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Knowledge BLASTER! Guide to Myth and Legend
Knowledge BLASTER! Guide to Myth and Legend
Knowledge BLASTER! Guide to Myth and Legend
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Vile vampires, wicked witches and wily wizards. Is it a new TV show?

A strong man who divert rivers to wash out smelly stables. An ill-fated dupe doomed to pushing boulders up a mountain for eternity. A war hero whose only vulnerable body part is the heel of his foot. Is it the new Marvel blockbuster?

Nope. Mythology. Long before modern superheroes, tales of dastardly dealings and daredevil derring-do enthralled our ancestors. And, yes... many of the modern crop of supers share traits with their forebears.

But, you say, you've heard different versions of the tales. What should you believe? Oh, come on... do like we do and believe them all! Kidding. We tried to find the most popular versions of these myths and legends and compiled them into a comprehensive compendium of cataclysmic catastrophes.

Why? Well, we were helping a friend study for the contestant quiz of the Jeopardy! Game show when we realized we had accumulated enough material to help out almost anyone. A student, game show contestant, or the average joe or joanne who loves a good tale. One of those is bound to be you.

KNOWLEDGE BLASTER! Guide to Myth and Legend tells the stories of the greatest mythical heroes and villains you've ever heard of (and some you probably haven't). Greek gods and heroes, from Achilles to Zeus. Roman mythological characters from Achates to Vulcan. Other myths and legends from around the world. All arranged in a neat and efficient encyclopedia-like format.

The Trojan War, the founding of Rome, the labors of Hercules, and so much more. Valkyries, vampires, witches and wizards. Abelard and Heloise, Castor and Pollux, Bellerophon and Pegasus.

Muses, dragons, kings, queens, lovers, and thieves.

Trickery, witchcraft, deception, and war. Oh my!

The KNOWLEDGE BLASTER! Series compresses a great mountain of available information into easily digestible morsels. You'll find the books are patterned in an efficient question-and-answer mode, stressing simplicity, brevity, and clarity.

You can use this reference work as a launch pad to propel yourself into more in-depth studies. However, if you find this little study guide provides all the information you need, then consider your knowledge...
Blasted!

We wish you the best of luck in your quest for knowledge in this fascinating subject. 'Bye now.
And, oh yes, buy now!

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 12, 2020
ISBN9780463305607
Knowledge BLASTER! Guide to Myth and Legend
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Yucca Road Productions

Yucca Road Productions started as all great enterprises do... having a cup of coffee with friends at the kitchen table. One of our little gang of misfits had decided he was destined to appear on the Jeopardy! game show. The rest of us were foolhardy enough to volunteer our surprisingly diverse knowledge sets for the task of preparing him for said destiny.A couple years later, we had accumulated so much info, it was nuts. After deleting what we decided was "trivia" in the game show's dozen or so most-used categories, we figured we could teach anybody to do well on a game show. Or an exam. Or trivia night at the neighborhood pub. Oh, yes... we nailed that one.And so, the Knowledge Blaster! series was conceived and delivered!Then Terry Marsh wrote a couple novels and approached us about getting them published. We liked the books. So, after coercing him into buying bagels for everybody, we added him to our list of ne'er-do-wells.Then Leo Moss surprised us with a book of more-or-less poetry and a novel about a reluctant magic man. We added his works to the list, too. We had to. Moss is the only guy in the group who can spell without a dictionary (so we made him editor), and we just can't find anybody else who will work for the "prestige" of it. Just kidding, Leo.So, time passes, as is its habit. We're still at the kitchen table, wondering what might happen next. We hope it involves pizza, but you never know.

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    Knowledge BLASTER! Guide to Myth and Legend - Yucca Road Productions

    Knowledge Blaster! Guide to

    Myth and Legend

    By Yucca Road Productions

    Copyright 2020 Yucca Road Productions

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    The Knowledge BLASTER! Series consists of books of general and academic interest, written with the specific intention of compressing a great mountain of available information into an easily digestible morsel.

    You can use this reference work as a launch pad to propel yourself into more in-depth studies. However, if you find this little book provides all the information you need, then consider your knowledge...

    Blasted!

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    Contents

    Greek Myths and Legends

    Roman Gods and Goddesses

    All Around the World

    Greek Myths and Legends

    The Greek gods were the superheroes of their day, displaying incredible strengths and powers along with human-like quirks and frailties of character.

    As a matter of convenience, the entries in this book often refer to the characters and events as if they were real. Only in those cases where mention is made of the actuality of an event or character should they be considered as real people or occurrences.

    Achilles: Greatest of the Greek warriors in Homer’s 3,000 year-old Iliad, the story of war against the city of Troy. When Achilles was a baby, his mother, Thetis, had a vision that he would be killed in battle, and so, holding him by one of his heels, she dipped him in the magic river Styx to make him invincible.

    The war with Troy began when Achilles reached manhood; and he proved himself a mighty warrior; he even chased the Trojan champion, Hector, around the walls of the city. During one battle, he was struck in the heel— the only part of his body that was not immersed in the Styx— and died. Because of this, a person’s weakest point has been called his Achilles’ heel.

    Adonis: An incredibly handsome young Greek, Adonis attracted the goddess Aphrodite. She tried to dissuade him from hunting, but he ignored her advice and was killed on a hunt by a wild boar. Appalled at the prospect of Adonis spending eternity in the underworld, Aphrodite persuaded the other gods to allow him to come up to earth for six months out of every year. She changed his blood into a flower, the anemone, and each year, the blooming of the anemone signals the return of Adonis from the underworld.

    Aeolus: The Greek god of the winds. His name was given to a musical instrument, the aeolian harp, because the strings of the instrument are played by blowing air across them instead of plucking them.

    Aegisthus: See the article on Agamemnon.

    Agamemnon: King of Mycenae in ancient Greece, he was commander-in-chief of the Greek forces throughout the Trojan Wars. While Agamemnon was away, his wife Clytemnestra fell in love with Aegisthus, a Greek prince. This couple murdered Agamemnon on his return. His son, Orestes, later avenged his death by killing both Clytemnestra and Aegisthus. See also the article on Electra.

    Ajax: In the story of the Trojan Wars, there were two Greek warriors named Ajax. Only Achilles was a greater warrior than Ajax the Greater. Upon Achilles’ death, this Ajax wanted his armor, but it was given to Ulysses and Ajax killed himself.

    Ajax the Less: Known to be second only to Achilles as a fast and sure-footed runner. He was struck down by a bolt of lightning for offending the gods.

    Amazons: In Greek myth, these women warriors lived in a country on the Mediterranean Sea. Strong and swift, they allowed no men in their nation and battled against the men

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