{"product_id":"9781537638485","title":"Myths That Every Child Should Know","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassics for Your Collection:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont color=\"blue\"\u003egoo.gl\/U80LCr\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e---------\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a collection of the basic myths in Greek and Norse mythology which every child should know. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction from the Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong every people and in every language there are found stories, superstitions, traditions, phrases, which are not to be explained by the thoughts or ideas or beliefs of people now living; and the same stories, superstitions, phrases, are found among people as far apart as those of Norway and Australia. The people of to-day tell these stories or remember the superstitions or use the phrases without understanding where they came from or what they meant when first used. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the ground in some sections is full of arrow heads that have been buried no one knows how many centuries, so the poetry we read, the music we hear, the stories told us when we are children, have come down from a time in the history of man so early that there are in many cases no other records or remains of it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese stories vary greatly in details; they fit every climate and wear the peculiar dress of every country; but it is easy to see that they are made up of the same materials, and that they describe the same persons or ideas or things whether they are told in Greece or India or Norway or Brittany. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWherever they are found they make it certain that they come from a very remote time and grew out of ideas or feelings and ways of looking at the world which a great many men shared in common in many places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a man sneezes, people still say in some countries, \"God bless you.\" They do not know why they say it; they simply repeat what they heard older people say when they were children, and do not know that every time they use these words they recall the age when people believed that evil spirits could enter into a man, and that when a man sneezed he expelled one of these spirits. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a very old and widely spread superstition that when a dog howls at night someone not far away is dying or will soon die.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany people are uncomfortable when they hear a dog howling after dark, not because they believe that dogs have any knowledge that death is present or coming, but because their ancestors for many centuries believed that the howling of a dog was ominous, and the habits of our ancestors leave deep traces in our natures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScroll Up and Get Your Copy!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso by Hamilton Wright Mabie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFairy Tales Every Child Should Know https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/6516484\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFolk Tales Every Child Should Know https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/6567457\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamous Stories Every Child Should Know https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/6571014\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeroes Every Child Should Know https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/6570735\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Oz Series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook 1: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/6426287\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook 2: The Marvelous Land of Oz https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/6462832\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook 3: Ozma of Oz https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/6356346\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook 4: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/6464450\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook 5: The Road to Oz https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/6464521\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook 6: The Emerald City of Oz https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/6464602\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook 7: The Patchwork Girl of Oz https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/6464682\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook 8: TIK-TOK of Oz https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/6353841\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook 9: The Scarecrow of Oz https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/6461981\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook 10: Rinkitink in Oz https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/6464764\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook 11: The Lost Princess of Oz https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/6465342\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook 12: The Tin Woodman of Oz https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/6466582\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook 13: The Magic of Oz https:\/\/www.createspace.com\/6466620\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBook 14: Glinda of OZ\u003cbr\u003ehttps:\/\/www.createspace.com\/6461890\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CreateSpace Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030297166064,"sku":"9781537638485","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781537638485_p0.jpg?v=1763744116","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781537638485","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}