Orpheus, Myths of the World - Tapa blanda

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Padraic Colum, the great Irish storyteller, brought together this treasure house of stories from ancient myth and legend, stories that were once sacred and that still have a deep human significance. In this classic collection, he retells stories on similar themes from many different past cultures. He includes stories from ancient Egypt and Babylon, Greece and Rome, Ireland and Iceland, China and Japan, New Zealand, Mexico, and Peru. Here are found all the legendary heroic and tragic figures of the ancient world: Isis, Osiris, Gilgamesh, Hercules, Pandora, and many more.