Bulfinch Mythology

Unlike Nathaniel Hawthorne's retelling of Roman and Greek mythology for children, Thomas Bulfinch wrote for adults and the young. Much of Bulfinch's Mythology comes from his own translations of Ovid's Metamorphoses.

For more on Thomas Bulfinch, see the Bulfinch Profile and Bulfinch's Introduction.

Thomas Bulfinch's - The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes

Contents

Chapter I. Introduction.
Chapter II. Prometheus and Pandora.
Chapter III. Apollo and Daphne - Pyramus and Thisbe - Cephalus and Procris.
Chapter IV. Juno and Her Rivals, Io and Callisto - Diana and Actaeon - Latona and The Rustics.
Chapter V. Phaeton.
Chapter VI. Midas - Baucis and Philemon.
Chapter VII. Proserpine - Glaucus and Scylla.
Chapter VIII. Pygmalion - Dryope - Venus and Adonis - Apollo and Hyacinthus.
Chapter IX. Ceyx and Halcyone: or, The Halcyon Birds.
Chapter X. Vertumnus and Pomona.
Chapter XI. Cupid and Psyche.
Chapter XII. Cadmus - The Myrmidons.
Chapter XIII. Nisus and Scylla - Echo and Narcissus - Clytie - Hero and Leander.
Chapter XIV. Minerva - Niobe.
Chapter XV. The Graeae and Gorgons - Perseus - Medusa - Atlas - Andromeda.
Chapter XVI. Monsters - Giants, Sphinx, Pegasus and Chimaera, Centaurs, Griffin, and Pygmies.
Chapter XVII. The Golden Fleece - Medea.
Chapter XVIII. Meleager and Atalanta
Chapter XIX. Hercules -- Hebe and Ganymede
Chapter XX. Theseus and Daedalus -- Castor and Pollux -- Festivals and Games

Chapter XXI. Bacchus and Ariadne
Chapter XXII. The Rural Deities -- The Dryads and Erisichthon -- Rhoecus -- Water Deities -- Camenae -- Winds
Chapter XXX. The Phaeacians -- Fate of the Suitors.
Chapter XXXI. Adventures of Aeneas -- The Harpies -- Dido -- Palinurus
Chapter XXXII. The Infernal Regions - The Sibyl
Chapter XXXIII. Camilla -- Evander -- Nisus and Euryalus -- Mezentius -- Turnus
Chapter XXXIV. Pythagoras -- Egyptian Deities -- Oracles
Chapter XXXV. Origin of Mythology -- Statues of Gods and Goddesses -- Poets of Mythology
Chapter XXXVIII. Northern Mythology - Valhalla - The Valkyrior.
Chapter XXXIX. Thor's Visit to Jotunheim - The Giant's Country.
Chapter XL. The Death Of Baldur - The Elves - Runic Letters - Iceland - Teutonic Mythology - Nibelungen Lied.

Bulfinch Glossary

Famous People Biographies
Ancient / Classical History Glossary
Maps
Latin Quotations and Translations
Primary Texts /Literature and Translations
Quotes Index
Today in History
Ancient / Classical History Articles

Introduction to Greek Mythology

Myth in Daily Life | What Is Myth? | Myths vs. Legends | Gods in the Heroic Age - Bible vs. Biblos | Creation Stories | Uranos' Revenge | Titanomachy | Olympian Gods and Goddesses | Five Ages of Man | Philemon and Baucis | Prometheus | Trojan War | Bulfinch Mythology | Myths and Legends | Golden Fleece and the Tanglewood Tales, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Major Gods and Goddesses