Mythology, Legends & Folklore

The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story

active 11th century Somadeva Bhatta

Tales of Folk and Fairies

Katharine Pyle

The work is a collection of folk narratives assembled by Katharine Pyle, whose subjects are fairy tales and…

The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

This volume presents a collection of Native American myths and legends, gathered by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft…

Laboulaye's Fairy Book

Édouard Laboulaye

Laboulaye’s Fairy Book is a collection of French‑origin fairy tales that the author assembled for his own…

The Nursery Rhyme Book

The Nursery Rhyme Book is a sprawling anthology that gathers together the familiar verses of childhood…

The Evolution of the Dragon

Grafton Elliot Smith

The work is a scholarly compilation of three Rylands Lectures delivered between 1915 and 1918, each…

Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children

Mabel Powers

Mabel Powers’ collection is a folkloric anthology that presents the traditional tales the Iroquois once told…

The Dew of Their Youth

S. R. Crockett

The Dew of Their Youth is a school‑yard tale set in a Scottish academy that opens with a bustling rounders…

Woodland Tales

Ernest Thompson Seton

Ernest Thompson Seton’s Woodland Tales is a collection of nature sketches and fables aimed at children six…

Just so stories

Rudyard Kipling

The collection gathers Rudyard Kip‑Keen’s whimsical “Just‑So” tales, a series of short, animal‑centric fables…

Myths of Babylonia and Assyria

Donald A. Mackenzie

Donald A. Mackenzie’s Myths of Babylonia and Assyria is a scholarly survey that treats the religious and…

Border Ghost Stories

Howard Pease

Howard Pease’s Border Ghost Stories is a collection that gathers together a series of eerie anecdotes and…

The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gîtâ (from the Mahâbhârata) Being a discourse between Arjuna, Prince of India, and the Supreme Being under the form of Krishna

The Song Celestial, or Bhagavad‑Gîtâ, is a Sanskrit poem embedded in the sixth “Bhishma” Parva of the…

Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls

The volume is a sweeping anthology of mythic and legendary narratives drawn from the cultural heritage of…

The National Nursery Book With 120 illustrations

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The National Nursery Book is a compendium of familiar fairy‑tale and nursery‑rhyme material, gathered…

Indian Poetry Containing "The Indian Song of Songs," from the Sanskrit of the Gîta Govinda of Jayadeva, Two books from "The Iliad Of India" (Mahábhárata), "Proverbial Wisdom" from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa, and other Oriental Poems.

Sir Edwin Arnold

This volume presents a series of English renderings by Sir Edwin Arnold of Sanskrit verse, beginning with an…

Primitive culture, vol. 2 (of 2): Researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, language, art, and custom

Edward B. Tylor

This volume is the second part of Edward Burnett Tylor’s extensive comparative study of primitive culture, in…

A Hundred Fables of La Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine

A Hundred Fables of La Fontaine gathers the French poet’s celebrated animal tales in English translation,…

Demonology and Devil-lore

Moncure Daniel Conway

The work is a scholarly survey of demonology that begins with a vivid legend of three friars attempting to…

From a Terrace in Prague

B. Granville Baker

From the outset, From a Terrace in Prague presents itself as a travel‑and‑history essay, a personal guide…

Mediaeval Tales

Turpin’s History of Charles the Great and Orlando is a medieval chronicle rendered into English by Thomas…

Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends

Gertrude Landa

Gertrude Landa’s Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends offers a collection of short narratives drawn from Talmudic…

Archaic England: An Essay in Deciphering Prehistory From Megalithic Monuments, Earthworks, Customs, Coins, Place-names, and Faerie Superstitions

Harold Bayley

Harold Bayley’s Archaic England is a scholarly essay that treats the ancient landscape of Britain as a puzzle…

Sprookjes: Tweede verzameling

Grimm, Jacob; Grimm, Wilhelm

Deze bundel bevat een reeks Duitse sprookjes, verzameld door de gebroeders Grimm, en opent met een levendig…