The golden hoard : myths and legends of the world / Geraldine McCaughrean ; illustrated by Bee Willey.
| Author/creator | McCaughrean, Geraldine |
| Other author | Willey, Bee. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st U.S. ed. |
| Publication Info | New York, N.Y. : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1996, ©1995. |
| Description | vi, 130 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Myths and legends of the world |
| Contents | The golden wish (a Greek myth) -- Shooting the sun (a Chinese myth) -- George and the dragon (a Persian myth) -- Skinning out (an Ethiopian myth) -- Robin Hood and the golden arrow (an English legend) -- Brave quest (a Native American myth) -- Saving time (a Polynesian myth) -- The lake that flew away (an Estonian legend) -- Admirable hare (a legend from Ceylon) -- All roads lead to Wales (a Welsh legend) -- Rainbow snake (an Austalian myth) -- Juno's Roman geese (a Roman legend) -- John Barleycorn (an American myth) -- The singer above the river (a German legend). |
| Contents | How music was fetched out of heaven (a Mexican myth) -- Whose footprints? (a myth from the Gold Coast) -- The death of El Cid (a Spanish legend) -- The man who almost lived forever (a Mesopotamian legend) -- Stealing heaven's thunder (a Norse myth) -- Anansi and the mind of God (a West Indian myth) -- How men and women finally agreed (a Kikuyu myth) -- First snow (a Native American myth). |
| LCCN | 95078242 |
| ISBN | 0689807414 : |