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The Book of the Epic: The World's Great Epics Told in Story

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A sweeping compendium retells the major epic narratives from many literary traditions, offering concise prose versions of classical Greek and Roman epics, medieval and Renaissance romances, northern and Scandinavian sagas, Iberian heroes, Indian and Persian epics, and East Asian and American heroic poetry. Each chapter summarizes core plots and emblematic episodes while highlighting recurring themes—heroism, fate, national spirit, mythic origins—and sketches formal elements and historical context. Introductory essays frame the epic form and its cultural significance, and illustrations accompany the narratives, making the material accessible to general readers seeking a guided overview of the world's great epic traditions.

  Quatre Fils d'Aymon, Les, 81, 82
  Queen Mab, 215
  Queen of Heaven, 185, 188
  Queen of Night, 258
  Quest for the Holy Grail, 107, 218, 230, 239, 240, 241, 352, 354, 355
  Quest of the Sangreall, 222
  Quiloa, 129, 135
  Quintus Curtius, 63
  Quintus Smyrnaeus, 19

R

  Rachel, 173, 188
  Radigonde, 281, 286
  Raghuvamça, 415
  Ragnar Lodbrog, 361
  Ragnarsdrapa, 361
  Rahab, 180
  Rakshasas, 424
  Rakush, 404-407, 411, 414
  Rama, 415, 416, 418-431
  Ramayana, 415, 416-431, 439
  Ram Charit Manas, 415, 431
  Ramona, 467
  Raoul de Cambrai, 81
  Raphael, St., 297, 298, 300-303
  Rape of the Lock, 221
  Ravana, 415, 417, 424-429
  Raymond Béranger, 179, 206
  Rebecca, 188
  Red Cross Knight, 256-264, 270
  Redeemer, 213, 214, 306, 309
  Red Handed, 264
  Reformation, 327
  Regin, 364, 365, 366
  Reinecke Fuchs, 327, 356-359
  Religion, 262
  Renaud de Montauban, 190, 199
  Renaissance, 138
  Revelations, 174, 396
  Revolt of Islam, The, 221
  Revolutionary, 466
  Reynard the Fox, 137, 356-359, 360
  Rhapsodist, 17
  Rhesus, 31
  Rhine, 214, 328, 329, 330, 332, 337, 341, 365
  Rhodes, 20
  Ricciardetto, 139, 197
  Richard Coeur de Lion, 219
  Richard, King, 251, 252, 253
  Richard of the Lee, Sir, 249
  Righteousness, 354
  Rinaldo, 138, 190-194, 196, 197, 199, 204, 206, 207, 209-211, 213
  Rip van Winkle, 467
  River God, 37
  River of Death, 381-384
  Robert de Borron, 230
  Robert of Naples, 179
  Robin Hood, 243-255
  Roderick, the Last of the Goths, 221
  Rodomont, 192, 194, 195, 197
  Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar (the Cid), 108, 109, 110, 113, 115, 117
  Rogero, 192-196
  Roland, 84-100, 107, 138, 156, 189, 216, 324, 325
  Roland Insane, 138
  Rolandseek, 325
  Rolandslied, 324
  Romance of Beni Hilâl, 398
  Romagna, 155
  Roman, 63, 131, 315, 319
  Roman Commonwealth, 465
  Roman d'Alexandre, 19, 83
  Roman d'Aventure, 221
  Roman de la Rose, 84, 137
  Roman de Rou, 84
  Roman de Thèbes, 83
  Roman de Troie, 19, 83
  Roman du Renard, 83
  Roman Empire, 320
  Roman History, 179
  Roman Literature, 64
  Romance of Antar, 398
  Romans, 64, 214, 320, 323
  Rome, 63, 65, 74, 76, 80, 140, 149, 168, 169, 174, 197, 198, 320
  Romeo, 403
  Romesh Dutt, 416, 435
  Romulus, 65, 74
  Roncesvalles, 87
  Roncevaux, 87, 89, 91, 98, 156, 324
  Ronsard, 84
  Rose, 177, 187
  Rosengarten, Der, 326
  Rother, 325
  Round Table, 107, 216, 229, 234, 239, 241
  Rudaveh, 403, 404
  Ruddy Main, 264
  Rudiger, 337, 338, 340, 342-345
  Rufo, 108
  Rufus, 63
  Ruksh, 411
  Rumanian Literature, 393
  Ruslan and Lyudmila, 372
  Russia, 372, 373
  Russian Epics, 372, 373
  Rustem, 404-411, 413, 414
  Rustum, 409, 411
  Ruth, 188, 396
  Rutules, 76, 77
  Ryenee, 269

