Myths: Every Child Should Know

Among every people there are stories, superstitions, traditions, phrases, which are not to be explained by the ideas or beliefs of people now living. These stories vary greatly in details; they fit every climate and wear the peculiar dress of every country; but it is easy to see that they are made up of the same materials, and that they describe the same persons or ideas or things whether they are told in Greece or India or Norway or Brittany. The Three Golden Apples, The Pomegranate Seeds, The Golden Touch, The Gorgon's Head, The Dragon's Teeth, The Miraculous Pitcher, The Paradise Of Children, The Argonauts, How the Centaur Trained the Heroes on Pelion, How Jason Lost His Sandal in Anauros, How They Built the Ship Argo in Iolcos, How the Argonauts Were Driven into the Unknown Sea, How the Argonauts Sailed to Colchis, What Was the End of the Heroes, The Giant Builder, How Odin Lost His Eye, The Quest Of The Hammer, The Apples Of Idun, The Death Of Balder, The Star And The Lily