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A Book of Myths
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Victorian folklore and anthropology

A Book of Myths: Retold from Classical Sources with Some Originals

Andrew Lang18890
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Andrew Lang's literary collection of classical myths retold with Victorian literary sensibility and some original compositions. Presents Greek, Roman, and comparative mythological tales in accessible narrative form emphasizing storytelling and imaginative engagement over scholarly apparatus. Covers heroic myths, divine adventures, transformations, and tragic narratives. Lang, renowned folklorist and literary scholar, brings anthropological perspective to mythological material while maintaining literary artistry.

Also known asLang's Mythological Collection · Book of Classical Myths
This edition1889
EditionAndrew Lang's collection of classical and original mythological tales, 1889. Retold from classical sources with Lang's literary treatment and some original compositions.
Classical mythologyComparative MythologyWestern / Classicalheroic achievementcultural traditionsLove and desireMythologyRoman Mythologydivine transformationQuest narrativesGreek MythologyFolklore StudiesVictorian literatureheroic questRitual magic

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Comparative mythology texts on gods, hero cycles, symbolic patterns, classical myth, Indo-European myth, and cross-cultural mythic structures.

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Contents71 chapters

  1. 01A BOOK OF MYTHS
  2. 02WITH SIXTEEN ORIGINAL DRAWINGS IN COLOUR BY HELEN STRATTON
  3. 03PREFACE
  4. 04POSTSCRIPT
  5. 05FOOTNOTES:
  6. 06CONTENTS
  7. 07LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  8. 08A BOOK OF MYTHS
  9. 09PROMETHEUS AND PANDORA
  10. 10PYGMALION
  11. 11PHAETON
  12. 12ENDYMION
  13. 13ORPHEUS
  14. 14FOOTNOTE:
  15. 15APOLLO AND DAPHNE
  16. 16PSYCHE
  17. 17THE CALYDONIAN HUNT
  18. 18ATALANTA
  19. 19ARACHNE
  20. 20IDAS AND MARPESSA
  21. 21ARETHUSA
  22. 22PERSEUS THE HERO
  23. 23NIOBE
  24. 24HYACINTHUS
  25. 25FOOTNOTE:
  26. 26KING MIDAS OF THE GOLDEN TOUCH
  27. 27CEYX AND HALCYONE
  28. 28ARISTÆUS THE BEE-KEEPER
  29. 29PROSERPINE
  30. 30FOOTNOTE:
  31. 31LATONA AND THE RUSTICS
  32. 32ECHO AND NARCISSUS
  33. 33ICARUS
  34. 34CLYTIE
  35. 35THE CRANES OF IBYCUS
  36. 36SYRINX
  37. 37THE DEATH OF ADONIS
  38. 38FOOTNOTE:
  39. 39PAN
  40. 40LORELEI
  41. 41FOOTNOTES:
  42. 42FREYA, QUEEN OF THE NORTHERN GODS
  43. 43THE DEATH OF BALDUR
  44. 44BEOWULF
  45. 45FOOTNOTES:
  46. 46ROLAND THE PALADIN
  47. 47THE CHILDREN OF LÎR
  48. 48FOOTNOTES:
  49. 49DEIRDRÊ
  50. 50FOOTNOTES:
  51. 51INDEX
  52. 52"Cover"
  53. 53The Project Gutenberg eBook of A Book of Myths, by Jean Lang.
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