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Informationen zum Autor Padraic Colum (1881-1972) was born in Longford, Ireland. He was a poet, novelist and collector of folklore, and was one of the leading figures of the Irish Literary Revival. Klappentext In this Comprehensive collection of tales from long ago are found all the legendary heroes and heroines and the tragic figures of ancient times: Iris, Osiris, Gilgamesh, Hercules, and Pandora, to name just a few. These primal stories, long held sacred, have carried their deeply human significance throughout the centuries.Padraic Colum brings these stories to life again by recalling the rhythm and melody of traditional storytelling.He also shows the close relationship between past cultures, including stories from ancient Egypt and Babylon, Greece and Rome, Ireland and Iceland, China and Japan, New Zealand, Mexico, and Peru. Zusammenfassung A treasure trove of stories from the ancient world, retold by one of Ireland's greatest storytellers. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Significance of MythologyEgyptian:Osiris and IrisRa, his Going-Down and UprisingBabylonian:In the BeginningGilgameshThe Story of Utnapishtim and of the Deluge that Destroyed all that was on the EarthIshtar's Descent into the World BelowPersian:Jemshid the ResplendentJewish post-Christian Period:The Angels and the Creation and Fall of ManThe Confounding of the Angel of DeathGreece:In the BeginningPrometheusPandoraDemeterOrpheusDionysosApolloHeraklesRoman:The Children of MarsNuma the Law-GiverThe SibylPomona and VertumnusGreco-Roman:Cupid and PsycheCeltic:Irish: Midir and EtainThe Death of Conaire Mor, the King of IrelandThe Voyage of Bran to the Land of the ImmortalsWelsh: Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed and his Visit to Annwn, the Realm of FaerieMath, the Son of MathonwyFinnish:Lemminkainen, his Destruction and his Restoration to LifeIcelandic:In the BeginningThe Building of the wallMimirBalderLoki's PunishmentThe Children of LokiRagnarok, the Fate of the GodsIndian:Vedic: The Heavenly Nymph and her Mortal HusbandEpic: The Churning of the OceanThe Birth of the GangesSavitri and the Lord of DeathDamayanti's ChoiceBuddhist: Gotama's AttainmentChinese:In the BeginningThe Weaver Maiden and the HerdsmanJapanese:The Sun Goddess and the Storm God and the Strife there was Between themThe First PeoplePolynesian:In the Beginning Maui the Fire BringerHow Maui Strove to Win Immortality for All CreaturesPele, Hawaii's Goddess of Volcanic FirePeruvian:ViracochaThe Llama-herder and the Virgin of the SunCentral American and Mexican:In the BeginningThe Twin Heroes and the lords of XibalbaQuetzalcoatlQuetzalcoatl's EnemyThe Gods of the AztecsThe AztecsZuni:Paiyatuma and the Maidens of the Corn...
