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09 août 2022
Nombre de lectures
1
EAN13
9781647000691
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English
Poids de l'ouvrage
5 Mo
Publié par
Date de parution
09 août 2022
Nombre de lectures
1
EAN13
9781647000691
Langue
English
Poids de l'ouvrage
5 Mo
GODDESS OF EARTH
TALES OF GREAT GODDESSES
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER 2021945981
ISBN 978-1-4197-4861-5
TEXT 2022 IMOGEN GREENBERG
ILLUSTRATIONS 2022 ISABEL GREENBERG
BOOK DESIGN BY MAX TEMESCU AND JADE RECTOR
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GODDESS OF EARTH
TALES OF GREAT GODDESSES
AMULET BOOKS NEW YORK
FOR FRIEDA
1
HI! MY NAME IS
LACHESIS, AND THESE
ARE MY SISTERS ...
I M
CLOTHO.
AND I M
ATROPOS. HELLO!
TOGETHER
, WE ARE THE FATES!
SOUNDS COOL, RIGHT?
WELL,
WE ARE PRETTY
IMPORTANT. ALMOST
LIKE GODDESSES.
AND WOW, DO
WE HAVE A STORY
FOR YOU...
IT S ABOUT
A WOMAN YOU RE
DEFINITELY GOING TO
WANT TO MEET...
HER NAME
IS GAIA!
AND DON T
FORGET TO LOOK
OUT FOR US!
WE LL BE IN THE
STORY LATER ON.
NO SPOILERS,
CLOTHO!
2
3
GAIA WAS THE GODDESS OF EARTH, WHO
CREATED THE UNIVERSE AND THE WORLD -
FROM THE LAND TO THE SEA TO ALL THE PLANTS
AND CREATURES ON IT. SHE WANTED THE TITANS,
GODS, AND MORTALS TO LIVE IN PEACE TOGETHER
AND KEEP THE EARTH SAFE FROM HARM.
4
OURANOS WAS GAIA S HUSBAND AND THE
LEADER OF THE TITANS. THE GOD OF THE SKY,
HE THOUGHT HE SHOULD RULE OVER ALL THE
EARTH AND THE MORTALS ON IT.
5
GAIA S GRANDDAUGHTER AND GODDESS
OF THE MOON, SELENE HELPED CARRY THE
MOON ACROSS THE SKY, IN HER CHARIOT
WITH MILK-WHITE HORSES, TO TURN THE DAY
INTO NIGHT. BUT SHE COULDN T HELP BUT BE
COMPETITIVE WITH HER BROTHER, HELIOS.
6
HELIOS WAS GAIA S GRANDSON AND THE GOD
OF THE SUN. NOT WANTING TO BE OUTSHONE BY
HIS SISTER SELENE, HE BROUGHT THE SUN AND
THE MORNING IN A FANCY CHARIOT WITH FOUR
HORSES WHO GALLOPED ACROSS THE SKY.
7
SISTER TO SELENE AND HELIOS, EOS WAS
THE GODDESS OF THE DAWN - AND THE ONLY
ONE WHO COULD KEEP HER SIBLINGS FROM
FIGHTING TOO MUCH.
8
OURANOS AND GAIA S YOUNGEST SON, CRONUS
WAS BOLD AND CUNNING AND HELPED TO FREE
GAIA WHEN OURANOS CHAINED HER UP. BUT ONCE
CRONUS ROSE TO POWER, HE BECAME PARANOID OF
HIS OWN CHILDREN - AND TRIED TO EAT THEM SO
THAT THEY D NEVER BE ABLE TO OVERTHROW HIM!
