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The Age of Fable eBook

Thomas Bulfinch

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Start of eBook	1
STORIES OF GODS AND HEROES	1
THE MABINOGEON	2
LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGNE	2
GLOSSARY	2
CHAPTER I	2
INTRODUCTION	2
ROMAN DIVINITIES	8
CHAPTER II	9
CHAPTER III	14
APOLLO AND DAPHNE	15
PYRAMUS AND THISBE	17
CEPHALUS AND PROCRIS	19
CHAPTER IV	20
CALLISTO	23
DIANA AND ACTAEON	24
LATONA AND THE RUSTICS	26
CHAPTER V	27
CHAPTER VI	33
BAUCIS AND PHILEMON	35
CHAPTER VII	37
GLAUCUS AND SCYLLA	42
CHAPTER VIII	44
DRYOPE	46
VENUS AND ADONIS	47
APOLLO AND HYACINTHUS	48
CHAPTER IX	49
CHAPTER X	54
CHAPTER XI	57
CHAPTER XII	65
THE MYRMIDONS	67
CHAPTER XIII	70
NISUS AND SCYLLA	70
ECHO AND NARCISSUS	71
CLYTIE	74
HERO AND LEANDER	75
CHAPTER XIV	76
MINERVA	76
NIOBE	79
CHAPTER XV	81
THE GRAEAE AND THE GORGONS	81
PERSEUS AND MEDUSA	82
PERSEUS AND ATLAS	82
THE SEA-MONSTER	83
THE WEDDING FEAST	85
CHAPTER XVI	86
THE SPHINX	86
PEGASUS AND THE CHIMAERA	87
THE CENTAURS	89
THE PYGMIES	89
THE GRIFFIN, OR GRYPHON	90
CHAPTER XVII	90
THE GOLDEN FLEECE	90
MEDEA AND AESON	93
CHAPTER XVIII	96
ATALANTA	98
CHAPTER XIX	100
HERCULES	100
HEBE AND GANYMEDE	104
CHAPTER XX	105
THESEUS	105
OLYMPIC AND OTHER GAMES	108
DAEDALUS	108
CASTOR AND POLLUX	110
CHAPTER XXI	111
BACCHUS	111
CHAPTER XXIX.	115
CHAPTER XXII	115
THE RURAL DEITIES	115
ERISICHTHON	117
RHOECUS	119
THE WATER DEITIES	120
NEPTUNE	120
AMPHITRITE	120
NEREUS AND DORIS	120
TRITON AND PROTEUS	120
THETIS	120
LEUCOTHEA AND PALAEMON	120
THE CAMENAE	121
THE WINDS	121
CHAPTER XXIII	122
ACHELOUS AND HERCULES	122
ADMETUS AND ALCESTIS	124
ANTIGONE	125
PENELOPE	127
CHAPTER XXIV	127
ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE	127
ARISTAEUS, THE BEE-KEEPER	130
AMPHION	132
LINUS	132
THAMYRIS	133
MARSYAS	133
MELAMPUS	133
CHAPTER XXV	133
ARION	134
IBYCUS	136
SIMONIDES	138
SAPPHO	139
CHAPTER XXVI	140
DIANA AND ENDYMION	140
ORION	141
AURORA AND TITHONUS	142
ACIS AND GALATEA	143
CHAPTER XXVII	144
CHAPTER XXVIII	156
THE FALL OF TROY	156
MENELAUS AND HELEN	159
AGAMEMNON, ORESTES, AND ELECTRA	160
TROY	162
CHAPTER XXIX	162
RETURN OF ULYSSES	162
THE LAESTRYGONIANS	165
SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS	167
CHAPTER XXX	169
THE PHAEACIANS	169
FATE OF THE SUITORS	174
CHAPTER XXXI	177
ADVENTURES OF AENEAS	177
DIDO	180
FROM THE LATIN	181
CHAPTER XXXII	182
THE INFERNAL REGIONS	182
ELYSIUM	188
THE SIBYL	188
CHAPTER XXXIII	189
OPENING THE GATES OF JANUS	191
CAMILLA	191
EVANDER	192
INFANT ROME	192
NISUS AND EURYALUS	194
MEZENTIUS	196
PALLAS, CAMILLA, TURNUS	197
CHAPTER XXXIV	198
PYTHAGORAS	198
SYBARIS AND CROTONA	200
EGYPTIAN DEITIES	201
MYTH OF OSIRIS AND ISIS	201
ORACLE OF TROPHONIUS	204
ORACLE OF AESCULAPIUS	205
ORACLE OF APIS	205
CHAPTER XXXV	206
ORIGINS OF MYTHOLOGY	206
STATUES OF THE GODS	208
THE OLYMPIAN JUPITER	208
THE MINERVA OF THE PARTHENON	209
THE VENUS DE’ MEDICI	209
THE APOLLO BELVEDERE	210
THE DIANA A LA BICHE	210
THE POETS OF MYTHOLOGY	210
VIRGIL	211
OVID	212
CHAPTER XXXVI	213
MODERN MONSTERS	213
THE PHOENIX	213
THE COCKATRICE, OR BASILISK	214
THE UNICORN	216
THE SALAMANDER	217
CHAPTER XXXVII	218
ZOROASTER	218
HINDU MYTHOLOGY	220
VISHNU	220
SIVA	220
JUGGERNAUT	221
CASTES	221
BUDDHA	223
THE GRAND LAMA	224
PRESTER JOHN	224
CHAPTER XXXVIII	225
NORTHERN MYTHOLOGY	225
