Mythology, Legends & Folklore

The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)

James George Frazer

James George Frazer’s first volume of The Golden Bough is a scholarly study of comparative religion, magic,…

Märchen-Sammlung

Die Märchen‑Sammlung ist ein buntes Potpourri aus altbekannten und weniger bekannten deutschen Sagen, das mit…

Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand and One Nights — Volume 2 (of 6)

Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand and One Nights, Volume 2, gathers a series of Arabian tales…

The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2

Karl Otfried Müller

The work is a scholarly, multi‑volume study of the Dorian tribe, presented here in English as the second and…

Wigwam Evenings: Sioux Folk Tales Retold

Eastman, Charles A.; Eastman, Elaine Goodale

Wigwam Evenings presents a collection of Sioux folk tales retold by Charles A.

The Iliad

Homer

The Iliad is Homer’s epic poem of the Trojan War, rendered here in an English translation that preserves the…

Kalevala : the Epic Poem of Finland — Complete

The volume presents the Finnish national epic, Kalevala, in a full English translation that begins with a…

Stories to Read or Tell from Fairy Tales and Folklore

This volume gathers a selection of folk narratives and fairy‑tale motifs that were traditionally told aloud…

A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam (Based on Professor H. H. Wilson's translation.)

This volume presents a prose English rendering of the Vishnu Purāna, drawn chiefly from Professor H. H.

Pausanias' description of Greece, Volume II.

active approximately 150-175 Pausanias

Pausanias’ Description of Greece, Volume II, is a first‑person guide to the ancient world written by the…

Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan

Toru Dutt

The volume presents the English‑language poetry of Toru Dutt, a young Hindu woman who wrote in the…

Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes

Jean de La Fontaine

The book presents a nineteenth‑century English translation of Jean de La Fontaine’s celebrated fables, first…

Philippine Folk Tales

This volume gathers a wide spectrum of Philippine folklore, organized into five distinct groups that reflect…

The Mythology of the British Islands An Introduction to Celtic Myth, Legend, Poetry, and Romance

Charles Squire

Charles Squire’s work is a single‑volume handbook that seeks to give the English reader a compact, accessible…

The Blue Fairy Book

Andrew Lang

The Blue Fairy Book is a collection of folk narratives that blend magical quests with moral intrigue, and it…

Lamia

John Keats

Lamia is a sprawling mythic poem that plunges the reader into a pre‑Romantic world of gods, nymphs and…

鏡花緣

Ruzhen Li

Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 2

Sir Thomas Malory

Suma y narracion de los Incas, que los indios llamaron Capaccuna, que fueron señores de la ciudad del Cuzco y de todo lo á ella subjeto

Juan de Betanzos

Este libro es una crónica histórica escrita por Juan de Betanzos, fraile y traductor que vivió en el Perú…

The Sleeping Beauty

C. S. Evans

The Sleeping Beauty is a German‑origin fairy tale retold by C. S.

Ehstnische Märchen. Zweite Hälfte

Dieses Werk ist die zweite Hälfte einer zweisprachigen Sammlung estnischer Volksmärchen, die 1866 von Dr.

The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga); with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda

The volume presents a nineteenth‑century English translation of the thirteenth‑century Icelandic saga known…

The symbolism of Freemasonry: Illustrating and explaining its science and philosophy, its legends, myths and symbols

Albert Gallatin Mackey

The work is a scholarly exposition on the role of legend and symbol in Masonic teaching, written by Albert G.

The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.

Euripides

The volume presents a scholarly introduction to Euripides, the Athenian tragedian born on the day of the…