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12. (1832) A catechism of mythology

After repeated promises of mutual sincerity, they agreed to meet under the shade of a large white mulberry tree, to cherish which a fountain sent forth its bubbling stream. […] This knowledge he acquired by closely observing the direction in which the smoke of the volcanoes was sent by the winds. […] In like manner he sent forth the three Parcæ, the serpent Python, Nox, Tartarus, and so forth. […] When Hercules was a babe but eight months old in his cradle, Juno sent two serpents to destroy him. […] Dejanira hearing of it sent him the tunic, as he was going to sacrifice.

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