Twisted Myths
Writer: Maura McHugh
Editor: Samantha Warrington
Illustrator: Jane Laurie
Cover & Design: Martin Stiff
Publisher: Barron’s Education Series
Hardcover: 144 pages
ISBN-10: 0764166204
ISBN-13: 978-0764166204
Purchase: Amazon.com
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A large-format hardback book, containing twenty classic myths accompanied by lavish illustrations.
Table of Contents
- Eros and Psyche (Greek)
- The Golden Apples of Idun (Norse)
- The Coming of the Tuatha dé Dannan (Irish)
- Lord Ganesha (Hindu – Indian)
- Prometheus and Pandora (Greek)
- Maui Finds Death (Maori)
- The Patience of Isis (Egyptian)
- Ishtar Descends to the Underworld (Sumerian)
- The Fifth Sun (Aztec)
- Sekhmet’s Thirst (Egyptian)
- Odin’s Sacrifice (Norse)
- Pele Comes to Hawai’i (Hawaiian)
- The Magician’s Head (Yorubaland – African)
- White Buffalo Woman (Seneca – Native American)
- The People of Mud, Flesh, and Wood (Quiché – Guatamalan)
- Nu Wa Saves the World (Chinese)
- Izanagi and Izanami (Japanese)
- Amaterasu Hides Her Face (Japanese)
- Monkey: Sage of Heaven (Chinese)
- The Voice, The Flood, and The Turtle (Caddo – Native American)
