Record Added: 3/6/2016 Topic Fairytales, Myths, Folklo Collection of Stories Publisher Bracken Books ISBN 1851700056 Year 1987 Age 13-YA Pages 364 Description Blue printed dustjacket
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Originally published in 1917, this is an illustrated collection of more than fifty stories, including such legends as Pandora's Box, St. George and the Dragon, King Midas, and Lady Godiva. Contains several beautiful "old-fashioned" color illustrations.
Stories Include: - Pandora's Magic Box
- The Roses of St. Elizabeth
- The Gods of Asgard
- The Story of Beowulf
- Christmas Roses
- The Legend of Westminster Abbey
- St. George and the Dragon
- How Winter Came Into the World
- Why the Kingfisher's Feathers are Blue
- Cupid and Psyche
- King Cophetua
- The Labours of Hercules
- A Legend of Old Japan
- The Story of Echo and Narcissus
- How Thor Visited the Land of the Giants
- St. David and the Green Leek of Wales
- The Man in the Moon
- The Story of Apollo
- The Glastonbury Thorn
- The Coming of Arthur
- A Legend from Russia
- The Story of Deirdre
- The Blackbird
- Lancelot and Elaine
- Good King Wenceslas
- The Apples of Youth
- The Story of Finn
- The Great God Pan
- The Story of Perseus
- A Legend of the Milky Way
- The Curse of Andvari's Gold
- "King Midas Has Great Ass Ears!"
- The Goddess of the Moon
- The Quest of the Golden Fleece
- The Wanderings of Ulysses
- The Story of Sir Galahad
- The Passing of Arthur
- The Legend Beautiful
- St. Patrick
- The Legend of the Cuckoo
- Diarmid and Grania
- The Great Bear
- The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
- The Knight of the Swan
- The Country of the Young
- Orion and His Dog
- The Golden Touch
- Lady Godiva
- Tannhäuser
- St. Andrew of Scotland
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin
- The Legend of the Mistletoe
- How the Wise Man Found the King
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