The Mythology, Legends & Folklore Collection gathers the oldest stories humanity has told — the myths of gods and heroes, the fairy tales of the brothers Grimm and Andersen, and the legends and folk traditions of cultures around the world. From Greek and Norse mythology to Arthurian romance and global folklore, it is a treasury of the human imagination.
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- The OdysseyHomer
- The Thousand Nights and a Night, Vol. 1Unknown
- King Arthur and the Knights of the Round TableThomas Malory
- Four Arthurian RomancesChrétien de Troyes
- HypnerotomachiaFrancesco Colonna
- The Kama Sutra of VatsyayanaVatsyayana
- UndineFriedrich de la Motte Fouqué
- The Bakhtyār Nāma: A Persian Romance
- Grimms' Fairy TalesJacob Grimm
- Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic PoemUnknown
- Oedipus King of ThebesSophocles
- The IliadHomer
- The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VIIOvid
- The Romance of Tristan and IseultJoseph Bédier
- The Legend of Sleepy HollowWashington Irving
- The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1
- The Merry Adventures of Robin HoodHoward Pyle
- The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I
- The Egyptian Book of the Dead
- Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book IEdmund Spenser
- Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1Thomas Malory
- Aesop’s Fables: A New TranslationAesop
- Andersen's Fairy TalesH. C. Andersen
- The Ballad of the White HorseG. K. Chesterton
- Three Hundred Aesop’s FablesAesop
- PlutarchPlutarch
- Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and HomericaHesiod
- AeneidosVirgil
- Fairy dreamsJane Austin
- How Joy Was FoundIsobel Wylie Hutchison
- JonahRobert Nathan
- Maugis, ye SorcererLord Gilhooley
- Sir Gawayne and the Green
- The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translatedValmiki
- Russian Fairy TalesUnknown
- Nederlandsche VolkskundeJos. Schrijnen
- Cowboy songs, and other frontier ballads
- Hero-Myths & Legends of the British RaceM. I. Ebbutt
- 西遊記Cheng'en Wu
- Folklore as an Historical ScienceGeorge Laurence Gomme
- A Book of MythsJean Lang
- Sagen van Koning Arthur en de Ridders van de TafelrondeNelly Montijn-de Fouw
- The Arabian Nights: Their Best-known Tales
- WerwolvesElliott O'Donnell
- The Story of the GreeksH. A. Guerber
- Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers
- Humorous Ghost StoriesDorothy Scarborough
- The Aeneid of VirgilVirgil
- Myths and Legends of AncientE. M. Berens
- Italian Popular TalesThomas Frederick Crane
- The First Book of Adam and EveRutherford H. Platt (editor)
- The Wind BlowethDonn Byrne
- Sprookjes: Tweede verzamelingJacob Grimm
- The Metamorphoses of Publius OvidusOvid
- Negro Folk RhymesThomas Washington Talley
- Eight Dwelling Places of Buddhist ImmortalsFive colors stone
- The Children of OdinPadraic Colum
- Stories the Iroquois Tell Their ChildrenMabel Powers
- The Book of Nature MythsFlorence Holbrook
- River LegendsBaron Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen Brabourne
- Fairy Tales of Hans Christian AndersenHans Christian Andersen
- With Spurs of GoldFrances Nimmo Greene
- Myths of the CherokeeJames Mooney
- The Indian Fairy BookCornelius Mathews
- Indian PoetrySir Edwin Arnold
- The Myth of HiawathaHenry Rowe Schoolcraft
- The Olive Fairy Book
- King Arthur’s KnightsHenry Gilbert
- The Book of Romance
- Romulus: Makers of HistoryJacob Abbott
- The Nursery Rhyme Book
- Jewish Fairy Tales and LegendsGertrude Landa
- Andersens Sproken en vertellingen: MorgenroodH. C. Andersen
- Fairy Tales of the SlavAlexander Chodzko
- Aesop, in RhymeAesop
- Myths and Marvels of AstronomyRichard A. Proctor
- La Chanson de RolandUnknown
- A Hundred Fables of La FontaineJean de La Fontaine
- Wigwam EveningsCharles A. & Elaine Goodale Eastman
- Egyptian Literature
- Puck of Pook's HillRudyard Kipling
- Tales of Giants from BrazilElsie Spicer Eells
- Finnish Legends for English ChildrenR. Eivind
- Old MackinawW. P. Strickland
