Greek myths about women retold, including Athena, Helen, Arachne, and more.
Discusses the mythology of Native Americans by looking at how they describe the times they were created and how they influenced the Native American religions.
An illustrated introduction to world mythology that features retellings of myths and legends from Africa, Asia, Australia, the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East with step-by-step instructions for twenty-five related projects.
Discusses the mythology of ancient China by looking at how they describe the times they were created and how they influenced the Chinese religions.
An encyclopedia to classical and world mythology which provides information on the myths, gods, goddesses, and legends of various cultures around the world.
Provides an overview of Egyptian mythology, with information on Egyptian gods and goddesses, mummies, the afterlife, the Sun God, the pyramids, and other related topics.
A reissue of the 1934 text which features retellings of the myths of ancient Greece.
Homer's classical account of the war between the Greeks and the Trojans from Agamemnon's visit by the priest Chryses to the burial of Hektor.
An illustrated collection of twenty-five myths from various parts of the world explaining the creation of the world.
Provides an overview of Japanese mythology, with information on creation stories, goddesses, devils, and other related topics.
"Poorling is a little bear. She's a bit different from her brothers. Mother keeps their family safe. For the Forest is full of dangers. It is there that Mana lives, with her Shadow children. And above them all, Emuu, the great Grandma in the Sky"--Jacket flap.
Discusses the mythology of ancient Scandinavia by looking at how they describe the times in which they were created and how they influenced the religion of the Norse people.
Provides an overview of Chinese mythology, with information on religion, creation stories, dragons, gods and goddesses, and other related topics.
Describes key characters in Chinese mythology, shows how such themes as the natural world and warfare are present in it, retells some Chinese myths, and discusses the influence of Chinese mythology on modern culture.
Follows Circe, the banished witch daughter of Helios, as she hones her powers and interacts with famous mythological beings before a conflict with one of the most vengeful Olympians forces her to choose between the worlds of the gods and mortals.
Presents a collection of Celtic tales and folklore by late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Anglo-Irish poet, William Butler Keats as told to him by friends, neighbors, and other acquaintances. 'Presented in Spanish.
Provides an overview of European mythology, with information on the region's legends, beliefs, religious traditions, and Celtic, Finnish, and Slavic stories.
An illustrated collection of Greek myths that includes the stories of Persephone, the Minotaur, Perseus, Medusa, King Midas, and others.
Silk discusses the Iliad and the relationship between Homer's world, (8th cent. B.C.), and the heroic age in which the Greek expedition against Troy occurred.
Presents a retelling of Homer's classic Greek epic of Helen, Queen of Sparta, who is taken by Paris, a Trojan prince, inaugurating the Trojan War and is written for the fifth through eighth-grade classroom.
Provides an overview of Indian mythology, with information on creation stories, Shiva, Vishnu, popular goddesses, and other related topics.