Mythology, Legends & Folklore

The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust'

H. B. Cotterill

This work is a scholarly guide that brings together the medieval Faust legend and Johann Wolfgang Goethe’s…

The Argonautica

Rhodius Apollonius

The Argonautica is a Hellenistic epic by Apollonius Rhodius, a poet of the Alexandrian school who lived in…

The Satyricon — Volume 05: Crotona Affairs

Petronius Arbiter

The work is a fragment of Petronius Arbiter’s Satyricon, presented here as the fifth volume in the “Crotona…

Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway

Snorri Sturluson

Heimskringla is a sweeping saga‑history that strings together the lives of Norway’s early monarchs, from the…

Little Mr. Thimblefinger and His Queer Country

Joel Chandler Harris

The story opens on a Georgia plantation where three children, a seven‑year‑old girl named Sweetest Susan, her…

The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision

This volume presents the complete Douay‑Rheims Bible as revised by Bishop Richard Challoner in the…

The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries

W. Y. Evans-Wentz

The Fairy‑Faith in Celtic Countries is a scholarly survey that treats the belief in fairies as a distinct…

Gypsy folk-tales

Francis Hindes Groome

Francis Hindes Groome’s Gypsy folk‑tales is a scholarly compilation that gathers the oral narratives of the…

The legend of Perseus, Volume 2 (of 3): The life-token

Edwin Sidney Hartland

The work is a scholarly exploration of the “life‑token” motif that recurs in the Perseus legend and in folk…

A Lenda da Meia-Noite

Manuel Pinheiro Chagas

A Lenda da Meia‑Noite, de Manuel Pinheiro Chagas, é um romance ficcional português do século XIX que se…

The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems

William Morris

Helen Redeemed and Other Poems

Maurice Hewlett

Helen Redeemed and Other Poems is a sprawling poetic retelling of the Trojan saga, beginning with an…

Fairy Book

Sophie May

The Fairy Book is a collection of whimsical tales framed as a lively domestic conversation among a group of…

Sacred and legendary art, volume 1 (of 2) Containing legends of the angels and archangels, the evangelists, the Apostles, the doctors of the church, and St. Mary magdalene, as represented in the fine arts.

Mrs. Jameson

The work is a scholarly yet conversational survey of Christian iconography, organized around the legends of…

The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2)

James George Frazer

The Golden Bough, Volume 2 of James George Frazer’s monumental comparative study, is a scholarly survey of…

Omens and Superstitions of Southern India

Edgar Thurston

Edgar Thurston’s Omens and Superstitions of Southern India is a scholarly survey of the “psychical life” of…

Tales of Giants from Brazil

Elsie Spicer Eells

This volume is a collection of Brazilian fairy tales retold by Elsie Spicer Eells, and it opens with the…

平妖傳

Luo, Guanzhong; Feng, Menglong

Indian Legends of Minnesota

The volume is a collection of Indian legends presented in verse, assembled by a compiler who openly admits…

二刻拍案驚奇

Mengchu Ling

More Russian Picture Tales

Valerian Viliamovich Karrik

More Russian Picture Tales is a collection of folk narratives compiled by Valerian Viliamovich Karrik,…

The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda

Snorri Sturluson

The Younger Edda, also known as Snorre’s Edda or the Prose Edda, is a medieval compilation of Norse mythology…

Myths and Legends of China

E. T. C. Werner

The work is a scholarly survey of Chinese mythology compiled by Edward Theodore Chalmers Werner, a sinologist…

Finnish Legends for English Children

R. Eivind

Finnish Legends for English Children is a retelling of the Kalevala, the Finnish epic, aimed at young…