Book Details

Myths of the World

Padraic Colum; Illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff

Price:	£12.99
Publication Date:	25 Apr 2002
Availability:	Available to buy

A treasure-house of stories from ancient myth and legend told by one of Ireland’s greatest storytellers.

In this classical collection of tales from the ancient world are found all the legendary heroic and tragic figures of the time: Isis, Osiris, Gilgamesh, Hercules, and Pandora, to name just a few. These stories, once sacred, even now have a deep human significance, and are written in a language that recalls the rhythm and melody of traditional storytelling.

Showing the close relation between their past cultures, Padraic Colum includes stories from ancient Egypt and Babylon, Greece and Rome, Ireland and Iceland, China and Japan, New Zealand, Mexico and Peru.

Reviews

'The interest of this book lies in its scope and in the engaging way in which the myths are recounted. Suitable for bedtime reading either to yourself or your children.'
-- Scientific and Medical Network Review

About the Author(s)

Padraic Colum was born in Longford, Ireland in 1881 and typifies the best of the Irish literary renaissance of the early twentieth century. His books for children have meant good reading to several generations and are as welcome today as they were when first published. He was awarded the Regina Medal by the Catholic Literary Association in 1961 for his contribution to children's literature. He died in 1972.

Of Further Interest

Also available by the same author:
The King of Ireland's Son