Recounts the myth of Fafnir, the shape-shifting ogre whose thirst for destruction led him into a violent confrontation with the Germanic hero Siegfried.
Ulysses struggles to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, embarking on a perilous ten-year journey during which he encounters the one-eyed monster Cyclops, the sorceress Circe, and the nighmarish creatures Scylla and Charybdis.
Retelling of the ancient Greek myths, arranged in two sections: Demigods and Fables. Includes a list of Roman names for the Greek gods and a brief section on words from the Greek myths which are part of the English language.
A retelling of Old Testament stories, including some Apocrypha, in which the author has tried to recreate the characters through dialog and description.