num_pages: 862
description: For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity; Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myths; and the age of chivalry have been known.The stories are divided into three sections: The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes (first published in 1855); The Age of Chivalry (1858), which contains King Arthur and His Knights, The Mabinogeon, and The Knights of English History; and Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages (1863). For the Greek myths, Bulfinch drew on Ovid and Virgil, and for the sagas of the north, from Mallet's Northern Antiquities. He provides lively versions of the myths of Zeus and Hera, Venus and Adonis, Daphne and Apollo, and their cohorts on Mount Olympus; the love story of Pygmalion and Galatea; the legends of the Trojan War and the epic wanderings of Ulysses and Aeneas; the joys of Valhalla and the furies of Thor; and the tales of Beowulf and Robin Hood.The tales are eminently readable. As Bulfinch wrote, "Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated. . . . Our book is an attempt to solve this problem, by telling the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amusement."
language: English
title: Bulfinch's Mythology
titlecomplete: Bulfinch's Mythology
characters: Rabican, Bishop Turpin, Halcyone, King Cadmus, Arthur Cadwr, Bedver, Rinaldo of Montalban, King Aegeus, Duke Sevinus, Kilydd, Agramant, Prince Anlawd, Dardinel, Pheredin, Conall Cearnach, Argalia, Strophius Orestes, Ricciardetto, Medoro, Bishop Brice, Ariosto, Moines, Anbessa, Duke Namo, Rodomont, Yspadaden Penkawr, Pirithous, Sir Turquine, Sieglinda, Sir Bohort, Sir Lionel, Richard Coeur de Lion, King Galafron, Richard Blackmore, Carahue, Cloridan, Duke Thierry, Porrex, Oliver Roland, King Ceyx, Alcmena, King Gradasso, Clarimunda, Phidias, Scopas, Somnus, Adrastus, Sacripant Bradamante, Brigliadoro, Frigga, Sultan Gaudisso, Gouvernail, Abdalrahman, Morgane le Fay, Launcelot du Lac, Sir Modred, Falerina, Bujaforte, Kelyddon, Marchevallee, Gurhyr Gwalstat, Merlin Ambrose Merlin, Guerin de Montglave, Floriac, King Agrican, Laodegan, Heveydd, Zerbino, Earl Ynywl, Pallas Athene, Utgard Loki, Santon, Gwyn ap Nudd, Thor (Norse Mythology), Galleron, Caradoc Briefbras, Gwiffert Petit, Vertumnus, Guimier, Sir Sagramour, Duke Guyon, Sansonnet, Matholch, Boiardo, Bruhier, Florismart, Hermod, Niffleheim, Hector de Marys, Sir Agrivain, Kilwich, Balisardo, Baucis, Sir Palamedes, Cyclops, Tristram of Leonais, Perceval de Galis, Lucius Tiberius, Custennin, Thialfi
genres: Fiction, Classics, Religion, Greek Mythology, Classic Literature, Folklore, Reference, Mythology, Fantasy, Literature
ratings_count: 11899
publisher: Modern Library