Bulfinch's Mythology

📖 The Scoop

Thomas Bulfinch's classic and authoritative work on great legends and myths. Included in this book are all three parts of Bulfinch's work: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, and Legends of Charlemagne. Myths described include:Roman Divinities, Prometheus and Pandora, Apollo and Daphne, Pyramus and Thisbe, Cephalus and Procris, Callisto, Diana and Actaeon, Latona and The Rustics, Phaeton, Midas-Baucis and Philemon, Baucis and Philemon, Proserpine-Glaucus and Scylla, Glaucus and Scylla, Pygmalion, Dryope, Venus and Adonis, Apollo and Hyacinthus, Ceyx and Halcyone: Or, The Halcyon Birds, Vertumnus and Pomona, Cupid and Psyche, Cadmus-The Myrmidons, Nisus and Scylla, Echo and Narcissus, On A Beautiful Youth, Struck Blind By Lightning, On An Ugly Fellow, Clytie, Hero and Leander, On A Picture Of Leander, Minerva, Upon A Lady's Embroidery, Niobe, The Graeae and The Gorgons, Perseus and Medusa, Perseus and Atlas, Sea-Monster, Wedding Feast, Monsters, Sphinx, Pegasus and The Chimaera, Centaurs, Griffin, Golden Fleece, Medea and Aeson, Meleager and Atalanta, Atalanta, Hercules, Hebe and Ganymede, Theseus-Daedalus-Castor and Pollux, Theseus, Daedalus, Castor and Pollux, Bacchus, Ariadne, Rural Deities, Erisichthon, Rhoecus, Water Deities, Neptune, Amphitrite, Nereus and Doris, Triton and Proteus, Thetis, Leucothea and Palaemon, Camenae, Winds, Admetus and Alcestis, Antigone, Penelope, Musaeus, Orpheus and Eurydice, Amphion, Linus, Thamyris, Marsyas, Melampus, Arion, Ibycus, Simonides, Sappho, Orion, Aurora and Tithonus, Acis and Galatea, Trojan War, Iliad, Fall of Troy, Agamemnon, Orestes, and Electra, Troy, Ulysses, Return of Ulysses, Laestrygonians, Scylla and Charybdis, Calypso, Phaeacians, Adventures Of Aeneas, Dido, Palinurus, Infernal Regions, Elysium, Sibyl, Camilla, Evander, Infant Rome, Nisus and Euryalus, Mezentius, Pallas, Camilla, Turnus, Pythagoras, Sybaris and Crotona, Egyptian Deities, Osiris and Isis, Origins Of Mythology, Venus De' Medici, Apollo Belvedere, Diana A La Biche, Virgil, On Milton, Ovid, Modern Monsters, Phoenix, Cockatrice, Or Basilisk, Unicorn, Salamander, Eastern Mythology, Zoroaster, Hindu Mythology, Vishnu, Siva, Juggernaut, Castes, Buddha, Grand Lama, Prester John, Northern Mythology, Valkyrie, Thor Loki, Recovery Of The Hammer, Thor's Visit To Jotunheim, The Giant's Country, Death Of Baldur, Elves, Ragnarok, Twilight Of The Gods, Runic Letters, Skalds, Iceland, Teutonic Mythology, Nibelungen Lied, Nibelungen Hoard, Wagner's Nibelungen Ring, Druids, Iona, King Arthur and His Knights, Metrical Romances, The Mythical History Of England, Bladud, Leir, Ferrex and Porrex, Dunwallo Molmutius, Brennus and Belinus,, Elidure, Lud, Cassibellaunus, Kymbelinus, Or Cymbeline, Armorica, Merlin, King Arthur, Guenever, Gawain, Gawain's Marriage, Launcelot, Adventure Of The Cart, Lady Of Shalott, Queen Guenever's Peril, Tristram and Isoude, Round Table, Palamedes, Tristram, Perceval, The Sangreal, Or Holy Graal, Galahad, Gawain, Launcelot, Perceval, Bohort, Galahad, Agrivain's Treason, Morte D'arthur, Mabinogeon, Britons, Welsh Bards, Triads, Lady Of The Fountain, Kynon's Adventure, Owain's Adventure, Gawain's Adventure, The Adventure Of The Lion, Geraint, The Son Of Erbin, Pwyll, Prince Of Dyved, Branwen, The Daughter Of Llyr, Manawyddan, Kilwich and Olwen, Taliesin, Beowulf, Cuchulain, Champion Of Ireland, Hereward The Wake, Robin Hood, Legends Of Charlemagne, The Peers, Or Paladins, Orlando, Roland and Ferragus, A Roland For An Oliver, Rinaldo, Bradamante and Rogero, Astolpho and The Enchantress, Orc, Medoro, Orlando Mad, Zerbino and Isabella, Astolpho In Abyssinia, Africa, Rogero and Bradamante, Roncesvalles, Rinaldo and Bayard, Death Of Rinaldo, Huon Of Bordeaux, and Ogier.

Genre: Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology (fancy, right?)