver (Chinese) -- Izanagi and Izanami (Japanese) -- Kintu and the daughter of the sky (Ugandan) -- How people came to be (Bantu) -- Divine mantis, the ostrich, and the fire (Bosjesman) -- Tulugauku, the father crow (Inuit) -- Gluskap and the dragon at the spring (Algonquian) -- Gluskap and the little boy (Algonquian) -- Rolling rock (Sioux) -- Hiawatha and the five nations (Iroquois) --How Grandmother spider stole the sun (Cherokee) -- Hasjelti the dawn-bringer (Navaho) -- Plumed serpent (Aztec) -- How the people got corn (Aztec) -- Twin ball players (Mayan) -- Manco's longest day (Incan) -- Stone people (Andes) -- Snake's arrow (Amazon) -- Bamapama the madman (Aborigines) -- Maui the trickster hero (Polynesia) -- People and places in mythology

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