Mythology, Legends & Folklore

The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 3, Myths and Languages The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 3

Hubert Howe Bancroft

The volume is a sprawling nineteenth‑century reference work that gathers together the myths, religious…

Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn

R. W. Chambers

This work is a scholarly study of the Old English epic Beowulf, written by the Anglo‑Saxon specialist R. W.

1000 Mythological Characters Briefly Described Adapted to Private Schools, High Schools and Academies

Edward Sylvester Ellis

The book is a reference work that gathers one thousand mythological figures, each given a concise entry…

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

Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand and One Nights – Volume 6 is a scholarly edition of a…

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

Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand and One Nights, Volume 6 is a late‑eighteenth‑century…

British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions

Wirt Sikes

British Goblins is a scholarly survey of Welsh folklore that treats the myriad fairy beings, ghosts, customs…

醒世姻緣

Songling Pu

The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper

Homer

The Iliad of Homer, rendered into English blank verse by William Cowper, is a translation that foregrounds…

The gods of Mexico

Lewis Spence

Lewis Spence’s The Gods of Mexico is a scholarly survey of the religious beliefs of the ancient Nahua…

子不語

Mei Yuan

The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV

Ovid

The volume presents Henry T. Riley’s literal English prose rendering of Ovid’s Metamorphoses covering Books…

Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian

Anonymous

This volume is a collection of North‑American Indian folklore assembled by an unnamed compiler who seeks to…

Tradiciones peruanas

Ricardo Palma

El libro es una recopilación de leyendas y crónicas peruanas que combina relatos históricos con tradiciones…

Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula

Walter William Skeat

Walter William Skeat’s Malay Magic offers a scholarly survey of the folklore and popular religion of the…

Oldtown Fireside Stories

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Oldtown Fireside Stories is a slice‑of‑19th‑century New England fiction that gathers the oral traditions of a…

The golden spears, and other fairy tales

Edmund Leamy

The volume is a collection of Irish fairy tales by Edmund Leamy, presented here in an American edition that…

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things

Lafcadio Hearn

Lafcadio Hearn’s Kwaidan presents a collection of Japanese ghost stories, legends, and cultural sketches that…

Grimm Tales Made Gay

Guy Wetmore Carryl

Grimm Tales Made Gay is a humor‑infused reworking of familiar fairy‑tale motifs, assembled by Guy Wetmore…

Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race

T. W. Rolleston

The work is a scholarly survey of Celtic civilization, written to correct the popular misconception that the…

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 11 of 12)

James George Frazer

James George Frazer’s third‑edition volume of The Golden Bough is a scholarly survey of comparative religion,…

Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Complete

Charles M. Skinner

The work is a sweeping anthology of American folklore, assembled by Charles M.

The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original

This edition presents a fresh English rendering of the medieval German epic Nibelungenlied, deliberately set…

The Danish History, Books I-IX

Grammaticus Saxo

The Danish History, Books I‑IX, is the portion of Saxo Grammaticus’s monumental sixteen‑book chronicle that…

The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion

James George Frazer

The Golden Bough is a scholarly study of religion, magic and superstition that traces a single ritual, the…