Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Tonya Allen and PG Distributed Proofreaders CLASSIC MYTHS Retold By MARY CATHERINE JUDD Principal of the Lincoln School Minneapolis Minn. ILLUSTRATED BY ANGUS MAC DONALL with drawings entirely from classic sources PREFACE The very cordial reception given this little book by teachers and children, both in school and out of school, has tempted me carefully to revise the stories, omitting some and adding others, in the hope of making the book still more welcome and more helpful. The illustrations in the present edition are all from classic sources, and reproduce for the reader something of the classic idea and the classic art. The book was originally prepared as an aid in Nature Study, and this thought has been retained in the present edition. By reading these myths the child will gain in interest and sympathy for the life of beast, bird, and tree; he will learn to recognize those constellations which have been as friends to the wise men of many ages. Such an acquaintance will broaden the child's life and make him see more quickly the true, the good, and the beautiful in the world about him. MARY CATHERINE JUDD. _Minneapolis, October, 1901_. TABLE OF CONTENTS How the Horses of the Sun Ran Away _Greek_ Woden, God of the Northern Sky _Norse_ Jupiter, God of the Southern Sky _Roman_ Diana, Queen of the Moon _Greek_ Jack and Jill on the Moon Mountains _Norse_ The Man in the Moon _German_ A Story of an Evening Star _Greek_ The Giant with a Belt of Stars _Greek_ The Great Bear in the Sky _Greek_ Castor and Pollux, the Starry Twins _Greek_ The Milky Way _Russian_ How Fire Came to Earth _Greek_ Beyond the Fire Island _Russian_ A Legend of the North Wind _Norse_ Orpheus, the South Wind _Greek_ The Little Wind-god _Greek_ The Voices of Nature _Finnish_ A Bag of Winds _Greek_ Echo, the Air Maiden _Greek_ Iris, the Rainbow Princess _Greek_ The Thunder-god and His Brother _Norse_ Neptune, King of the Seas _Greek_ Why Rivers Have Golden Sands _Greek_ Old Grasshopper Gray _Greek_ Where the Frogs Came from _Roman_ The Birds with Arrow Feathers _Greek_ Why the Partridge Stays Near the Ground _Greek_ Juno's Bird, the Peacock, _Roman_ The Gift of the Olive Tree, _Greek_ The Linden and the Oak, _Greek_ The Little Maiden Who Became a Laurel Tree _Greek_ The Lesson of the Leaves _Roman_ The Legend of the Seed _Greek_