World mythology & recorded folktales500 entries / 10 collections
Reading journeys / 4 stops

Gods making an entrance

Three hymns show divine power becoming recognizable.

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Greek

Leto finds a home on Delos

Follow Leto’s search for somewhere to give birth, and ask what an island gains by receiving her.

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2
Greek

Hermes steals Apollo’s cattle

Watch an infant negotiate a place among the gods through theft, music, and exchange.

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3
Greek

Dionysus and the pirates

A ship’s crew misreads its passenger. Track the moments when recognition becomes possible.

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Greek

Dionysus

Move from one encounter to the god’s broader textual identity without making a single tale explain everything.

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After the last stop

Which detail changed when you returned to the source? Keep that question with you as you choose another route.

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