Thomas Bulfinch 1796 – 1867, was an American writer born in Newton, Massachusetts, best known for the book Bulfinch's Mythology.

Bulfinch belonged to a well-educated merchant family of modest means. His father was Charles Bulfinch, the architect of the Massachusetts State House in Boston and parts of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy. Bulfinch supported himself through his position at the Merchants' Bank of Boston.

I have put up the first part of this work: Stories of Gods and Heroes. It contains an extensive account of ancient European mythology, especially Greek, and is written for the layman.
Note: Bulfinch writes from the accepted 19th century position that Christianity is the one true religion, and that previous mythologies and faiths are ignorant, primitive and false. He lacks the insight into underlying themes and imperatives described by Joseph Campbell.

 

CONTENTS

Greek God hierarchy Chart

*1. Stories of Gods and Heroes I. Introduction II. Prometheus and Pandora III. Apollo and Daphne—Pyramus and Thisbe—Cephalus and Procris IV. Juno and her Rivals, Io and Callisto—Diana and Actaeon—Latona and the Rustics V. Phaëton VI. Midas—Baucis and Philemon VII. Proserpine—Glaucus and Scylla VIII. Pygmalion—Dryope—Venus and Adonis—Apollo and Hyacinthus IX. Ceyx and Halcyone X. Vertumnus and Pomona—Iphis and Anaxarete XI. Cupid and Psyche XII. Cadmus—The Myrmidons XIII. Nisus and Scylla—Echo and Narcissus—Clytie—Hero and Leander> XIV. Minerva and Arachne—Niobe XV. The Graeae and Gorgons—Perseus and Medusa—Atlas—Andromeda XVI. Monsters: Giants—Sphinx—Pegasus and Chimaera—Centaurs—Griffin—Pygmies XVII. The Golden Fleece—Medea XVIII. Meleager and Atalanta XIX. Hercules—Hebe and Ganymede XX. Theseus and Daedalus—Castor and Pollux—Festivals and Games XXI. Bacchus and Ariadne XXII. The Rural Deities—The Dryads and Erisichthon—Rhoecus—Water Deities—Camenae—Winds XXIII. Achelous and Hercules—Admetus and Alcestis—Antigone—Penelope XXIV. Orpheus and Eurydice—Aristaeus—Amphion—Linus—Thamyris—Marsyas—Melampus—Musaeus XXV. Arion—Ibycus—Simonides—Sappho XXVI. Endymion—Orion—Aurora and Tithonus—Acis and Galatea XXVII. The Trojan War XXVIII. The Fall of Troy—Return of the Greeks—Orestes and Electra XXIX. Adventures of Ulysses—The Lotus-eaters—The Cyclopes—Circe—Sirens—Scylla and Charybdis—Calypso XXX. The Phaeacians—Fate of the Suitors XXXI. Adventures of Aeneas—The Harpies—Dido—Palinurus XXXII. The Infernal Regions—The Sibyl XXXIII. Aeneas in Italy—Camilla—Evander—Nisus and Euryalus —Mezentius—Turnus XXXIV. Pythagoras—Egyptian