Mythology, Legends & Folklore

History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum)

active 796 Nennius

Nennius’s Historia Brittonum is a medieval compilation that seeks to preserve the fragmented memory of…

楊家將演義

Xiong, Damu, active 16th century

Kalevala

Kalevala on Elias Lönnrotin kokoama kansanrunojen eepos, jonka 1849 julkaistu 28.

The Story of Rome, From the Earliest Times to the Death of Augustus, Told to Boys and Girls

Mary Macgregor

Stories of Robin Hood

Bertha E. Bush

The work is a juvenile retelling of the Robin Hood legend assembled by Bertha E. Bush.

Indian Myth and Legend

Donald A. Mackenzie

Donald A. Mackenzie’s Indian Myth and Legend is a scholarly survey of Hindu mythology and its attendant…

The Mythology of All Races, Vol. 11: Latin-American

Hartley Burr Alexander

The Mythology of All Races, Vol. 11: Latin‑American is a scholarly survey of indigenous belief systems across…

Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth From Hawaii

Nathaniel Bright Emerson

Nathaniel Bright Emerson’s “Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth From Hawaii” is a scholarly retelling of one of the chief…

The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country

W. F. Kirby

The work is a scholarly survey of Estonian folk literature, assembled by William Forsell Kirby in the…

The Story Girl

L. M. Montgomery

The opening of The Story Girl places us on a May morning as two cousins, Felix and the narrator, depart…

The Hyborian Age

Robert E. Howard

The work is a sweeping fantasy chronicle that frames the world of Conan by laying out an elaborate prehistory…

The humour of Ireland

Moon Lore

Timothy Harley

Moon Lore is a scholarly yet playful compendium that gathers every facet of lunar imagination into a single…

Folk Lore Notes. Vol. I—Gujarat

A. M. T. Jackson

The volume is a post‑humous compilation of folklore material gathered by the late Arthur Mason Tippetts…

The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day

Ralph Delahaye Paine

Ralph Delahaye Paine’s The Book of Buried Treasure reads as a sprawling survey of real‑world treasure hunting…

搜神記

Gan, Bao, active 317-322

The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Six Acts

Maurice Maeterlinck

Maurice Maeterlinck’s “The Blue Bird” is a six‑act fairy play that begins in a modest wood‑cutter’s cottage,…

Tales of the Sun; or, Folklore of Southern India

Cleeve, Lucas; Sastri, Pandit Natesa

Georgiana Kingscote’s Tales of the Sun presents a curated collection of Southern Indian folklore, assembled…

Beowulf

Beowulf is an Old English epic poem that opens with a sweeping praise of the Danes’ heroic lineage, tracing…

The Conjure Woman

Charles W. Chesnutt

The work is a Southern‑state narrative that blends domestic travel with a folk‑tale about a haunted vineyard.

Bulfinch's Mythology The Age of Fable; The Age of Chivalry; Legends of Charlemagne

Thomas Bulfinch

Bulfinch’s three‑part work, The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, and Legends of Charlemagne, offers a…

Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1

Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 2 of 3 Olympus; or, the Religion of the Homeric Age

W. E. Gladstone

The Pharaohs and Their People: Scenes of old Egyptian life and history

E. Berkley

The work is a nineteenth‑century scholarly survey of Egyptian history, arranged in a series of illustrated…