Category: | Our Mythical Childhood Survey

John Harris , Mark Todd

My Monster Notebook is a picture book that gives information about several mythological monsters: Echidna, Orthrus and Geryon, Briareus, Ethon, Argus, Lamia and Keto, the Teuemessian Fox, Hecate, Typhon, Erinyes, Proteus, Cacus, Circe, Triton (and the tritons), Graeae, Nereids, Talos, Python, and Ladon. It is formatted like a young teenager’s exercise book for a class project on Monsters, and uses trompe-l’oeil, collage and sketches to present the material. On the inside cover is a n(...)

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YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Aethon / Ethon (Eagle) Argos / Argus Panoptes (Giant) Briareus / Briareos Cacus Ceto Circe Echidna Erinyes Geryon Graeae / Graiai Hecate Heracles Jason Ladon Lamia Nereid(s) Odysseus / Ulysses Orthrus Poseidon Proteus Python Talos (Automaton) Teumessian Fox Triton Typhon / Typhoeus / Typhaon Zeus

Jon Klassen , Sara Pennypacker

Pax

The story is about young boy Peter and his beloved pet–a fox named Pax. When war breaks out and friends have to separate, so Peter – convinced by his father, who was called up for military service – leaves Pax far away from home, in the middle of nowhere. The boy, however, can not come to terms with such a drastic parting and runs away from his new home – he wants to find the fox at all costs. Similarly, Pax, though lost and confused at first, decides to find a friend. Co(...)

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YEAR: 2016

COUNTRY: United States of America

TAGS: Latin (Language) Teumessian Fox

Henry Lion Oldie

The Grandson of Perseus. Book 1: My Grandfather is Exterminator [Внук Персея. Книга I: Мой дедушка – Истребитель (Vnuk Perseia. Kniga I: Moi dedushka – Istrebitel')]

This is a heroic fantasy fiction based on the rare versions of myths of Perseus and Amphitryon, aimed at young adults, in novel format. Prequel to the novel A Hero Must Be Alone, published 17 years before by the same authors. The novel tells about the childhood and youth of Amphitryon and his exploits, preceded the birth of Hercules.The plot of the first book (My Grandfather Is Exterminator, 2011) evolves around sibling rivalry and ideological confrontation between two sons of Zeus from mortal w(...)

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YEAR: 2011

COUNTRY: Russia

TAGS: Acrisius / Akrisios Alcaeus Alcmene Amphitryon Andromeda Argos (City) Atreus Cephalus Comaetho Creon Dionysus / Dionysos Electryon Heracles Hercules Mycenae Mysteries Pelops Perseus Poseidon Teleboans Teumessian Fox Thyestes Tiryns Zeus

Henry Lion Oldie

The Grandson of Perseus. Book 2: The Son of the Lame Alcaeus [Внук Персея. Книга II: Сын хромого Алкея (Vnuk Perseia. Kniga II: Syn khromogo Alkeia)]

This is a heroic fantasy fiction based on the rare versions of myth Amphitryon, aimed at young adults, in novel format. Prequel to the novel A Hero Must Be Alone, published 17 years before by the same authors. This is the second book of Oldie’s dilogy The Grandson of Perseus, devoted to the exploits of Amphitryon, the grandson of Perseus.The young Amphitryon in the rank of lawaget leads the Tiryns troops with his father Alcaeus. They defend the Peloponnesian coast from the raids of Teleboa(...)

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YEAR: 2012

COUNTRY: Russia

TAGS: Acrisius / Akrisios Alcaeus Alcmene Amphitryon Argos (City) Atreus Cephalus Comaetho Creon Dionysus / Dionysos Electryon Mycenae Pelops Perseus Poseidon Teleboans Teumessian Fox Thyestes Tiryns Zeus