- Filipino Popular TalesDean S. Fansler
- Nights With Uncle RemusJoel Chandler Harris
- Mythology among the Hebrews Ignaz Goldziher
- The Evolution of the DragonGrafton Elliot Smith
- The Round Towers of Ireland Henry O’Brien
- English Fairy TalesJoseph Jacobs
- Plant Lore, Legends, and LyricsRichard Folkard
- A Treasury of Heroes and HeroinesClayton Edwards
- The Wandering Jew — CompleteEugène Sue
- Japanische MärchenUnknown
- The Book of Brave Old Ballads
- The Elder and Younger EddasSæmund Sigfusson & Snorri Sturluson
- The Kathá Sarit SágaraSomadeva
- Woodland TalesErnest Thompson Seton
- The WendigoAlgernon Blackwood
- Folk-Lore and Legends: North American IndianVarious
- Bulfinch’s MythologyThomas Bulfinch
- West African Folk-TalesW. H. Barker & Cecilia Sinclair
- Mediaeval Tales
- The True Prophecies of NostradamusNostradamus
- Myths of the NorsemenH. A. Guerber
- Le Morte DarthurThomas Malory
- Tales of Folk and FairiesKatharine Pyle
- The Book of Stories for the Story-tellerFanny E. Coe
- The Proverbs of ScotlandAlexander Hislop
- South-African Folk-TalesJames A. Honey
- Famous Tales of Fact
- British GoblinsWirt Sikes
- Indian Fairy TalesJoseph Jacobs
- Japan: From the Japanese Government HistoryJapanese Government
- Border Ghost StoriesHoward Pease
- Myths and Legends of the Celtic RaceT. W. Rolleston
- Vikram and the VampireRichard F. Burton
- The Orkneyinga SagaAnonymous
- Fictitious and Symbolic Creatures in ArtJohn Vinycomb
- Myths and Legends of JapanF. Hadland Davis
- The Book of the SwordRichard F. Burton
- The Golden AsseApuleius
- The Magic of the Horse-Shoe Robert Means Lawrence
- The Yellow Fairy BookAndrew Lang
- The Dew of Their YouthS. R. Crockett
- The Myths of the New World Daniel G. Brinton
- The Chinese Fairy BookRichard Wilhelm (editor)
- The Fairy MythologyThomas Keightley
- Myths of Babylonia and AssyriaDonald A. Mackenzie
- Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of ScotlandJohn Gregorson Campbell
- Welsh Folk-Lore Elias Owen
- The Book of the EpicH. A. Guerber
- The Book of Were-Wolves Sabine Baring-Gould
- Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt Lewis Spence
- Myths of Greece and Rome H. A. Guerber
- Folklore of Scottish Lochs and Springs James M. Mackinlay
- The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies Robert Kirk
- Ancient Legends of Ireland Lady Wilde
- Hindu Literature Epiphanius Wilson
- Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry Kuno Meyer
- Legends of the Gods E. A. Wallis Budge
- Guernsey Folk Lore Sir Edgar MacCulloch
- The Grateful Dead: The History of a Folk Story Gordon Hall Gerould
- The Popol Vuh Lewis Spence
- A Little Book of Filipino Riddles Frederick Starr
- The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch
- Everybody’s Book of Luck Anonymous
- Nagualism Daniel G. Brinton
- The Hero of Esthonia W. F. Kirby
- Wit, Character, Folklore and Customs of the North Riding Richard Blakeborough
- The Adventures of Ulysses the Wanderer Guy Thorne
- Myths and Myth-Makers John Fiske
- Armenian Legends and Poems Zabelle C. Boyajian
- Shadowings Lafcadio Hearn
- An Introduction to Mythology Lewis Spence
- Belgian Fairy TalesWilliam Elliot Griffis
- Arabische Nächte
- Cock Lane and Common-Sense Andrew Lang
- Pagan and Christian Creeds Edward Carpenter
- Solomon and Solomonic Literature Moncure Daniel Conway
- Kotto Lafcadio Hearn
- The Queen of the Air John Ruskin
- The Lenâpé and Their Legends Daniel G. Brinton
- Tales of the Samurai Asataro Miyamori
- The Coasts of Illusion Clark B. Firestone
- The Story of Eros and Psyche Edward Carpenter
- Paul Bunyan James Stevens
- Games and Songs of American Children William Wells Newell
- Irish Witchcraft and Demonology St. John D. Seymour
- A Book of Giants Henry Wysham Lanier
- Ancient Art and Ritual Jane Ellen Harrison
- Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit Joel Chandler Harris
- Babylonian and Assyrian Literature Epiphanius Wilson
- The Chinese Dragon L. Newton Hayes
- The Testimony of Tradition David MacRitchie
