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191 pages
colour illustrations, maps.
Contents: 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.
Summary: Retells twenty-one myths and legends from around the world, including tales featuring gods and goddesses, talking fish, and clever spiders.
Lonely Planet kids.