CLASSICAL TEXTS · 100 STORIES

One hundred stories, one source at a time.

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

The Minotaur by George Frederic Watts, 1885

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Minotaur

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Thor's Fight with the Giants by Mårten Eskil Winge, 1872

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Mjölnir

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Momotarō and his animal friends conquering the demons, by Utagawa Toyoharu, c. 1790

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Momotarō

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The Feast of the Gods by Giovanni Bellini and Titian, 1514–1529

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Mount Olympus

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Narcissus, oil on canvas by Caravaggio, c. 1597–1599, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

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Narcissus

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The Tree of Yggdrasil with Nidhogg at its roots, 19th-century illustration

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Níðhöggr

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Njord's Desire of the Sea by W.G. Collingwood, 1908

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Njord

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Odin the Wanderer, oil painting by Georg von Rosen, 1886

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Odin

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Ulysses and the Sirens by John William Waterhouse, 1891

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Odysseus

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Ōkuninushi (Ōnamuchi), from Shinbutsu-zue, 1796

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Ōkuninushi

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Goguryeo tomb mural depicting a noble figure, c. 5th–7th century AD

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Onjo

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Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun by Nicolas Poussin, 1658

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Orion

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