10 Magical Myths & Legends for 4-8 Year Olds (Perfect for Bedtime & Independent Reading)

By Arcturus Publishing

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From St George and the Dragon to The Lost City of Atlantis, this classic collection features some of the world's best-loved children's stories in an easy eBook format. Ready to read at the touch of a button and beautifully illustrated throughout, it's the perfect introduction to these timeless tales for boys and girls aged 4 and up.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
• Release date: Apr 7, 2017
• ISBN: 9781788282888

Arcturus Publishing

Arcturus Publishing offers a vast and varied range of puzzles, from novelty and specialist content, to popular titles such as crosswords, sudoku, and wordsearch. All of Arcturus Publishing's puzzle titles are of a high quality and in varying degrees of difficulty, with no trick questions. Full solutions are included at the back of each book.

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10 Magical Myths & Legends

Contents

The Sword in the Stone

Sif’s Golden Hair

St George and the Dragon

Finn MacCool

Robin Hood and the Silver Arrow

The Great Gilgamesh

The Cat Maiden

The Lost City of Atlantis

Perseus and Medusa

The Midas Touch

The Sword in the Stone

There was once a great king of England called Uther Pendragon, who, with his fair wife Igraine, ruled the land in a time of troublesome noblemen and lords.

In the most troubled of times, they had a baby boy, and they named him Arthur. The king and queen were delighted, but King Uther’s advisor, the wise old wizard, Merlin, had a vision that the young heir’s life was in danger. He urged the king to keep his son’s birth a secret and send him away.

With a heavy heart, the king agreed, and Merlin took baby Arthur to the great knight, Sir Ector, where the child grew up as his adopted son and half-brother to Sir Kay.

Arthur never knew that he had royal blood, and Sir Ector had no idea that he was raising the king’s son.

Arthur grew up to be a generous, kind, and valiant young man, but because he was thought to come from a lowly background, he could never be a knight like Sir Ector and Sir Kay. Instead, he served them loyally.

When Arthur was sixteen, King Uther became ill and died. Without a known heir to replace him on the throne and lead the country, England fell into great unrest. Fighting broke out across the country as rival lords battled for the right to rule over the land.

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Desperate to end the country’s turmoil, Merlin the wizard came up with a cunning plan. In the courtyard of Westminster Abbey, Merlin placed a large marble stone. He stood an iron anvil on top of it and embedded a magnificent enchanted sword deep inside it. Along the sword’s blade, an inscription read:

Whoso pulleth out this sword from this stone is the rightful King of England.

He then summoned all the lords and noblemen to London for a grand tournament and invited them to pull the sword from the stone.

Merlin knew, of course, that Sir Ector and his son Sir Kay would come—and bring young Arthur with them.

The tournament took place on New Year’s Day, and there was jousting, feasting, and dancing to look forward to—but the thing that got everyone excited was the thought of pulling