Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem

This edition presents the Old English heroic saga Beowulf in a modern English translation that strives to…

Grimms' Fairy Tales

Grimm, Jacob; Grimm, Wilhelm

The collection opens with the familiar German folk narrative of a king’s missing golden apples, a mystery…

Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes

Sophocles

This volume presents Sophocles’ Oedipus King of Thebes in a faithful English rhyming‑verse translation,…

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 (of 10)

The volume presents itself as a labor‑of‑love translation of the Arabian Nights, framed by a lengthy preface…

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks

Vatsyayana

The work presented is a nineteenth‑century English translation of Vatsyayana’s Sanskrit treatise on love,…

The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original

Homer

The work presented here is a prose rendering of Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, produced by the…

警世通言

Menglong Feng

The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

Valmiki

The work is an English‑verse rendering of the ancient Indian epic attributed to the sage Válmíki, whose…

The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII

Ovid

The work is Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Books I‑VII, a sweeping Latin poem that begins with a grand “Argument” in…

Four Arthurian Romances

Chrétien, de Troyes, active 12th century

Four Arthurian Romances gathers the chivalric tales of Chrétien de Troyes, the 12th‑century poet who shaped…

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

Sir Thomas Malory

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is a collected romance that brings together the chief episodes…

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Washington Irving

Washington Irving’s tale is a short work of early‑American fiction that blends ghostly legend with a vivid…

Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I

Edmund Spenser

Spencer’s The Faerie Queene opens as an elaborate allegorical quest, introducing a “Gentle Knight” clad in…

Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1

Sir Thomas Malory

Le Morte d’Arthur is Thomas Malory’s monumental compilation of Arthurian romances, presented in twenty‑one…

The Egyptian Book of the dead

The Egyptian Book of the Dead is a ritual compilation that maps the soul’s journey through the after‑life,…

The Iliad

Homer

The Iliad is an epic poem attributed to the ancient Greek poet Homer, presented here in an English…

Hypnerotomachia: The Strife of Loue in a Dreame

Francesco Colonna

Francesco Colonna’s Hypnerotomachia is a fifteenth‑century Italian romance rendered into English, presenting…

Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion: A Study in Survivals

J. C. Lawson

John C. Cuthbert Lawson’s Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion is a scholarly investigation that…

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Howard Pyle

Howard Pyle’s The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood is a retelling of the English folklore surrounding the…

River Legends; Or, Father Thames and Father Rhine

Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen Brabourne

River Legends, or Father Thames and Father Rhine, is a sprawling juvenile tale that weaves together the…

The Romance of Tristan and Iseult

Joseph Bédier

The Romance of Tristan and Iseult, rendered by Joseph Bédier, is an adaptation of the medieval Arthurian…

Nederlandsche Volkskunde

Jos. Schrijnen

Dit werk is een systematische verkenning van de volkscultuur in Nederland en België, geschreven door Jos…

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome

E. M. Berens

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome, compiled by E. M.

Undine

La Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de

Undine is a Romantic fantasy that blends chivalric adventure with folklore about water spirits.