Lining the Book

Dharmakshetra Kurukshetra A great war was fought between the Pandavas and the Kauravas in the battlefield of Kurukshetra - a place which is considered sacred to this day. This war was called Dharma Yuddha, or the fight for dharma. (Image source: goodreads.com)

In the corner of a first-class smoking carriage, Mr Justice Margrave, lately retired from the bench, puffed at a cigar and ran an interested eye through the political news in The Times. (Image source: agathachristie.com) And they will find ten dead bodies and an unsolved problem on Soldier Island. Signed: Lawrence Wargrave. 

It's as hard to have a favourite sequence of myths as it is to have a style of cooking (some nights you might want Thai food, some nights sushi, other nights you crave for the plain home cooking you grew up on). But if I had to declare a favourite, it would probably be for the Norse myths.  - Introduction by Neil Gaiman. (Image source: neilgaimannorsemythology.com)