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Myths and legends of the world / retold by Alli Brydon ; illustrated by Julia Iredale.

by Brydon, Alli, author.

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Carlton, Victoria : Lonely Planet Global Limited, 2019.

Mythology -- Juvenile literature.

Legends -- Juvenile literature.

9781788683081 (hardback)

1788683080 (hardback)

Lonely Planet kids.

191 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm.

AFRICA. The creation of the world -- The tale of the ghosts and the flutes -- The story of the bat and sun -- Anansi and the box of stories -- EUROPE. The Selkies -- The fisherman and his wife -- Athena, Arachne, and the dueling looms -- ASIA. Ganesh -- Pangu and Nuwa -- Nyai Loro Kidul, queen of the sea -- OCEANIA. The legend of Māui -- Uluru -- The rainbow serpent -- THE AMERICAS. Coyote steals fire for the people -- The white buffalo calf woman -- The legend of Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl -- The hero twins visit the Underworld -- The Mapinguary -- El Alicanto -- THE ARCTIC. Sedna, the mother of the sea -- Neikija and the Northern Lights.

Retells twenty-one myths and legends from around the world, including tales featuring gods and goddesses, talking fish, and clever spiders.

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