A Book of Myths

The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Book of Myths, by Jean LangThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: A Book of MythsAuthor: Jean LangIllustrator: Helen StrattonRelease Date: September 21, 2007 [EBook #22693]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A BOOK OF MYTHS ***Produced by Suzanne Shell, Sam W. and the Online DistributedProofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.netCover of A Book of Myths.End papers: A boy sits in a chair reading. Apparitions of historical figures stand to oneside.ABOOK OF MYTHSBY JEAN LANG(MRS. JOHN LANG)WITH SIXTEEN ORIGINALDRAWINGS IN COLOURBY HELEN STRATTONPublisher's deviceTHOMAS NELSON & SONSNEW YORKPRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA“WHAT WAS HE DOING, THEGREAT GOD PAN,DOWN IN THE REEDS BY THERIVER?”(See page 209)PREFACEJust as a little child holds out its hands to catch the sunbeams, to feel and to grasp what, so its eyes tell it, is actuallythere, so, down through the ages, men have stretched out their hands in eager endeavour to know their God. Andbecause only through the human was the divine knowable, the old peoples of the earth made gods of their heroes andnot unfrequently endowed these gods with as many of the vices as of the virtues of their worshippers. As we read themyths ...