Assorted countries;

Riordan, James. An Illustrated Treasury of Myths and Legends. NY: Peter Bedrick Books, 1991. (PZ8.1.R4495Ip BPL)

Dayrell, Elphinstone. Why The Sun and The Moon Live In The Sky. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1968. (398.2D Lee)

Africa

Mollel, Tololwa. The Princess Who Lost Her Hair. NJ: Troll, 1993.

The efforts of a beggar boy end the drought in the land of a haughty princess.

Africa

Mike, Jan. Gift of the Nile. NJ: Troll, 1993. (D4)

Africa

Arkhurst, Joyce. The Adventures of Spider. NY: Scholastic, 1964. (D4)

Africa

Chocolate, Deborah. Spider and the Sky God. NJ: Troll, 1993. (D4)

Hirsh, Marilyn. How The World Got Its Color. NY:Crown, 1972. (398.2H Lee)

Hong, Lily Toy. How the Ox Star Fell from Heaven. Morton Grove, Illinois: Albert Whitman, 1991. (J398.2H Milton)

Fisher, Leonard Everett. Cyclops. New York: Holiday House, 1991. (J292Fi Turner)

Fisher, Leonard Everett. The Olympians. New York: Holiday House, 1984. (J292F Milton)

Hutton, Warwick. Perseus. New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, 1993. (BL820.P5H85 BPL)

Hutton, Warwick. Theseus and the Minotaur. New York: Macmillan, 1989. (J292Hu Turner)

Lattimore, Deborah. The Prince and the Golden Ax. New York: Harper & Row, 1988. (BL820.D54L38 BPL)

Naden, C.J. Jason and the Golden Fleece. NJ:Troll, 1981. (D4)

Naden, C.J. Pegasus the Winged Horse. NJ: Troll, 1981. (D4)

Naden, C.J. Perseus and Medusa. NJ: Troll, 1981. (D4)

Naden, C.J. Theseus and the Minotaur. NJ: Troll, 1981.(D4)

Richardson, I.M. The Adventures of Eros and Psyche. NJ: Troll, 1983. (D4)

Relates how Psyche fell In love with Eros, the god of love, and became immortal.

Richardson, I.M. The Adventures of Hercules. NJ: Troll, 1983. (D4)

Hercules, son of the god Zeus and a mortal woman known for her strength performs twelve dangerous tasks to atone for an attack on his wife and children.

Richardson, I.M. Prometheus and The Story of Fire. NJ: Troll, 1983. (D4)

Tells how the Titan Prometheus created people, gave them fire he stole from the gods, and was horribly punished by Zeus.

Turska, Krystyna. Pegasus. New York: Franklin Watts, 1970. (J292 Milton)

Recounts the adventure of Pegasus, the winged horse, Bellerophon, and the Chimaera.

Yolen, Jane. Wings. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991. (J292Yo Turner)

The story of Daedalus, the Greek master craftstman, who murdered his nephew because of envy, fled to Crete, and then, with his son, tried to fly away from Crete like a bird.

Native American

(Canada)

Cleaver, Elizabeth. How Summer Came to Canada. NY: Henry Walck, 1969. (398.2T Lee)

Origin of Winter and Summer with Glooskap

Native American

(Cherokee)

Cohlene, Terri. Dancing Drum. NJ:Watermill, 1990. (D4)

Retells the Cherokee legend in which Dancing Drum tries to make Grandmother Sun smile on The People again.

Native American

(Cherokee)

Cohlene, Terri. Quillmaker. NJ: Watermill Press, 1990. (D4)

Explains the origins of the stars.

Native American

(Cheyenne)

Goble, Paul. Her Seven Brothers. NY: Macmillan, 1993. (D4)

Recounts the Cheyenne legend of the creation of the Big Dipper.

Native American

(Chippewa)

Riordan, James. An Illustrated Treasury of Myths and Legends ("Lone Bird - Shadow on the Moon"), NY: Peter Bedrick Books, 1991. (PA8.1.R4495IP BPL)

Explains the origin of the "face" in the full moon.

Native American

(Comanche, Texas)

dePaola, Tomie. The Legend of the Bluebonnet. NY: G.P. Putnam, 1983 (D4)

Retells the Comanche Indian legend of how a little girl's sacrifice brought the flower called bluebonnet to Texas.

