As she danced round, she spread out her wings, flapped them, and said: "I have taken you in, old stumpy wings. I have my wings yet.

Hero promised to put a light in her tower so that he might have some beacon to guide him as he breasted the uncertain sea.

Ever wonder where we get the saying “Meek as a lamb”? This is a Brazilian story that explains just that.

Ymir or Orgelmir (seething clay), the personification of the frozen ocean, came to life amid the ice-blocks in the abyss

After creating a poisonous serpent from Ra's spittle and dust, Isis placed the serpent on the path that Ra took on his way to heaven.

I lost the key of a box and had a new key made, and afterwards I found the old one. Now, which of the keys should I keep?

The Queen being quite young and very beautiful, wants something more than the old man who is her King.

A description of where the Bear came from, and what happened to the Ani Tsagulin clan of the Cherokee.

Set, having killed his brother Osiris, took over his kingdom and his wife, Isis. This is an account of the incidents that befell Isis.

Odin was the highest and holiest god of the Northern races. He was the all-pervading spirit of the universe, the god of wisdom and victory.

A flood story as told by the Lenni Lenape, a people indigenous to North America.

It was a steep and perilous journey to the kingdom of the dead, and the road was one that no mortal foot had ever trod.

So it seemed to Perseus that his first adventure on coming to manhood must be the conquest of Medusa, the snaky haired Gorgon.

One evening as she stopped at a brookside to drink, she met a handsome youth named Narcissus, and at once fell in love with him

Pluto became king of the underworld...The kingdom of Pluto was dreaded by all mortals, and its ruler inspired men with great fear.

Daphne hated Apollo's words of passionate love, and at her own request, was turned into a laurel tree in order to escape his advances.

To himself he vowed that he would win Atalanta, but not without help from the gods was this possible. Therefore he sought Aphrodite herself

The alternative name for this narrative is "The Origin of Head-hunting". The story told by the Bontoc Igorot of the Philippines.

When Osiris was born, signs and wonders were seen all over the world, for a voice echoed: "The Lord of the Universe comes to light."

He then went home, but concealed from his father the fact that he had fallen in love with the beautiful daughter of the tortoise.