Junior Classics Volume 2: Folk Tales & Myths

by William Patten, Various

Culture & Heritage Fiction Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

62 chapters14h 28mEnglish1918

About this book

Compilation of tales designed and arranged for young people. This volume covers tales from the North, the Rhine, Greece and Rome, tales from the Hudson River, and animal stories. - Summary by DrPGould

Chapters (61)

1Chapter 1, Stories from the Northern Sagas, Part 1, The Northmen's Story of How all Things Began

874

2Chapter 1, Stories from the Northern Sagas, Part 2 How the Queen of the Sky Gave Gifts to Men

399

3Chapter 1, Stories from the Northern Sagas, Part 3 The Dwarfs and the Fairies

539

4Chapter 1, Stories from the Northern Sagas Part 4, How Thor Went to Jotunheim

1452

5Chapter 1, Stories from the Northern Sagas, Part 5, How Thor's Hammer was Lost and Found

1162

6Chapter 1, Stories from the Northern Sagas, Part 6, Iduna's Apples of Youth

2060

7Chapter 1, Stories from the Northern Sagas, Part 7 How the Fenris Wold was Chained

757

8Chapter 1, Stories from the Northern Sagas, Part 8 The Story of Balder the Beautiful

1009

9Chapter 1, Stories from the Northern Sagas Part 9 The Wonderful Quern Stones

776

10Chapter 2 The Story of Brunhilda and Siegfried, Part 1 Brunhilda and the Magic Sword

760

11Chapter 2 The Story of Brunhilda and Siegfried, Part 2 Brunhilda's Sleep Guarded by Loki's Fiery Arm

741

12Chapter 2 The Story of Brunhilda and Siegfried, Part 3 How Siegfried Killed the Dragon

1634

13Chapter 2 The Story of Brunhilda and Siegfried, Part 4 How Siegfried Finds Brunhilda

711

14Chapter 3 The Story of Lohengrin Part 1 The Plot Against the Beautiful Elsa of Brabant

691

15Chapter 3 The Story of Lohengrin Part 2 The Knights of the Holy Grail

291

16Chapter 3 The Story of Lohengrin Part 3 Lohengrin the Champion of Elsa of Brabant

832

17Chapter 3 The Story of Lohengrin Part 4 Ortruda Plots for Revenge

334

18Chapter 3 The Story of Lohengrin Part 5 the Departure of Lohengrin

840

19Chapter 3 The Story of Lohengrin Part 6 the Wooing of the Daughter of the King of Ireland

928

20Chapter 4 Three Tales of the Rhine Part 1 The Lady of Kynast

296

21Chapter 4 Three Tales of the Rhine Part 2 The Guardian Angel

242

22Chapter 4 Three Tales of the Rhine Part 3 The Giant Who Laughed at a Dwarf

143

23Chapter 5 The Legend of St. Christopher

950

24Chapter 6 Prince Ivan and the Gray Wolf

1671

25Chapter 7 King Robert of Sicily

1060

26Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 1 The Riddle of the Sphinx

2539

27Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 2 The Gift of Athene

474

28Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 3 Daphne, Child of the Morning

250

29Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 4 The Vengeance of Apollo

717

30Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 5 The Story of Arion

776

31Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 6 The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice

690

32Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 7 Orpheus the Sweet Singer

473

33Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 8 Niobe, a Victim of Latona's Jealousy

593

34Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 9 The Sad Story of Pyramus and Thisbe

484

35Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 10 The Twelve Labors of Hercules

608

36Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 11 Hercules's Search for the Apples of Hesperides

2595

37Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 12 The Story of Cupid and Psyche

1322

38Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 13 How Phaeton Drove the Sun

941

39Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 14 Baucis and Philemon Changed into Two Trees

385

40Chapter 8 Myths of Greece and Rome Part 15 The Paradise of Children

1998

41Chapter 9 Tales of the Hudson Part 1 Rip Van Winkle

2279

42Chapter 9 Two Tales of the Hudson Part 2 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

2576

43Chapter 9 Two Tales of the Hudson Part 2 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (continued)

1768

44Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 1 the Hare who thought the World had come to an End

386

45Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 2 the Watering of the Saplings

146

46Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 3 The Old Hare and the Elephants

234

47Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 4 The Elephant has a Bet with the Tiger

640

48Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 5 How the Tortoise Out-Ran the Deer

315

49Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 6 Which was the Stronger, the Tortoise, The Tapir, or the Whale?

263

50Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 7 How the Turtle Got his Shell

481

51Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 8 The Legend of Rata

554

52Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 9 Why the Hippopotamus Lives in the Water

232

53Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 10 Why the Elephant has small Eyes

347

54Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 11 The Boy who set a Snare for the Sun

678

55Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 12 The Bird Lover

1300

56Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 13 Wunzh, the Father of Indian Corn

745

57Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 14 When Brer Wolf have his Corn Shucking

386

58Chapter 10 Some Animal Myths of Various Lands Part 15 Brer Rabbit's Cool Air Swing

336

59Chapter 11 Three Stories of the Seasons Part 1 The Four Seasons

793

60Chapter 11 Three Stories of the Seasons Part 2 The Three Lemons

1204

61Chapter 11 Three Stories of the Seasons Part 3 The Winter-Spirit and His Visitor

351

Junior Classics Volume 2: Folk Tales & Myths

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