S

  Saavedra, 108
  Sabines, 76, 179
  Sabula, Mt., 426
  Samson, 393
  Sachs, Hans, 326
  Sack of Troy, 18
  Sacred Mysteries, 354
  Sacripant, 192
  Saemunt the Wise, 361
  St. Gall, 324
  Sakuntala, 431-432
  Saladin, 199
  Salem, 201
  Salisbury Plain, 231
  Salve Regina, 164
  Sampo, 372, 373, 379, 380, 381, 383, 388, 389
  Sanchos, 131
  Sanglier, Sir, 279
  Sangreal, 352
  Sanhedrim, 154
  San Pedro de Cardena, 114, 119, 126
  Sanscrit, 431
  Sansfoi, 257, 258
  Sansjoi, 258
  Sansloi, 260
  Santarem, 128
  Sapia, 168
  Saracens 85-87, 89-91, 94, 96-100, 105, 194-196, 202, 279, 282, 348
  Saragossa, 85, 87, 89, 96, 98, 99, 115
  Sarah, 188
  Sarpedon, 33, 34
  Sarras, 229, 348, 353, 355
  Satan, 144, 159, 160, 230, 288-301, 303, 304, 306, 307, 308,
    312-322, 347, 395, 417
  Satrughna, 418
  Saturn, 75, 176, 184
  Satyavan, 451-454
  Satyrane, Sir, 260, 261, 272, 273, 275
  Saul, 167
  Saviour, 315
  Savitri, 439, 451-454
  Saxon, 222, 231
  Saxony, 329
  Scandinavian, 360-362
  Scandinavian Epics, 360-391
  Scarlet Letter, 467
  Scarlet, Will, 247, 251, 254
  Scean Gate, 27, 28, 32
  Schiller, 85, 327, 392
  Scorn, 286
  Scotch, 215
  Scotland, 192, 214, 215
  Scots, 214, 257
  Scott, 221
  Scriptures, 217
  Scudamore, Sir, 273-276
  Scudéri, 84
  Scyldings, 226
  Scylla, 53, 54, 70
  Scythian, 319
  Sea of Gluttony, 265
  Sebastian, 129
  Seer of Patmos, 896
  Seistan, 414
  Semele, 184
  Semiramis, 143
  Seraphim, 177, 186
  Serena, Lady, 285, 286, 287
  Serpent King, 400, 403
  Servia, 393
  Servian, 393
  Sette Giornate del Mundo Creato, 138
  Seven Branched Candlestick, 353
  Seven Deadly Sins, 354
  Seven Kings before Thèbes, 19
  Severin, St., 99
  Seville, 118, 133
  Shah-Nameh, 398-414
  Shah of Persia, 399
  Shakespeare, 83, 219, 327
  Shakespeariana, 230
  Shelley, 221
  Sheriff, 243, 245, 246, 249, 252
  Sherwood Forest, 248, 250, 254
  Shield of Heracles, 19
  Siawush, 411, 412
  Siberia, 372
  Sibyl, 73, 74, 146
  Sicily, 70, 137, 162
  Sidney, Sir Philip, 283
  Siege Perilous, 234, 241, 348, 351, 352
  Siegfried, 329-338, 341, 345
  Siegmund, 329, 337
  Siennese, 168
