The Student's Mythology

A Compendium of World Mythologies

Catherine Ann White

• Publisher: Aeneas Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Social Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9785486754722
• Subtopic: Literary Criticism
• Index: Social Sciences

A compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Norse and Hindu mythology arranged for students, with the questions at the end of each chapter. It was written for the American classroom and stayed in use there for years. This edition is bound with a gallery of 60 plates of paintings by Noël Hallé, John William Waterhouse, Arnold Böcklin and Frederic Leighton, dating from 1740 to 1913.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• Prefatory Note.
• Chapter I
• Mount Olympus.
• The Gods—Different Classes of Deities.
• Chapter II. Greek and Roman Divinities. Celestial Gods. Jupiter, (Greek, Zeus.)
• Chapter III. Phoebus—Apollo.
• Chapter IV. Mars—Ares.
• Chapter V. Mercury—Hermes.
• Chapter VI. Bacchus—Dionysus.
• Chapter VII. Celestial Goddesses. Juno—Hera.
• Chapter VIII. Minerva—Pallas Athena.
• Chapter IX. Venus—Aphrodite.
• Chapter X. Latona—Leto.
• Chapter XI. Aurora—Eos.
• Chapter XII. Terrestrial Gods. Saturn.
• Janus.
• Chapter XIII. Vulcan—Haphaestus.
• Chapter XIV. Aeolus.
• Momus.
• Chapter XV. Terrestrial Goddesses. Vesta—Hestia.
• Chapter XVI. Cybele.
• Chapter XVII. Ceres—Demeter.
• Chapter XVIII. Themis—Astraea—Nemesis.
• Chapter XIX. The Muses.
• Chapter XX. Gods of the Woods, and Rural Deities. Pan.
• Satyrs and Fauns.
• Terminus.
• Vertumnus.
• Chapter XXI. Goddesses of the Woods. Diana.
• Nymphs.
• Chapter XXII. Gods of the Sea. Neptune—Poseidon.
• Chapter XXIII. Infernal Deities. Pluto—Hades.
• Hell.
• Fates—Furies.
• Judges of the Dead. Punishments inflicted on the Condemned.
• Chapter XXIV. Fabulous Monsters.
• Chapter XXV. Household Divinities. Penates—Lares.
• Virtues Worshipped by the Ancients. Vices.
• Chapter XXVI. Demigods and Heroes.
• Chapter XXVII. Jason.
• Theseus.
• Chapter XXVIII. Castor and Pollux.
• Prometheus.
• Chapter XXIX. Orpheus.
• Arion.
• Amphion.
• Chapter XXX. Atlas.
• Orion.
• Perseus.
• Chapter XXXI. Bellerophon.
• Deucalion.
• Daedalus.
• Ceyx—Halcyone—The Halcyon Birds.
• Chapter XXXII. Meleager—The Calydonian Hunt.
• Nisus and Scylla.
• Erisichthon.
• Chapter XXXIII. Poets of Classic Fable. Homer—Hesiod—Virgil—Ovid.
• Chapter XXXIV. Heroes Celebrated by the Poets. Agamemnon.
• Achilles.
• Chapter XXXV. Ulysses.
• Chapter XXXVI. Orestes.
• Hector.
• Oedipus—Eteocles and Polynices.
• Chapter XXXVII. Aeneas.
• Chapter XXXVIII. Sibyls—Augurs.
• Divination by Omens—The Augurs.
• Chapter XXXIX. Oracles.
• Chapter XL. Classic Games.
• Chapter XLI. Theatres.
• Chapter XLII. Celebrated Statues.
• Chapter I. Egyptian Divinities. Osiris—Apis—Serapis—Isis—Anubis—Harpocrates.
• Chapter II. Eastern Mythology. Deities of the Assyrians. Baal, or Bel—Moloch.
• Moloch.
• Thammuz.
• Oannes.
• Chapter III. Persia.
• Chapter IV. Hindoo Mythology. Brahma—The Vedas.
• Buddha.
• Chapter V. China.
• Chapter VI. Thibet. The Grand Lama.
• Chapter VII. Mythology of Scandinavia.
• Thor.
• Frey and Freya.
• Bragi.
• Heimdall.
• Vidar.
• Hodur.
• The Valkyrior.
• Loki and His Progeny.
• Baldur the Good.
• Funeral of Baldur.
• Loki’s Punishment.
• The Elves.
• Runic Letters.
• Ragnarok, the Twilight of the Gods.
• Germany.
• Chapter VIII. Celtic Mythology. Druidism.
• Chapter IX. Mexico. Mythology of the Aztecs.
• Chapter X. Peru.
• Supplement. a Brief Notice of Authors, Etc., Mentioned in This Volume. aeschylus,
• CAESAR (Caius Julius),
• Cicero.
• Demosthenes.
• Diodorus,
• Euripides,
• Herodotus,
• Justin (Saint).
• Juvenal.
• Maecenas.
• Pelasgi.
• Plinius, (Secundus C.)
• Procopius.
• Simonides.
• Sophocles.
• Strabo.
• Titicaca.
• Varro.
• About the Author