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In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child - not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power - the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves. Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones...
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80 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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An illustrated collection of traditional tales which feature goddesses from different cultures, including Navajo, Mayan, and Fon. Notes explain each goddess's place in her culture, the reason for the book, and how the illustrations were developed.
9) Amber & Clay
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"In a warlike land of wind and sunlight, "ringed by a restless sea," live Rhaskos and Melisto, spiritual twins with little in common beyond the violent and mysterious forces that dictate their lives. A Thracian slave in a Greek household, Rhaskos is as common as clay, a stable boy worth less than a donkey, much less a horse. Wrenched from his mother at a tender age, he nurtures in secret, aided by Socrates, his passions for art and philosophy. Melisto...
14) Pallas the pal
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Goddess girls volume 21
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260 pages ; 22 cm.
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Pallas, the daughter of Triton and messenger of the sea, enrolls at Mount Olympus Academy.
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255 pages : color illustrations, genealogical tables, color maps ; 25 cm
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Who were the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and Rome? What did they mean to the people who worshiped them? Although their time of widespread worship has long passed, the Greek and Roman gods have fascinated and inspired writers and artists for millennia. From Aphrodite to Apollo, Poseidon to Zeus, these are some of the most recognizable characters in Western culture, yet there is a much richer past behind famous paintings of the birth of Aphrodite...
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2 volumes (lxvi, 641 pages) : illustrations
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Provides a comprehensive introduction to the ways goddess figures have been viewed through the ages. Covers thousands of figures of feminine divinity and describes the myths and attributes of goddesses and female spiritual powers from around the world.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
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"An ancient legend tells us of a sea goddess that reigns over the depths of all the seas of the world. Since the beginning of time, she has been the mother of all marine creatures, whom she loves and protects. Respected in days gone by, she has since been forgotten...but her legend has not completely died. She is called Elinea, the ocean guardian."--from cover, p. [4]
Bastian, a fisherman, tries to free Elinea, an ocean goddess, from poachers.
20) Strange girl
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413 pages ; 22 cm
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Told from the perspective of a seventeen-year-old boy in love with a mysterious girl who seems to have an unearthly ability to heal, but the ability carries quite a cost.
From the moment Fred meets Aja, he knows she's different. She's pretty, soft-spoken, shy-- and strange things happen around her. A riot breaks out that Aja is able to stop by merely speaking a few words. A friend of Fred's suffers a serious head injury and has a miraculous recovery....
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