Myths

Myths

Myths are traditional stories from the early history of a culture which typically involve a supernatural being or a major event.

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Halcyone the Queen

Halcyone and Ceyx

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Halycone, the Queen of Thessaly, wanders along the bleak sea-beach and watching for the brown sail of her husband the King, who has gone to seek council from the oracle.
Spirits of the Catskills

Spirits of the Catskill Mountains

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The Catskill mountains have always been a region full of fable, long considered the abode of spirits...
King Midas Judging the Musical Contest between Apollo and Pan. 17th century painting by Filippo Lauri

King Midas Judges a Music Contest

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When wandering the hillside in search of peace, one day King Midas changed upon a music contest between Pan and Apollo.
King Midas painting by Michelangelo Cerquozzi (Rome 1602-1660)

King Midas and the Golden Touch

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When the god Bacchus grants King Midas a wish, he asks for the ability to turn anything he touches into gold.
Orpheus and his lute

Orpheus and his Lute

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When Orpheus loses his wife Eurydice to a snakebite, he ventures into Hades to try to win her back.
Pygmalion and the Statue

Pygmalion and the Statue

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Master sculptor Pygmalion falls in love with the statue of a woman he is carving.

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S. E. Schlosser
S. E. Schlosser
Editor of WorldFolklore.net and AmericanFolklore.net, S.E. Schlosser is the author of the Spooky Series by Globe Pequot Press. She has been telling stories since she was a child, when games of "let's pretend" quickly built themselves into full-length tales acted out with friends. A graduate of both Houghton College and the Institute of Children's Literature, Sandy received her MLS from Rutgers University while working as a full-time music teacher and a freelance author.

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