Mythology, Legends & Folklore

The Legends and Myths of Hawaii: The fables and folk-lore of a strange people

Kalakaua, David, King of Hawaii

The work is a nineteenth‑century collection of Hawaiian legends compiled by King David Kalākaua, who…

玉蟾記

Tongyuanzi

Legends of Old Honolulu (Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian

W. D. Westervelt

The volume is a scholarly collection of Hawaiian folklore assembled by William Drake Westervelt, whose title…

Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art With Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry

John Vinycomb

The work is a scholarly survey of the fanciful beasts that populate British heraldic art, written by John…

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7

The volume presents the fourth through seventh books of the Mahābhārata, the great Sanskrit epic attributed…

The Chinese Fairy Book

The Chinese Fairy Book gathers seventy‑three tales drawn from a wide range of traditional sources, presenting…

The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological

Andrew Lang

The volume is a scholarly undertaking that pairs a fresh prose translation of the so‑called Homeric Hymns…

Sindbad the Sailor, & Other Stories from the Arabian Nights

Anonymous

This work is a collection of Arabian Nights tales, presented here under the heading “Sindbad the Sailor, &…

Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Songling Pu

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 (of 10)

East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North

Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen; Moe, Jørgen Engebretsen

This volume is a collection of Norwegian folk‑tales gathered by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen…

Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 2 (of 2)

Angelo De Gubernatis

Jamaican song and story: Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 01 of 12)

James George Frazer

James George Frazer’s The Golden Bough is a scholarly treatise that began as a modest attempt to explain the…

Traditions of the Tinguian: a Study in Philippine Folk-Lore

Fay-Cooper Cole

Cole’s Traditions of the Tinguian is a scholarly ethnographic collection that presents the myths, ritual…

The Golden Asse

Apuleius

The work is a Roman novel of the “Metamorphosis” type, attributed to Apuleius and presented here under the…

Fables de La Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine

Ce volume est une collection de fables que Jean de La Fontaine présente comme des adaptations des récits…

Human Animals

Frank Hamel

Frank Hamel’s Human Animals is a scholarly survey of the folklore and occult beliefs surrounding…

Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes

Aeschylus

This volume presents two of Aeschylus’ most celebrated tragedies, “Prometheus Bound” and “The Seven Against…

Stories from Hans Andersen

H. C. Andersen

This volume gathers a selection of Hans Christian Andersen’s short, fairy‑tale narratives, beginning with a…

The Iliad

Homer

The Iliad is an epic poem that opens amid the bitter dispute between Agamemnon, leader of the Achaean forces,…

Manual of Classical Erotology (De figuris Veneris)

The Manual of Classical Erotology presents itself as a scholarly catalogue rather than a titillating…

Gods and Fighting Men The story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland, arranged and put into English by Lady Gregory

Lady Gregory

This volume presents Lady Gregory’s English arrangement of the ancient Irish legends surrounding the Tuatha…

Ancient legends, Mystic Charms & Superstitions of Ireland With sketches of the Irish past

Lady Wilde

The work is a scholarly compilation of Irish folklore that treats the island’s legends, charms and…