Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Tanglewood Tales

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The work is a collection of retold classical myths aimed at younger readers, presented as a companion volume…

Homer: The Iliad; The Odyssey

W. Lucas Collins

This volume presents William Lucas Collins’s scholarly edition of Homer’s two great epics, the Iliad and the…

Myth, Ritual and Religion, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang’s Myth, Ritual and Religion is a scholarly survey that treats the origins of religious belief as…

Puck of Pook's Hill

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kip‑Keen’s Puck of Pook’s Hill opens with a lyrical inventory of England’s ancient landscape, then…

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

Songling Pu

The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3

Louis Ginzberg

The third volume of Louis Ginzberg’s The Legends of the Jews continues the monumental undertaking of…

The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines

Isabel Anderson

Isabel Anderson’s “The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines” is a travel memoir that blends…

Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine

Lewis Spence

Lewis Spence’s “Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine” is a scholarly anthology that seeks to revive the…

The Were-Wolf

Clemence Housman

The work is a nineteenth‑century folk‑tale of the supernatural, catalogued under “Werewolves – Fiction.” It…

The Grey Fairy Book

The Grey Fairy Book is a compilation of folk narratives drawn from a wide range of cultures, Lithuanian,…

Icelandic Fairy Tales

Mrs. Angus W. Hall

The work is a collection of Icelandic fairy tales gathered by Angus W.

Märchen für Kinder

H. C. Andersen

Dieses Werk ist ein dänisches Märchen von Hans Christian Andersen, das in deutscher Übersetzung erscheint.

Windsor Castle

William Harrison Ainsworth

The novel is a richly detailed historical romance set in 1529, the twentieth year of Henry VIII’s reign.

Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Myths and Legendary Heroes

The Ballads & Songs of Derbyshire With Illustrative Notes, and Examples of the Original Music, etc.

Modern Mythology

Andrew Lang

Table traits, with something on them

Dr. Doran

Ancient Art and Ritual

Jane Ellen Harrison

Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know

Rig Veda Americanus Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl

Village Folk-Tales of Ceylon, Volume 3 (of 3)

H. Parker

The travels of Pedro de Cieza de Léon; Part 2

Pedro de Cieza de León

Maori Religion and Mythology Illustrated by Translations of Traditions, Karakia, &c., to Which Are Added Notes on Maori Tenure of Land

Edward Shortland

The Romance of the Milky Way, and Other Studies & Stories

Lafcadio Hearn