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Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable

by Thomas Bulfinch

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  • Language: English
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"Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable" by Thomas Bulfinch is a collection published in 1867. This work retells classical myths, Arthurian legends, and medieval romances for English-speaking readers without knowledge of Latin or Greek. Bulfinch weaves together ancient tales with quotations from contemporary poets, creating a bridge between distant mythology and nineteenth-century literature. His accessible retellings—drawn primarily from Ovid but adapted to Victorian sensibilities—dominated American classical education for nearly a century, helping general readers comprehend the mythological references pervading English literature and polite conversation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from online-books-page and project-gutenberg matched “folklore”, “Mythology”, and “mythology”. Retained metadata contains “Mythology” in the title, “Legends” in the description, “mythological” in the description, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Mythology”· via The Online Books Page
    • “folklore”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “mythology”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Mythology”· in title
    • “Legends”· in description
    • “mythological”· in description
  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

    Controlled discovery queries from project-gutenberg matched “paganism”.

    • “paganism”· via Project Gutenberg

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2002-07-01Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

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  • Editors: Hale, Edward Everett
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): BL310 .B8
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: revised by editor
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