The golden hoard : myths and legends of the world / Geraldine McCaughrean ; illustrated by Bee Willey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCaughrean, Geraldine.

Contributor:

Willey, Bee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mythology--Juvenile literature.

Mythology.

Legends--Juvenile literature.

Legends.

Physical Description:

vi, 130 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Other Title:

Myths and legends of the world

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1996.

Summary:

From the English legend of Robin Hood and the West Indian story of Anansi the Spiderman to the lesser known Native American story of the first snow and the Kikuyu myth of how men and women finally agreed, this collection is a compilation of 22 universally appealing tales from such places as Polyneisa, Estonia, North America, Mexico, and Kikuyu. Full color.

Contents:

The golden wish (a Greek myth)

Shooting the sun (a Chinese myth)

George and the dragon (a Persian myth)

Skinning out (an Ethiopian myth)

Robin Hood and the golden arrow (an English legend)

Brave quest (a Native American myth)

Saving time (a Polynesian myth)

The lake that flew away (an Estonian legend)

Admirable hare (a legend from Ceylon)

All roads lead to Wales (a Welsh legend)

Rainbow snake (an Austalian myth)

Juno's Roman geese (a Roman legend)

John Barleycorn (an American myth)

The singer above the river (a German legend) How music was fetched out of heaven (a Mexican myth)

Whose footprints? (a myth from the Gold Coast)

The death of El Cid (a Spanish legend)

The man who almost lived forever (a Mesopotamian legend)

Stealing heaven's thunder (a Norse myth)

Anansi and the mind of God (a West Indian myth)

How men and women finally agreed (a Kikuyu myth)

First snow (a Native American myth).

ISBN:

0689807414

OCLC:

34575806