Deities—Oracles XXXV. Origin of Mythology—Statues of Gods and Goddesses—Poets of Mythology XXXVI. Monsters (modern)—The Phœnix—Basilisk—Unicorn—Salamander XXXVII. Eastern Mythology—Zoroaster—Hindu Mythology—Castes—Buddha—The Grand Lama—Prester John XXVIII. Northern Mythology—Valhalla—The Valkyrior XXXIX. Thor's Visit to Jotunheim XL. The Death of Baldur—The Elves—Runic Letters—Skalds—Iceland—Teutonic Mythology—The Nibelungen Lied—Wagner's Nibelungen Ring XLI. The Druids—Iona I. Introduction II. Prometheus and Pandora III. Apollo and Daphne—Pyramus and Thisbe—Cephalus and Procris IV. Juno and her Rivals, Io and Callisto—Diana and Actaeon—Latona and the Rustics V. Phaëton VI. Midas—Baucis and Philemon VII. Proserpine—Glaucus and Scylla VIII. Pygmalion—Dryope—Venus and Adonis—Apollo and Hyacinthus IX. Ceyx and Halcyone X. Vertumnus and Pomona—Iphis and Anaxarete XI. Cupid and Psyche XII. Cadmus—The Myrmidons XIII. Nisus and Scylla—Echo and Narcissus—Clytie—Hero and Leander> XIV. Minerva and Arachne—Niobe XV. The Graeae and Gorgons—Perseus and Medusa—Atlas—Andromeda XVI. Monsters: Giants—Sphinx—Pegasus and Chimaera—Centaurs—Griffin—Pygmies XVII. The Golden Fleece—Medea XVIII. Meleager and Atalanta XIX. Hercules—Hebe and Ganymede XX. Theseus and Daedalus—Castor and Pollux—Festivals and Games XXI. Bacchus and Ariadne XXII. The Rural Deities—The Dryads and Erisichthon—Rhoecus—Water Deities—Camenae—Winds XXIII. Achelous and Hercules—Admetus and Alcestis—Antigone—Penelope XXIV. Orpheus and Eurydice—Aristaeus—Amphion—Linus—Thamyris—Marsyas—Melampus—Musaeus XXV. Arion—Ibycus—Simonides—Sappho XXVI. Endymion—Orion—Aurora and Tithonus—Acis and Galatea XXVII. The Trojan War XXVIII. The Fall of Troy—Return of the Greeks—Orestes and Electra XXIX. Adventures of Ulysses—The Lotus-eaters—The Cyclopes—Circe—Sirens—Scylla and Charybdis—Calypso XXX. The Phaeacians—Fate of the Suitors XXXI. Adventures of Aeneas—The Harpies—Dido—Palinurus XXXII. The Infernal Regions—The Sibyl XXXIII. Aeneas in Italy—Camilla—Evander—Nisus and Euryalus —Mezentius—Turnus XXXIV. Pythagoras—Egyptian Deities—Oracles XXXV. Origin of Mythology—Statues of Gods and Goddesses—Poets of Mythology XXXVI. Monsters (modern)—The Phœnix—Basilisk—Unicorn—Salamander XXXVII. Eastern Mythology—Zoroaster—Hindu Mythology—Castes—Buddha—The Grand Lama—Prester John XXVIII. Northern Mythology—Valhalla—The Valkyrior XXXIX. Thor's Visit to Jotunheim XL. The Death of Baldur—The Elves—Runic Letters—Skalds—Iceland—Teutonic Mythology—The Nibelungen Lied—Wagner's Nibelungen Ring XLI. The Druids—Iona

