Which genre of fiction does the passage belong to? a. science fiction b. myth c. fable d. historical fiction

the heroes: perseus
by charles kingsley (excerpt)

and who were halcyone and ceyx? you shall hear while the chest floats on. halcyone was a fairy maiden, the daughter of the beach and of the wind. and she loved a sailor-boy, and married him; and none on earth were so happy as they. but at last ceyx was wrecked; and before he could swim to the shore the billows swallowed him up. and halcyone saw him drowning, and leapt into the sea to him; but in vain. then the immortals took pity on them both, and changed them into two fair sea-birds; and now they build a floating nest every year, and sail up and down happily for ever upon the pleasant seas of greece.