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Myths of the Rhine
X.-B. Saintine · 1874
X.-B. Saintine follows the Rhine from its Alpine source toward the Dutch canals, gathering histories and traditions across sixteen chapters. Druids and sacred trees give way to northern gods, water spirits, household beings, giants, dwarfs, and fairies in a journey shaped by nineteenth-century mythmaking.
Inside this edition
Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 30 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.
The Characters of Myths of the Rhine — Portrait Gallery
The Characters of Myths of the Rhine — The Northern Gods
The Characters of Myths of the Rhine — Guardians and Prophets
The Rhine — From the Alpine Source to the Dutch Canals
France — The Western Borderlands
The Northern Creation Myth
The First Camps beside the RhineThe Rhine rises in the Swiss mountains and runs through several lands before reaching the Dutch canals.
Across the Two BanksThe narrator visits the Rhine banks and describes a landscape before bridges join the shores.
This edition
- Title
- Myths of the Rhine
- Author
- X.-B. Saintine (1798–1865)
- First published
- 1874
- Illustrated plates
- 70 original artworks · 30 open to everyone
- Chapters
- 16 · about 64,803 words
- Reading time
- 4 h 19 min
- Language
- EN
- Formats
- Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription
- Publisher
- LitLab — The Illustrated Classics
- On LitLab since
- October 2026
- Rights
- Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.
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