Mythology, Legends & Folklore

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Howard Pyle

Howard Pyle’s “The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood” is a lively retelling of England’s most beloved outlaw…

Legends of Florence: Collected from the People, First Series

Charles Godfrey Leland

Charles Godfrey Leland’s Legends of Florence is a folkloric anthology that gathers the city’s whispered tales…

The Iliad

Homer

The Iliad presents itself as an epic poem rendered into English blank verse, a conscious effort by the…

English Fairy Tales

Flora Annie Webster Steel

Armenian Legends and Poems

This volume is a modest anthology of Armenian legends and poems, assembled by Zabelle C.

The Ghost World

T. F. Thiselton-Dyer

The work is a scholarly survey of folk beliefs about the soul’s departure at death, assembled by Thomas…

Rewards and Fairies

Rudyard Kipling

The work is a whimsical fantasy tale aimed at younger readers, centered on the brother‑sister duo Dan and Una…

Seneca myths and folk tales

Arthur C. Parker

Arthur C. Parker’s “Seneca Myths and Folk Tales” is a scholarly compilation of traditional narratives…

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 (of 10)

This volume collects a swath of Arabian folklore, beginning with the famed sailor‑merchant Sindbad and moving…

Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 2 (of 3) Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets Together With Some Few of Later Date

Orlando Furioso

Lodovico Ariosto

Orlando Furioso is an Italian epic poem that weaves together a sprawling tapestry of chivalric love,…

長生殿

Sheng Hong

Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt

Lewis Spence

Lewis Spence’s Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt is a scholarly yet popular‑style survey that treats…

Myths and Myth-Makers Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology

John Fiske

John Fiske’s Myths and Myth‑Makers is a scholarly survey that treats folklore and mythology as a comparative…

Castles of Ireland: Some Fortress Histories and Legends

Constance Louisa Adams

Constance Louisa Adams’s Castles of Ireland is a reference work that pairs concise historical sketches with…

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

The volume opens with a lavishly detailed tableau of King Sabur, a Persian monarch famed for his wealth,…

The Annals of the Cakchiquels

Francisco Hernández Arana Xajilá

The Annals of the Cakchiquels is a scholarly edition that presents the original native manuscript of a…

耳食錄

Jun Yue

Theocritus, translated into English Verse

Theocritus

The volume presents an English‑verse rendering of the bucolic poems of Theocritus, the ancient Greek poet…

Devonshire Characters and Strange Events

S. Baring-Gould

Sabine Baring‑Gould’s Devonshire Characters and Strange Events is a Victorian‑era compendium of local…

Russian Folk-Tales

A. N. Afanas'ev

The volume presents a scholarly collection of Russian folk‑tales compiled by Aleksandr N.

Congo life and folklore

John H. Weeks

John H. Weeks’s work is a blend of ethnographic observation and missionary narrative that treats the brass…

Der Nibelunge liet

Der Nibelunge liet ist ein episches Gedicht, das in einer aufwendigen Handschriftedition von Karl Simrock aus…

The Heroes; Or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children

Charles Kingsley

The work is a Victorian‑era collection of Greek myths retold for a young audience, presented under the title…