*2. King Arthur and His Knights

*3. The Mabinogeon

*4. Hero Myths of the British Race

*5. Legends of Charlemagne

*6. Glossary

Alphabetical Index of Names Mentioned in Article Titles

A Achelous and Hercules —    Acis and Galatea —    Actæon and Diana —    Admetus and Alcestis —    Adonis and Venus —    Æneas, Adventures of —    Adventures of Ulysses —    Agamemnon, Electra and Orestes —    Alcestis and Admetus —    Amphion —    Anaxarete and Iphis —    Andromeda —    Antigone —    Apollo and Daphne —    Apollo and Hyacinthus —    Arachne and Minerva —    Ariadne —    Aristæus —    Arion —    Atalanta and Meleager —    Atlas, Perseus and —    Aurora and Tithonus B Bacchus —    Baldur, The Death of —    Basilisk —    Baucis and Philemon —    Buddha C Cadmus —    Calypso —    Camenæ —    Callisto rival of Juno —    Camilla —    Charybdis and Scylla —    Castes —    Castor and Pollux —    Centaurs —    Cephalus and Procris —    Ceyx and Halcyone —    Chimaera and Pegasus —    Circe —    Clytie —    Cupid and Psyche — Cyclopes D Dædalus —    Daphne and Apollo —    Diana and Actæon —    Dido —    Druids, The —    Dryope E Eastern Mythology —    Echo and Narcissus —    Egyptian Deities —    Electra and Orestes —    Elves, The —    Endymion —    Erisichthon —    Euryalus and Nisus —    Eurydice and Orpheus —    Evander F Fate of the Suitors G Galatea and Acis Games and Festivals —    Ganymede and Hebe —    Giants —    Glaucus and Scylla —    Golden Fleece, The —    Gorgons and the Grææ —    Grææ, The, and Gorgons —    Grand Lama, The —    Griffin, The H Halcyone and Ceyx —    Harpies, The —    Helen and Menelaus —    Hercules —    Hercules and Achelous —    Hero and Leander —    Hindu Mythology —    Hebe and Ganymede —    Hyacinthus and Apollo — I Ibycus —    Iceland —    Infernal Regions, The —    Io rival of Juno —    Iona —    Iphis and Anaxarete J Juno and her Rivals, Io and Callisto K L Læstrygonians, The —    Latona and the Rustics —    Leander and Hero —    Linus —    Lotus-eaters, The M Marsyas —    Medea —    Medusa and Perseus —    Melampus —    Meleager and Atalanta —    Menelaus and Helen —    Mezentius —    Midas —    Minerva and Arachne —    Monsters, Modern —    Musæus —    Myrmidons, The N Nibelungen, The, Lied —    Nibelungen Ring, Wagner's —    Narcissus and Echo —    Niobe —    Nisus and Euryalus —    Nisus and Scylla —    Northern Mythology O Olympic and Other Games —    Oracles —    Orestes and Electra —    Orion —    Orpheus and Eurydice —    Origins of Mythology P Palinurus —    Pandora and Prometheus —    Perseus and Medusa —    Pegasus and Chimæra —    Penelope —    Phaeacians, The —    Phaëton —    Philemon and Baucis —    Phœnix, The —    Poets of Mythology, The —    Pollux and Castor —    Pomona and Vertumnus —    Prester John —    Procris and Cephalus —    Prometheus and Pandora —    Proserpine —    Psyche and Cupid —    Pygmalion —    Pygmies, The —    Pyramus and Thisbe —    Pythagoras Q R Return of the Greeks —    Rhoecus —    Runic Letters —    Rural Deities, The —    Rustics, The, and Latona S Salamander, The —    Sappho —    Scylla and Charybdis —    Scylla and Glaucus —    Scylla, Nisus and —    Sibyl, The —    Simonides —    Sirens —    Skalds, The —    Sphinx, The —    Statues of Gods and Goddesses —    Suitors, Fate of the T Teutonic Mythology —    Thamyris —    Thisbe and Pyramus —    The Death of Baldur —    The Druids —    The Dryads and Erisichthon —    The Elves —    The Fall of Troy —    The Golden Fleece —    The Grææ and Gorgons —    The Grand Lama —    The Griffin —    The Harpies —    The Infernal Regions —    The Læstrygonians —    The Lotus-eaters —    The Myrmidons — The Nibelungen Lied —    The Phaeacians —    The Phœnix —    The Pygmies —    The Rural Deities —    The Rustics and Latona —    The Salamander —    The Sibyl —    The Skalds —    Theseus —    The Sphinx —    The Trojan War —    Troy —    Troy, The Fall of —    The Unicorn — The Valkyrior —    Thor's Visit to Jotunheim —    The Winds — Tithonus and Aurora —    Troy —    Trojan War, The —    Troy, The Fall of —    Turnus U Ulysses, Adventures of —    Unicorn, The V Valhalla —    Valkyrior, The —    Venus and Adonis —    Vertumnus and Pomona W Wagner's Nibelungen Ring —    Water Deities —    Winds, The X Y Z Zoroaster

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