The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art, Based Originally on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" (1855)A presentation of Greek, Roman, Norse, and German myths to be used as a textbook for instructing the reader in the significance of mythical allusions in literature and art. Includes illustrative examples in English and American literature. |
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Purpose of the Study The Fable and the Myth Origin of the World | 16 |
THE GODS OF EARTH | 43 |
THE GODS OF THE UNDERWORLD | 49 |
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Achilles Æneas Æneid Æschylus Agamemnon Alberich ancient Apollo Argos Athens Bacchus Balder Baumeister beauty brother Brünnhilde Cadmus called chariot clouds Cronus Cupid daughter dawn dead death deity Demeter Diana divine earth Edipus Epic of Hades eyes fate father fell Freyr giant goddess gods gold golden Greece Greek Gunther Hagen hand heaven Hector Hercules Hermod heroes Höder Homer horse Iliad Illustrative Jötunheim Jove Juno Jupiter king land Loki maiden Marble Max Müller Mercury Milton Minerva Minos monster mortal mother Mythology myths Neptune Nibelungs night Norse nymph Odin Odyssey oracle Ovid Painting Paradise Lost Peleus Perseus poem poets Prometheus Proserpine Psyche queen race Ring river Rome sacred sculpture serpent Shakespeare Siegfried Sigurd slain sleep song spear story sword Tarnhelm Textual Thebes thee Theseus Thor thou translation Trojan Troy Tyndareus Ulysses Utgard-Loki Valhalla Valkyries Venus Volsung Wanderer wife wind Wotan youth Zeus