CLASSICAL TEXTS · 100 STORIES

One hundred stories, one source at a time.

Primary text, hero arc, source variants — cited per chapter.

Hel by Johannes Gehrts, 1889

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Hel

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Spirit of a Noble Woman and Attendant, Korean shamanic painting representing a royal woman, 19th century

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Heo Hwang-ok

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Hephaestus, published illustration 1878

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Hephaestus

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The Ludovisi Hera, Roman marble copy of a 5th-century BCE Greek original, Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome

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Hera

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The Farnese Hercules, Roman marble copy (c. 216 CE) of a 4th-century BCE Greek bronze by Lysippos, Naples National Archaeological Museum

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Heracles

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The Hermes Ingenui, Roman marble copy of a 5th-century BCE Greek original, Vatican Museums

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Hermes

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Jeseok (Indra / Hwanin), Jeju Island shamanic painting, 19th century

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Hwanin

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Mountain Spirit (Sanshin), Korean shamanic painting, Joseon dynasty, 19th century

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Hwanwoong

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Korean dragon painting (imugi aspiring to dragonhood), Joseon dynasty, 18th century

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Imugi

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Blacksmith Munechika aided by a fox spirit of Inari, by Ogata Gekkō, 1893

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Inari

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Jupiter and Io by Correggio, c. 1530

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Io

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Izanami and Izanagi Creating the Japanese Islands by Kobayashi Eitaku, c. 1885

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Izanagi

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