  Sigfried, 323
  Siggier, 362, 363
  Sigmund, 225, 362, 363, 364
  Signy, 362-364
  Sigurd, 364-371
  Sigurd the Volsung, 362-371
  Silence, 193
  Silius Italicus, 63
  Simeon, 317
  Simon, 316
  Simurgh, 402, 404, 407, 410, 413
  Sin, 291, 307, 308, 312, 314
  Sinai, Mt., 311
  Sinfiotli, 363, 364
  Singer of Paradise, 398
  Sinon, 18, 67, 156
  Sirens, 53, 54, 136, 169
  Sishih, 457
  Sita, 420-430
  Siva, 415, 419, 420, 439
  Skalds, 361
  Sketch Book, 467
  Skeleton in Armor, 467
  Skiold, 222
  Slander, 84, 278, 283
  Sleep, 33, 34, 266
  Sleipnir, 364
  Snorro Edda, 361
  Snorro Sturleson, 361
  Socrates, 318
  Sodom, 173, 308
  Sofonisba, 138
  Soldan, 281, 282
  Solomon, 181, 279, 317, 355
  Solon, 179
  Solyman, 206, 207, 213
  Somnus, 38
  Son of God, 292, 293, 301, 302
  Song of Igor's Band, 372
  Song of Songs, 396
  Song of the Crusade Against the Albigenses, 83
  Song of the Nibelungs, 328
  Song of Roland, 84-101, 189
  Son of Man, 230
  Sophronia, 200, 201
  Sorab, 407-411
  Sorab and Rustem, 323
  Sordello, 137, 164, 165
  Sorlin, St., 84
  Sorrento, 197
  Southern Cross, 134, 160
  Southey, 221
  Spain, 85-89, 96-99, 107, 108, 125, 127, 133, 191, 282, 348
  Spanish, 349
  Spanish Ballads, 221
  Spanish Literature, 107
  Spanish Epics, 107-126
  Sparta, 21, 43, 44
  Spartan, 24
  Spenser, 139, 220, 255, 287
  Sphinx, 322
  Spirit of Evil, 385, 388
  Spirit of Solitude, 221
  Spirit of the Cape, 134
  Spiritual Pride, 261
  Squire of Dames, 272, 273, 275
  Squire of Low Degree, 220
  Star of Bethlehem, 315
  Stasimus of Cyprus, 17
  Statius, 63, 170, 171, 172, 174, 176
  Steinthal, 373
  Stentor, 26
  Stephen, 169
  Story of Apollonius of Tyre, 218
  Story of Bimini, 221
  Strage degl' Innocenti, La, 139
  Stupidity, 259
  Stately, Will, 245
  Sugriva, 426, 427
  Stygian Lake, 77
  Styx, 145, 146
  Sun, 52, 54, 176, 180
  Suomi, 378, 391
  Superstition, 259
  Suttee, 434
  Swamp-land, 390
  Swanhild, 371
  Swan Road, 224
  Swayamvara, 433, 448
  Sweden, 222, 360
  Swedish, 360
  Swinburne, 221, 230
  Swiss, 392
  Switzerland, 214, 392
  Sylvia, 76
  Syrian, 203, 397

