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The Hoose o Haivers

James W. Robertson

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Loosely based on the Metamorphoses poems of Ovid, The House o Haivers retells some of the best-known, as well as some less familiar, Greek and Roman myths. Using varieties of accessible modern Scots, these writers bring alive a range of tales; including: o Midas, whose touch turned everything to gold; o Echo and Narcissus and how love turned one into a disembodied voice and the other into a flower; o How Arachne took on the goddess Athena in a weaving contest and what happened to her when she won; o The adventures of the mighty heroes Perseus and Hercules and the stories of the Minotaur amoungst others. The collection begins in the Hoose o Haivers, a place where stories both true and false begin and grow - a place based on Ovid's fantastic description of the House of Rumour.

Language: Scots

Pages: 96

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Black and White Publishing

Release: August 05, 2002

ISBN: 1902927443

ISBN 13: 9781902927442

The Hoose o Haivers

James W. Robertson

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Loosely based on the Metamorphoses poems of Ovid, The House o Haivers retells some of the best-known, as well as some less familiar, Greek and Roman myths. Using varieties of accessible modern Scots, these writers bring alive a range of tales; including: o Midas, whose touch turned everything to gold; o Echo and Narcissus and how love turned one into a disembodied voice and the other into a flower; o How Arachne took on the goddess Athena in a weaving contest and what happened to her when she won; o The adventures of the mighty heroes Perseus and Hercules and the stories of the Minotaur amoungst others. The collection begins in the Hoose o Haivers, a place where stories both true and false begin and grow - a place based on Ovid's fantastic description of the House of Rumour.

Language: Scots

Pages: 96

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Black and White Publishing

Release: August 05, 2002

ISBN: 1902927443

ISBN 13: 9781902927442

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