Posts in The Copybook tagged ‘Myths, Fairytales and Legends’
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© Heinz Schmitz, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.5.
Sending a hero off to ‘certain death’ never seems to work out...
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© Olaf Tausch, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.
Two men find an axe, and then find some trouble, but they aren’t keen on sharing either of them.
© Sandeep Nanu, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.
John Wood shares the wonder of the Indian cobra’s hood, in science and in myth.
By Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
The beginning of Robert Southey’s classic fairy tale.
© Julian Paren, Geograph. CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baldur was the toast of Valhalla, but Loki was determined to take him down.
© Tapas Kumar Halder, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.
Francis Bain’s alternative Adam and Eve story left its own question unanswered.
By Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
As penance for involuntary manslaughter, Heracles was sentenced to slavery under the playful rod of Omphale, Queen of Lydia.