The golden hoard
Subtitle: myths and legends of the world
By: Geraldine McCaughrean ; illustrated by Bee Willey
Contributors: Willey, Bee, ill
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: M.K. McElderry
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9780689807411
Subjects: Tales; Mythology; Juvenile literature; Legends; Folklore
Description: A collection of twenty-two myths and legends, retold from many lands and many cultures.
Table of contents: title: The golden wish (a Greek myth); title: Shooting the sun (a Chinese myth); title: George and the dragon (a Persian myth); title: Skinning out (an Ethiopian myth); title: Robin Hood and the golden arrow (an English legend); title: Brave quest (a Native American myth); title: Saving time (a Polynesian myth); title: The lake that flew away (an Estonian legend); title: Admirable hare (a legend from Ceylon); title: All roads lead to Wales (a Welsh legend); title: Rainbow snake (an Austalian myth); title: Juno's Roman geese (a Roman legend); title: John Barleycorn (an American myth); title: The singer above the river (a German legend).; title: How music was fetched out of heaven (a Mexican myth); title: Whose footprints? (a myth from the Gold Coast); title: The death of El Cid (a Spanish legend); title: The man who almost lived forever (a Mesopotamian legend); title: Stealing heaven's thunder (a Norse myth); title: Anansi and the mind of God (a West Indian myth); title: How men and women finally agreed (a Kikuyu myth); title: First snow (a Native American myth).