Native American

(Eskimo)

Cohlene, Terri. Ka-ha-si and the Loon. NJ: Watermill Press, 1990. (D4)

Retells the legend of Ka-ha-si, who acquires great strength and boldness and uses them to rescue his people in times of peril.

Native American

(Makah)

Cohlene, Terri. Clamshell Boy. NJ: Water mill, 1990. (D4)

Retells the legend of Clamshell Boy who rescues a captured group of children from the dreaded wild woman, Basket Woman.

Native American

(Maritime)

Norman, Howard. How Glooskap Outwits the Ice Giants and Other Tales of the Maritime Indians. Boston: Little, Brown, 1989. (J398.2N Turner)

Six tales featuring the mythical giant who roamed the coast to New England and Canada, created the Indian peoples to keep him company, and fought battles to protect them ever after. ("How Glooskap Made Human Beings")

Native American

(Maritime)

Oughton, Jerrie. How the Stars Fell into the Sky. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. (J398.2O Milton)

A retelling of the Navajo legend that explains the patterns of the stars in the sky.

Native American

(Navajo)

Cohlene, Teri. Turquoise Boy. Mahwah, NJ: Watermill Press, 1990. (D4)

A retelling of a Navajo Indian legend in which Turquoise Boy searches for something that will make the Navajo people's lives easier.

Native American

(Navajo)

Oughton, Jerrie. How the Stars Fell into the Sky. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. (J398.2O Milton)

A retelling of a Navajo legend that explains the patterns of the stars in the sky.

Native American

(Northwest)

Shetterly, Susan Hand. Raven's Light. NY: Atheneum, 1991. (J E7BN77S54 1991 BPL)

Explains how Raven made the earth, animals, moon, and sun.

Native American

(Pauite)

Hodges, Margaret. The Fire Bringer. Boston: Little, Brown, 1972. (J PZ8.1H69F BPL)

Paiute legend from the Far West telling of how an Indian boy and his friend, Coyote, seize fire from the Fire Spirits and bring it to keep Man warm

Native American

(Plains)

Baker, Olaf. Where the Buffaloes Begin. NY: Troll Assoc., 1981. (D4)

Retells how a boy brought the Indian Paintbrush flowers and the color of sunset to the Native Americans.

Norse

(Vikings)

Hodges, Margaret. Baldur and the Mistletoe. Boston: Little, Brown, 1974. (J293H Milton)

Baldur, a young Norse god, is protected from all things except mistletoe.

So. America

(Brazil)

Lippert, Margaret. The Sea Serpent's Daughter. NJ: Troll, 1993. (D4)

Relates the traditional Brazilian legend of how the Sea Serpent's gift of darkness to his daughter brings night, the moon, and the stars to the people of the rain forest.

So. America

(Guatemala/Mayan)

Palacios, Argentina. The Hummingbird King. NJ: Troll, 1993. (D4)

A young chief who had been protected by a hummingbird is killed by his jealous uncle and then transformed into a quetzal, symbol of freedom.

So. America

(Mexico)

Mike, Jan. Oppossum and the Great Firemaker. NJ: Troll, 1993. (D4)

Relates the Cora Indian tale of how Opossum outwits the larger and more powerful Iguana and returns the stolen fire to the people of the earth. Origin of "playing possum" and why no fur on her tail.

So. America

(Peru)

Palacios, Argentina. The Llama's Secret. NJ: Troll, 1993. (D4)

A Peruvian version of the Great Flood story in which a llama warns the people and animals to seek shelter to avoid the rising water.

Tibet

Gretchen, Sylvia. Hero of the Land of Snow. Berkeley, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1990. (BL1950.T5G74 BPL) (398.2)

Recounts the Tibetan myth about the magical birth and heroic exploits of young Gesar.

Vietnam

Vuong, Lynette. Sky Legends of Vietnam ("Why the Rooster Crows at Sunrise,""How the Moon Became Ivory"). New York: Harper Collins, 1993. (J398.2VU Turner)

Exploration of the motif of the sun, moon, and stars - mysteries of the sky.