- The Remains of Hesiod Hesiod
- The Book of Hallowe’en Ruth Edna Kelley
- Stories from Northern Myths Emilie Kip Baker
- The Book of Witches Oliver Madox Hueffer
- Flowers from a Persian Garden W. A. Clouston
- Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes Lina Eckenstein
- The Secrets of Black Arts Anonymous
- The Origin of the Werewolf Superstition Caroline Taylor Stewart
- Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall Robert Stephen Hawker
- Stories from the Greek Tragedians Alfred J. Church
- Proserpine and Midas Mary Shelley
- Legendary Islands of the Atlantic William Henry Babcock
- On Some Ancient Battle-Fields in Lancashire Charles Hardwick
- Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
- The Triads of Ireland Kuno Meyer
- Fragments of Ancient Poetry James Macpherson
- Phallic Miscellanies Hargrave Jennings
- The Epistle of Othea to Hector Christine de Pizan
- The Babylonian Story of the Deluge E. A. Wallis Budge
- The Secret Rose W. B. Yeats
- The Story of Siegfried James Baldwin
- The Literature of the Celts Magnus Maclean
- Current Superstitions Fanny D. Bergen
- Domestic Folk-Lore T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
- The Dolphin in History Ashley Montagu
- Women of the Classics Mary Sturgeon
- A Righte Merrie Christmasse John Ashton
- Satan’s Invisible World Discovered George Sinclair
- True Ghost Stories Hereward Carrington
- Animal Ghosts Elliott O’Donnell
- Miscellanies upon Various Subjects John Aubrey
- Gombo Zhèbes Lafcadio Hearn
- Studies in Greek Scenery, Legend and History James George Frazer
- The History and Poetry of Finger-Rings Charles Edwards
- Stories of Red Hanrahan W. B. Yeats
- Astronomical Myths J. F. Blake
- The Evil Eye, Thanatology, and Other Essays Roswell Park
- Modern Mythology Andrew Lang
- Armenian Literature Robert Arnot
- Ceremonial of Hasjelti Dailjis James Stevenson
- Thaumaturgia Anonymous
- The Euahlayi Tribe K. Langloh Parker
- The Weird Orient Henry Iliowizi
- Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace Wilhelm Hauff
- A Celtic Psaltery Alfred Perceval Graves
- Tales of the Wild and the Wonderful Anonymous
- The Sacred Dance W. O. E. Oesterley
- The Banshee Elliott O’Donnell
- The Death of Balder Johannes Ewald
- The Birth of the War-God Kalidasa
- A History of Nursery Rhymes Percy B. Green
- The Interpretation of Dreams and Moles Anonymous
- Ophiolatreia Edward Sellon
- Songs of Ukraina Florence Randal Livesay
- Blue-Beard Thomas Wilson
- Parsifal Richard Wagner
- Romantic Ballads from the Danish George Borrow
- Fishes, Flowers and Fire Anonymous
- Plutarch’s Romane Questions Plutarch
- Stories of the Border Marches John Lang and Jean Lang
- The Devil in Britain and America John Ashton
- Basutoland: Its Legends and Customs Minnie Martin
- Myths and Dreams Edward Clodd
- Mârkandeya Purâna, Books VII and VIII Anonymous
- Magic, Pretended Miracles, and Remarkable Natural Phenomena Anonymous
- Fables and Fabulists Thomas Newbigging
- The Washer of the Ford Fiona Macleod
- The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia William A. Craigie
- The Symbolism of Colour Ellen McCaffery
- The Four Seasons Carl Ewald
- A Collection of Scotch Proverbs Pappity Stampoy
- Hasisadra’s Adventure Thomas Henry Huxley
- Myth and Science Tito Vignoli
- Pilgrim Sorrow Carmen Sylva
- Evil Eye in the Western Highlands R. C. Maclagan
- The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer Alexander Mackenzie
- Ghostly Phenomena Elliott O’Donnell
- Studies in Folk-Song and Popular Poetry Alfred M. Williams
- The Hidden Servants Francesca Alexander
- Stranger Than Fiction Mary L. Lewes
- The Prem Sagur Lallu Lal
- The Fetish Folk of West Africa Robert H. Milligan
- Trails Through Western Woods Helen Fitzgerald Sanders
- Mythology in Marble Louie M. Bell
- Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois Elias Johnson
- The Pygmies of the Ancients Edward Tyson
- Fiends, Ghosts, and Sprites John Netten Radcliffe
- Yule-Tide in Many Lands Mary Poague Pringle and Clara A. Urann