OF THE JOYS OF VALHALLA	226
THE VALKYRIE	227
OF THOR AND THE OTHER GODS	227
OF LOKI AND HIS PROGENY	228
THE RECOVERY OF THE HAMMER	230
CHAPTER XXXIX	230
THOR’S VISIT TO JOTUNHEIM, THE GIANT’S COUNTRY	231
CHAPTER XL	235
THE DEATH OF BALDUR	235
THE ELVES	238
RAGNAROK, THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS	238
RUNIC LETTERS	239
THE SKALDS	240
ICELAND	240
TEUTONIC MYTHOLOGY	241
THE NIBELUNGEN LIED	241
THE NIBELUNGEN HOARD	242
WAGNER’S NIBELUNGEN RING	242
CHAPTER XLI	244
DRUIDS	244
IONA	247
KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS	250
CHAPTER I	250
INTRODUCTION	250
THE TRAINING OF A KNIGHT	251
FREEMEN, VILLAINS, SERFS, AND CLERKS	252
TOURNAMENTS	253
MAIL ARMOR	253
HELMETS	254
ROMANCES	254
METRICAL ROMANCES	256
CHAPTER II	258
BLADUD	260
LEIR	261
FERREX AND PORREX	262
DUNWALLO MOLMUTIUS	262
ELIDURE	262
LUD	263
CASSIBELLAUNUS	263
KYMBELINUS, OR CYMBELINE	264
ARMORICA	264
CHAPTER III	265
CHAPTER IV	268
KING ARTHUR	270
ARTHUR CHOSEN KING	271
GUENEVER	273
CHAPTER V	276
KING ARTHUR SLAYS THE GIANT OF ST. MICHAEL’S MOUNT	280
KING ARTHUR GETS A SWORD FROM THE LADY OF THE LAKE	281
CHAPTER VI	282
SIR GAWAIN’S MARRIAGE	282
CHAPTER VII	285
CHAPTER VIII	288
SIR LAUNCELOT	289
CHAPTER IX	296
CHAPTER X	300
CHAPTER XI	303
CHAPTER XII	306
CHAPTER XIII	311
CHAPTER XIV	316
SIR TRISTRAM AS A SPORTSMAN	318
CHAPTER XV	319
CHAPTER XVI	322
CHAPTER XVII	324
CHAPTER XVIII	326
CHAPTER XIX	331
SIR GALAHAD	332
SIR GAWAIN	334
CHAPTER XX	335
SIR LAUNCELOT	335
SIR PERCEVAL	337
CHAPTER XXI	339
SIR BOHORT	339
SIR GALAHAD	344
CHAPTER XXII	346
CHAPTER XXIII	351
THE MABINOGEON	358
CHAPTER I	360
THE WELSH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE	361
THE WELSH BARDS	362
THE TRIADS	362
CHAPTER II	363
KYNON’S ADVENTURE	363
CHAPTER III	367
OWAIN’S ADVENTURE	367
CHAPTER IV	372
GAWAIN’S ADVENTURE	372
THE ADVENTURE OF THE LION	374
CHAPTER V	377
CHAPTER VI	384
CHAPTER VII	390
CHAPTER VIII	398
CHAPTER IX	402
CHAPTER X	408
CHAPTER XI	416
CHAPTER XII	424
CHAPTER XIII	428
HERO MYTHS OF THE BRITISH RACE	433
CUCHULAIN, CHAMPION OF IRELAND	435
HEREWARD THE WAKE	437
ROBIN HOOD	439
LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGNE	441
INTRODUCTION	441
THE PEERS, OR PALADINS	447
ORLANDO	447
ROLAND AND FERRAGUS	448
A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER	449
RINALDO	450
THE TOURNAMENT	452
THE SIEGE OF ALBRACCA	458
ADVENTURES OF RINALDO AND ORLANDO	465
THE INVASION OF FRANCE	472
BRADAMANTE AND ROGERO	485
ASTOLPHO AND THE ENCHANTRESS	492
THE ORC	499
ASTOLPHO’S ADVENTURES CONTINUED, AND ISABELLA’S BEGUN	504
MEDORO	508
ORLANDO MAD	514
ZERBINO AND ISABELLA	519
ASTOLPHO IN ABYSSINIA	525
THE WAR IN AFRICA	530
ROGERO AND BRADAMANTE	538
THE BATTLE OF RONCESVALLES	547
RINALDO AND BAYARD	556
DEATH OF RINALDO	560
HUON OF BORDEAUX	564
OGIER, THE DANE	580
GLOSSARY	596
B	601
C	602
E	605
F	607
FEAR	607
FORTUNATE FIELDS	607
G	608
H	610
I	612
ISLES OF THE BLESSED	612
J	613
K	613
L	613
LIBYAN OASIS	614
M	615
MIDAS	616
N	617
O	618
ODERIC	618
P	619
PHOCIS	621
POLE STAR	621
PYTHIAN GAMES	623
Q	623
R	623
ROMANCES	623
ROME	623
S	624
SHALOTT, THE LADY OF	625
SPRING	626
SWAN, LEDA AND	626
T	626
THESSALY	627
THRACE	627
TROJAN WAR	628
TYRIANS	628
U	628
V	628
W	629
WELSH LANGUAGE	629
WINDS, THE	629
WOOD NYMPHS	629
X	629
Y	629
YEAR, THE	629
Z	629
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