Mythology, Legends & Folklore

The Myths of Mexico & Peru

Lewis Spence

The work is a scholarly survey of pre‑Columbian mythology and archaeology, concentrating on the peoples of…

Fairy Tales, Volume 2 (of 2)

This volume collects a second set of fairy tales chosen to complement the stories presented in the first…

Everybody's Book of Luck

Anonymous

Everybody’s Book of Luck is a compendium of folk superstitions and the practical reasoning that often…

後西游記

Xuahua Biao

Wit, Character, Folklore & Customs of the North Riding of Yorkshire With a Glossary of over 4,000 Words and Idioms Now in Use

Richard Blakeborough

Richard Blakeborough’s work is a self‑conscious compilation of Yorkshire wit, character, customs and…

The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 2 (of 5)

The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Volume II, is a scholarly edition of fifty‑plus traditional…

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx (Volume 2 of 2)

Sir John Rhys

The work is a scholarly compilation of Celtic folklore that concentrates on the mythic and historical…

Moorish Literature Comprising Romantic Ballads, Tales of the Berbers, Stories of the Kabyles, Folk-Lore, and National Traditions

The work is a scholarly anthology that gathers the oral and written output of the peoples historically…

Birds in Legend, Fable and Folklore

Ernest Ingersoll

The work is a scholarly survey of the many ways birds have been woven into legend, fable and folk belief…

The King of the Golden River

John Ruskin

John Ruskin’s “The King of the Golden River” is a short, didactic fairy tale that begins in a lush,…

A book of the west. Volume 2, Cornwall: being an introduction to Devon and Cornwall

S. Baring-Gould

Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886)

Evelyn Lilian Hazeldine Carrington Martinengo-Cesaresco

Martinengo‑Cesaresco’s Essays in the Study of Folk‑Songs is a scholarly treatise that opens with a vivid…

Mythical Monsters

Charles Gould

The work is a scholarly survey that treats legendary beasts as subjects of natural history rather than mere…

From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan

H. P. Blavatsky

From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan is a travel‑romance written by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, originally…

Adán y Eva en el paraíso

Eça de Queirós

Esta obra es una reinterpretación literaria del relato bíblico de Adán y Eva, escrita por Eça de Queirós y…

Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales

Various

This volume gathers a broad assortment of fairy‑tales, wonder stories, and fables aimed at young readers,…

The Book of Were-Wolves

S. Baring-Gould

The work is a scholarly monograph by Sabine Baring‑Gould that begins with a vivid, first‑person account of a…

Strange Pages from Family Papers

T. F. Thiselton-Dyer

The work is a miscellany of folklore and family lore compiled by Thomas Firminger Thiselton‑Dyer, whose focus…

El Estudiante de Salamanca and Other Selections

José de Espronceda

This volume presents a scholarly selection of José de Espronceda’s poetry, prepared for advanced Spanish…

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 (of 10)

The volume presents a segment of the legendary Arabian night‑tale tradition, where Shahrazad continues her…

An Introduction to Mythology

Lewis Spence

This work is a scholarly overview of mythology presented as a systematic “science” of myth.

拾遺記

Wang, Jia, active 4th century; Qi, Zhiping; Xiao, Qi

In Ghostly Japan

Lafcadio Hearn

In In Ghostly Japan Lafcadio Hearn presents a series of Japanese legends and observations that blend…

Clan Traditions and Popular Tales of the Western Highlands and Islands