The Junior Classics, Volume 2: Folk Tales and Myths
Junior Classics
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The Junior Classics
SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY WILLIAM PATTEN MANAGING EDITOR OF THE HARVARD CLASSICS
INTRODUCTION BY CHARLES W. ELIOT, LL.D. PRESIDENT EMERITUS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY
WITH A READING GUIDE BY WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON, Ph.D. PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT SMITH COLLEGE, NORTHAMPTON, MASS., SINCE 1917
VOLUME TWO
Folk Tales and Myths
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The Junior Classics, Volume 2: Folk Tales and Myths
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
NOTE
THE NORTHMEN’S STORY OF HOW ALL THINGS BEGAN
HOW THE QUEEN OF THE SKY GAVE GIFTS TO MEN
THE DWARFS AND THE FAIRIES
HOW THOR WENT TO JÖTUNHEIM
HOW THOR’S HAMMER WAS LOST AND FOUND
IDUNA’S APPLES OF YOUTH
I. REFLECTIONS IN THE WATER
II. THE WINGED-GIANT
III. HELA
IV. THROUGH FLOOD AND FIRE
HOW THE FENRIS WOLF WAS CHAINED
THE STORY OF BALDER THE BEAUTIFUL
THE WONDERFUL QUERN STONES
BRUNHILDA AND THE MAGIC SWORD
BRUNHILDA’S SLEEP GUARDED BY LOKI’S FIERY ARM
HOW SIEGFRIED KILLED THE DRAGON
HOW SIEGFRIED FINDS BRUNHILDA
THE PLOT AGAINST THE BEAUTIFUL ELSA OF BRABANT
THE KNIGHTS OF THE HOLY GRAIL
LOHENGRIN THE CHAMPION OF ELSA OF BRABANT
ORTRUDA PLOTS FOR REVENGE
THE DEPARTURE OF LOHENGRIN
THE WOOING OF THE DAUGHTER OF THE KING OF IRELAND
THE LADY OF KYNAST
THE GUARDIAN ANGEL
THE GIANT WHO LAUGHED AT A DWARF
THE LEGEND OF SAINT CHRISTOPHER
PRINCE IVAN AND THE GRAY WOLF
KING ROBERT OF SICILY
THE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX
DAPHNE, CHILD OF THE MORNING
THE VENGEANCE OF APOLLO
THE STORY OF ARION
THE BATTLE OF THE FROGS AND THE MICE
ORPHEUS THE SWEET SINGER
NIOBE, A VICTIM OF LATONA’S JEALOUSY
THE SAD STORY OF PYRAMUS AND THISBE
THE TWELVE LABORS OF HERCULES
HERCULES’S SEARCH FOR THE APPLES OF HESPERIDES
THE STORY OF CUPID AND PSYCHE
HOW PHAËTON DROVE THE SUN
BAUCIS AND PHILEMON, WHO WERE CHANGED INTO TWO TREES
THE PARADISE OF CHILDREN
RIP VAN WINKLE
THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
THE HARE WHO THOUGHT THE WORLD HAD COME TO AN END
THE WATERING OF THE SAPLINGS
THE OLD HARE AND THE ELEPHANTS
THE ELEPHANT HAS A BET WITH THE TIGER
HOW THE TORTOISE OUTRAN THE DEER
WHICH WAS THE STRONGER, THE TORTOISE, THE TAPIR, OR THE WHALE?
HOW THE TURTLE GOT HIS SHELL
THE LEGEND OF RATA
WHY THE HIPPOPOTAMUS LIVES IN THE WATER
WHY THE ELEPHANT HAS SMALL EYES
THE BOY WHO SET A SNARE FOR THE SUN
THE BIRD LOVER
WUNZH, THE FATHER OF INDIAN CORN
WHEN BRER WOLF HAVE HIS CORN SHUCKING
BRER RABBIT’S COOL AIR SWING
THE FOUR SEASONS
THE THREE LEMONS
THE WINTER-SPIRIT AND HIS VISITOR