T

  Tagus, 121
  Taillefer, 85
  Tales for Children, 216
  Tales of a Wayside Inn, 467
  Taliessin, 216
  Talus, 279, 281-283
  Tamineh, 407, 408
  Tancred, 199, 202, 204, 205, 206, 208, 209, 212
  Tantalus, 266
  Tarncappe, 331
  Tarpeian Rock, 320
  Tartar, 404, 408, 412
  Tartarus, 29, 53, 74, 291, 296, 299
  Tasso, 138, 197, 198, 372, 393
  Taylor, Bayard, 464
  Tebar, 115
  Tegner, 360
  Telegonia, 18
  Telegonus, 18
  Telemachia, 18
  Telemachus, 18, 41-44, 55-60, 84
  Télémaque, 18, 84
  Tell, William, 327, 392
  Temperance, 160, 263
  Templars, 348
  Temple, 169, 213, 322
  Tennyson, 221, 230, 235, 236, 240, 326
  Tenth Muse, 465
  Tenth Ocean, 385
  Ten Tribes, 320
  Terence, 171
  Testament, 178
  Teucer, 30, 34, 74
  Teutonic, 217, 323, 325, 392
  Thais, 151
  Thalaba, 221
  Thames, 278
  Thebais, 19, 63, 83
  Theban Cycle, 19
  Thèbes, 63, 149
  Theodoric, 323, 328
  Theogony, 19
  Théroulde, 84, 101
  Thersites, 23
  Theseus, 147
  Thesprotia, 18
  Thessaly, 20
  The Thousand Tales, 398
  Thetis, 17, 20, 21, 22, 35, 36
  Thidrekssaga, 361
  Thirty Years' War, 327
  Thomas, St., 136, 180, 181
  Thomas Aquinas, St., 180
  Thousand and One Nights, 394
  Thracian, 69
  Thrones, 177, 184, 187
  Thuringian Chronicle, 327
  Tiber, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 168
  Tiberius, 320
  Tiera, 385
  Timias, 261, 277, 278, 285, 286
  Tintagel, Castle of, 241
  Tiresias, 52, 53, 61
  Titan, 135
  Titurel, 348, 349, 350, 351, 353
  Titus, 347
  Tizona, 122
  Tobosa, 110
  Toldi, 393
  Toledo, 111, 112, 116, 123
  Topelius, Zacharias, 372, 373
  Topsy-Turvy Land, 105
  Torelore, 105
  Tories, 466
  Toro, 110
  Torquato Tasso, 138, 197, 198, 372, 393
  Tortosa, 198
  Toru Dutt, 455
  Tous, 399
  Trajan, 166
  Tramtris, 237
  Trask, Mrs., 222
  Triamond, 275
  Trij, 402
  Trinacria, 52, 53, 54
  Trinity, 177
  Trissino, 138
  Tristan, 82, 107, 143
  Tristan and Isolde, 326
  Tristram, 238, 239, 240, 284, 285, 392
  Tristram and Iseult, 220, 221, 237
  Triune Divinity, 186
  Troilus and Cressida, 220
  Trojan, 24, 30, 31, 64-67, 69, 72, 77, 80, 84, 183
  Trojan Cycle, 17, 392
  Trojans, 18, 21, 26-30, 32-35, 37, 39, 47, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75-79, 156
  Trojan War, 74, 220
  Tronje, 329
  Troubadours, 81
  Trouvères, 81, 229, 346
  Troy, 19, 20, 22-24, 27-29, 33, 34, 36, 40-43, 47, 53, 63, 64-66,
    68, 84, 137, 218, 219
  Trumbull, 465, 467
  Truth, 169, 256
  Tuck, Friar, 248, 249
  Tudela, 83
  Tulsi Das, 415, 431
  Tuoni-bear, 384
  Turkey, 394
  Turkish Literature, 393
  Turks, 392, 393
  Turnus, 75-80
  Turoldus, 84
  Turpin, Archbishop, 90-92, 95, 96, 98
  Turpine, Sir, 281, 286
  Tursus, 375
  Tydides, 31
  Tyre, 65, 218
  Tyrian, 65, 71

U

  Ugolino de' Gherardeschi, Count, 157-158
  Ukko, 375, 380, 389
  Ulster, 215
  Ulysses, 18, 23, 24, 30-33, 40-62, 70, 84, 155, 169, 222
  Una, 256, 257, 259-263
  Under King Constantine, 222
  Uriel, 293-295, 300
  Usk, 234
  Uther, 229, 232
  Uther and Igerne, 229, 231
  Uther Pendragon, 231, 232, 234
  Uz, 395

