Mabel H. Cummings

Mabel H. Cummings was an American children's writer and translator born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1872. Records summarized by the MyNDIR biographical database place her later in Boston, Cambridge, and Brookline, and note that she died in Brookline in 1962.

She is most closely associated with Asgard Stories: Tales from Norse Mythology, first published in 1901 with Mary H. Foster. The book was created for children and classroom reading, retelling Norse myths in a simpler, more approachable style.

Although not much widely known biographical detail survives, her work has remained in circulation through public-domain editions and audiobook releases. That lasting interest suggests a special gift for introducing younger readers to mythology without losing the wonder of the original tales.