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[close] "...She always did like tales of adventure -- stories full of brightness and darkness. She could tell you the names of all of King Arthur's knights, and she knew everything about Beowulf and Grendel, the ancient Gods and the not-quite-so-ancient heroes..."

Inkheart, chapt. 16, p. 137

The classic collection of stories about the ancient Gods and the not-quite-so-ancient-heroes.