The Humpherys Family

Hero Tales From Many Lands

Record Added: 11/2/2010
Illustrator Gordon Laite
Topic Fairytales, Myths, Folklo
Publisher Abingdon-Cokesbury Press
Year 1961
Age Adult   Pages 475
Description Green and yellow library b
 
Stories of heroes and heroines from many lands. Contents include:
  • A Cause of War (Helena of Troy) 
  • The Slaying of Hector 
  • The Sack of Troy 
  • The Return of Odysseus 
  • Attila the Conqueror 
  • Boewulf Conquers Grendel 
  • The Coming of Arthur 
  • The Tournament in Ireland 
  • The Dream of Ronabbway 
  • Manawyddan, Son of the Boundless 
  • How Cuchulain Wooed His Wife 
  • Deirdre 
  • The Lordship of the Fianna (See also my book: The High Deeds of Finn MacCool) 
  • The Squires Win Golden Spurs 
  • A Roland for an Oliver 
  • The Wedding of the Cid's Daughters 
  • A Young Prince Named Siegfried 
  • How Sigurd Awoke Brynhild 
  • Grettir Becomes an Outlaw 
  • Njal the Lawyer 
  • Frithiof's Journey to the Orkneys 
  • Wainamoinen Finds the Lost-Words 
  • Antar the Hero 
  • Rustem and His Rose-Colored Steed 
  • This Hound Hath Loved Me 
  • The Search for Sita 
  • Yoro Reveals Himself as Gessar Khan 
  • The Empty City 
  • Shizuka's Dance 
  • Scarface (from the Blackfoot Indians)
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