V

  Valhall, 369
  Valence, Count of, 102
  Valencia, 116-126
  Valerius Flaccus, 63
  Valkyr, 367
  Valley of Roncevaux, 87, 89, 91, 98
  Vallombroso 194, 289
  Válmikí, 416, 429, 430
  Varro, 63, 171
  Vasco da Gama, 127-136
  Veillantif, 88
  Vellido Dolfos, 111
  Velasco, 108
  Venice, 137, 152
  Venus, 20, 23-26, 39, 64, 65, 66, 68, 70, 76, 78, 80, 129, 130, 135,
    136, 139, 176, 179
  Veronica, St., 347
  Vespasian, 347
  Vestal, 64
  Victor Hugo, 84
  Victorian, 221
  Vidura, 433
  Vienna, 338
  Viking, 217, 364
  Virgil, 63, 64, 140-160
  Virgin, 185, 188, 199
  Viriagus, 131
  Virtues, 177, 182, 187
  Vishnu, 416, 417, 418, 419, 446
  Vision of Columbus, 466
  Vision of Sir Launfal, 467
  Visions of Judgment, 323
  Vivien, 101, 229, 241
  Vladimir, 373
  Vogelweide, 326, 328
  Volker, 341, 342, 343, 345
  Volksbücher, 327
  Volscian, 76, 77
  Volsung, 362, 363, 364
  Volsunga, 361
  Volsunga Saga, 362-371
  Voltaire, 84
  Vondel, 356
  Vörösmarty, 393
  Vortigern, 229, 230, 231
  Vosges Mountains, 324
  Vulcan, 22, 35, 36, 47, 76
  Vyasa, 431, 433, 436, 444, 446, 449

W

  Wace, 84, 218, 219
  Wackerlos the Lapdog, 356
  Wagner, 230, 327, 352, 362
  Wagner's Trilogy, 361
  Wainamoinen, 374-384, 386, 388-391
  Wainola, 390
  Waldhere, 217
  Wales, 214, 216, 218
  Walter of Aquitaine, 217
  Walter Map, 218
  Walther von Aquitanien, 323, 324
  Walther von der Vogelweide, 326, 328
  Wandering Jew, 327
  Warner, William, 220
  War of the Roses, 220
  War of Troy, 17
  Water of Life, 420
  Wealth, 265, 439
  Wealtheow, 225
  Weber, 83
  Welsh, 216, 240
  West, 214
  Western Asia, 392
  Western Europe, 394
  Western Sea, 160
  Westwood, Thomas, 222
  White Aster, 456-463
  White Demon, 406
  White Man, 468
  Whitsuntide, 356
  Whittier, 467
  Wieland, 83, 327
  Wigglesworth, Michael, 465
  Wiglaf, 228
  Wipunen, 382
  Wissant Bay, 92
  Wolf-Dietrich, 325
  Wolfram von Eschenbach, 219, 230, 326, 328, 352
  Wonders of the East, 218
  Worms, 328, 329, 330, 333, 336, 337, 339, 346
  Wrath, 257
  Wreck of the Hesperus, 467
  Wulfstan, 218
  Wülpensand, 326

X

  Xanten, 329, 333
  Xanthus River, 37
  Xerxes, 179
  Ximena, 107, 108, 114, 116, 120, 126

Y

  Yale, 464
  Yama, 453, 454
  Youkahainen, 374, 376-379
  Younger Edda, 361
  Yudhishthira, 438, 442, 443

Z

  Zal, 402-405, 411, 413, 414
  Zamorin, 135, 136
  Zamorra, 110, 111, 112
  Zealand, 325
  Zephon, 295, 296
  Zeus, 22
  Zhukovski, 372
  Zohak, 400, 401
  Zopher, 396
  Zrinyi, 392