A Book of Children's Literature, Volume 2Lillian Hollowell Rinehart, 1950 - 697 pages |
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... hero tales is almost limitless . There are historical , biographical , mythical , and legendary stories about great and noble deeds . The myth and the hero tale are often one ; for instance , the chief interest in the adventures of ...
... hero tales is almost limitless . There are historical , biographical , mythical , and legendary stories about great and noble deeds . The myth and the hero tale are often one ; for instance , the chief interest in the adventures of ...
Page 310
... hero . From the far south a helmet was brought , a wondrous casque most wondrously wrought . Men said that it was the handiwork of Vul- can , the lame blacksmith of the golden age , -the age when the gods still lived , and mingled with ...
... hero . From the far south a helmet was brought , a wondrous casque most wondrously wrought . Men said that it was the handiwork of Vul- can , the lame blacksmith of the golden age , -the age when the gods still lived , and mingled with ...
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... hero , Sigurd . A variation of this is the German epic , Nibelungenlied , which recounts similar deeds of the hero , Siegfried . It is likely that the two epics had a common origin and that each developed independently from ancient ...
... hero , Sigurd . A variation of this is the German epic , Nibelungenlied , which recounts similar deeds of the hero , Siegfried . It is likely that the two epics had a common origin and that each developed independently from ancient ...
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