Gods and heroes -- Prometheus steals fire from heaven -- A Miracle on Mount Parnassus -- Phaeton and the horses of the sun -- The Bride of Pluto -- Echo and Narcissus -- Orpheus and Euridice -- The Gorgon's head -- Heracles -- The Golden fleece -- Daedalus -- Theseus and the minotaur -- Oedipus -- Beowulf -- The Battle of Roncevaux -- Tristram and Iseult -- Rustem and Sohrab -- Sigurd of the Volsungs.