Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Sea Monsters Unmasked, and Sea Fables Explained

Henry Lee

The work is a Victorian‑era natural history essay that sets out to demystify the legendary sea‑serpent and…

The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1

active 14th century; Omar Khayyam Firdawsi; Ḥāfiẓ

This volume gathers the great Persian works that have shaped the literary imagination of the West: the epic…

The Lenâpé and Their Legends With the complete text and symbols of the Walam olum, a new translation, and an inquiry into its authenticity

Daniel G. Brinton

The work is a scholarly compilation by Daniel G. Brinton that brings together a series of ethnological…

Jack the Giant Killer

Percival Leigh

Percival Leigh’s Jack the Giant Killer is a whimsical verse collection that blends fairy‑tale adventure with…

The Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01

of Samosata Lucian

The volume presents a scholarly edition of Lucian’s surviving works, beginning with a meticulous preface that…

Stories from The Arabian Nights

Laurence Housman

This edition presents a selection of Arabian Nights tales retold by Laurence Housman, whose introductory…

Custom and Myth New Edition

Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang’s Custom and Myth is a scholarly survey that challenges the prevailing “orthodox” approach to…

The Sea-Kings of Crete

James Baikie

The Sea‑Kings of Crete is a scholarly survey that blends mythic narrative with the latest archaeological…

Studies in Greek Scenery, Legend and History Selected from His Commentary on Pausanias' 'Description of Greece,'

James George Frazer

The work is a series of concise sketches drawn from James George Frazer’s commentary on Pausanias’s…

The Golden Maiden, and other folk tales and fairy stories told in Armenia

A. G. Seklemian

This volume presents a collection of Armenian folk‑tales assembled by A. G.

Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern

Edgar Saltus

Edgar Saltus’s Historia Amoris is an ambitious survey that treats love as a force shaping humanity from the…

The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere

Charles de Coster

The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere is a…

Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala

Toru; Kālidāsa; Valmiki Dutt

This volume is a nineteenth‑century English rendering of several celebrated Sanskrit works, gathered under…

A Reading Book in Irish History

P. W. Joyce

This volume, compiled by P. W. Joyce, presents a broad survey of Irish history that intertwines factual…

The Book of Hallowe'en

Ruth Edna Kelley

The Book of Hallowe’en is a scholarly compendium that traces the origins and customs of the holiday from…

Venus and Adonis

William Shakespeare

The work is a poetic dramatization of the mythic love‑triangle between the Roman goddess Venus and the Greek…

Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland

Thomas Crofton Croker

Thomas Crofton Croker’s Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland is a compact anthology of forty…

The Brown Fairy Book

Andrew Lang

The Brown Fairy Book is a collection of folk narratives gathered from many continents, presented as a single…

The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume 2 (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere

Charles de Coster

The work is a sprawling adventure tale that follows the mischievous folk‑hero Ulenspiegel and his stout…

Brownies and Bogles

Louise Imogen Guiney

Louise Imogen Guiney’s Brownies and Bogles is a whimsical survey of fairy‑folk that begins with a witty essay…

The Extant Odes of Pindar Translated with Introduction and Short Notes by Ernest Myers

Pindar

The Extant Odes of Pindar presents the surviving triumphal poems of the 5th‑century BCE Theban lyricist,…

Round the year with the stars The chief beauties of the starry heavens as seen with the naked eye

Garrett Putman Serviss

Garrett Putnam Serviss’s Round the Year with the Stars is a practical guide for beginners who want to learn…

The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch Being Parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, Edited for Boys and Girls

Plutarch

The work is a juvenile‑styled selection from Plutarch’s “Lives,” trimmed for a younger audience and paired…

Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains

Toofie Lauder

The work is a collection of Germanic folklore set in the Harz Mountains, assembled by Toofie Lauder under the…