Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
A beautiful collection of stories from far and wide by a master storyteller
This silver treasure of twenty-three myths and legends contains the well-loved tales of such legendary figures as King Arthur and William Tell, as well as the Russian Christmas legend "Babushka"; a story about mining for silver in Bolivia; a Japanese tale of a girl who falls in love with a lighthouse keeper; and the Alaskan Merit myth of "The Raven and the Moon".
As they did in The Golden Hoard, their previous, highly acclaimed collection of myths and legends of the world, Geraldine McCaughrean and Bee Willey have drawn on the background culture of each story to create brilliantly retold and exquisitely illustrated stories in a way that everyone will enjoy.
Table of Contents
The silver-miners: a legend from Bolivia -- The men in the moon: a myth from Kenya -- Dream journey: a Maori myth -- Roland and Horn Olivant: a legend from France -- A question of life and death: a Greek myth -- The harp of Dagda: an Irish myth -- A nest and a web: a legend from the Middle East -- Ash: a Native American myth of the Tlingit tribe -- The Tower of Babel: a Hebrew myth -- Saint Christopher: a European legend -- God moves away: a myth from Togo.