This edition is volume 6 of the "Complete Course of History Told for Teenagers and Children" - a huge work of the French writer Jules Remon Lamet-Fleury (1797-1878). It presents the mythology of ancient peoples (India, Persia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, Scandinavia) in stories for children. The book tells about immortal gods who, like people, were subject to grief, anger, weakness, illness, lies, all the shortcomings and disasters that distinguish our poor humanity. The history of these various gods, the image of their veneration, the kind in which they were represented and is called mythology. This story is as instructive as it is entertaining and knowledge of it is necessary for well-educated children.