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Mythology & Folklore

Inherited myths, traditional tales, fairy beliefs and cultural folklore.

76 books on this shelf.

Arthurian & Grail Legends2
Celtic Mythology7
Chinese Folklore3
Egyptian Mythology1
Fairies6
Folktales37
Greek Mythology2
Indian Mythology4
Japanese Folklore8
Legendary Beings10
Mesopotamian Mythology1
Norse Mythology4
Polynesian Mythology3
Superstitions15
Traditional Fairy Tales11
World Mythology17
Yokai6

Books on this shelf

Migration of Symbols cover

Migration of Symbols

Donald A. Mackenzie

The Chaldean Account of Genesis cover

The Chaldean Account of Genesis

George Smith

The Phoenician Origin of Britons, Scots & Anglo-Saxons cover

The Phoenician Origin of Britons, Scots & Anglo-Saxons

L. A. Waddell

Ragnarok: The Age of Fire and Gravel cover

Ragnarok: The Age of Fire and Gravel

Ignatius Donnelly

British Goblins cover

British Goblins

Wirt Sikes; illustrations by T. H. Thomas

The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries cover

The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries

W. Y. Evans-Wentz

Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft cover

Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft

Walter Scott

Monsters of the Sea cover

Monsters of the Sea

John Gibson

Satanism and Witchcraft cover

Satanism and Witchcraft

Jules Michelet; translated by A. R. Allinson

The Evil Eye cover

The Evil Eye

Frederick Thomas Elworthy

Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt cover

Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt

Lewis Spence

Human Animals cover

Human Animals

Frank Hamel

Myths and Legends of Japan cover

Myths and Legends of Japan

F. Hadland Davis; illustrated by Evelyn Paul

The Book of Dreams and Ghosts cover

The Book of Dreams and Ghosts

Andrew Lang

The Sun and the Serpent cover

The Sun and the Serpent

Charles F. Oldham

Ancient Symbol Worship: Influence of the Phallic Idea in the Religions of Antiquity cover

Ancient Symbol Worship: Influence of the Phallic Idea in the Religions of Antiquity

Hodder M. Westropp and C. Staniland Wake; introduction, notes, and appendix by Alexander Wilder

Astral Worship cover

Astral Worship

J. H. Hill

Atlantis: The Antediluvian World cover

Atlantis: The Antediluvian World

Ignatius Donnelly

The Book of Talismans, Amulets and Zodiacal Gems cover

The Book of Talismans, Amulets and Zodiacal Gems

William Thomas and Kate Pavitt

Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists cover

Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists

Sister Nivedita and Ananda K. Coomaraswamy

Princess Badoura: A Tale from the Arabian Nights cover

Princess Badoura: A Tale from the Arabian Nights

Laurence Housman

Revelation, Mythology, Correspondences cover

Revelation, Mythology, Correspondences

James John Garth Wilkinson

Sun Lore of All Ages: A Collection of Myths and Legends Concerning the Sun and Its Worship cover

Sun Lore of All Ages: A Collection of Myths and Legends Concerning the Sun and Its Worship

William Tyler Olcott

The Spiritual Sense in Sacred Legend cover

The Spiritual Sense in Sacred Legend

Edward J. Brailsford

Vikram and the Vampire cover

Vikram and the Vampire

Richard F. Burton

Weather Lore: A Collection of Proverbs, Sayings, and Rules Concerning the Weather cover

Weather Lore: A Collection of Proverbs, Sayings, and Rules Concerning the Weather

Richard Inwards

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme cover

Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme

Arthur Ransome; illustrated by Thomas Mackenzie

Magic and Religion cover

Magic and Religion

Andrew Lang

The Mabinogion cover

The Mabinogion

Anonymous; translated by Lady Charlotte Guest

The Supernatural? cover

The Supernatural?

Lionel A. Weatherly; separate contribution by J. N. Maskelyne; drawings by T. C. Nunn and two reproduced illustrations by Phiz

Vampires and Vampirism cover

Vampires and Vampirism

Dudley Wright

The Yellow Fairy Book cover

The Yellow Fairy Book

Andrew Lang

East of the Sun and West of the Moon cover

East of the Sun and West of the Moon

Collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe; English versions by George Webbe Dasent; illustrated by Kay Nielsen

Beasts and Men cover

Beasts and Men

Folk tales collected in Flanders and illustrated by Jean de Bosschère

The Book of Fairy Poetry cover

The Book of Fairy Poetry

Edited by Dora Owen; illustrated by Warwick Goble

Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross cover

Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross

Illustrated by Edmund Dulac

Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales cover

Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales

Grace James; illustrations by Warwick Goble

Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies cover

Korean Folk Tales: Imps, Ghosts and Fairies

From the Korean of Im Bang and Yi Ryuk; translated by James S. Gale

Stories from the Arabian Nights cover

Stories from the Arabian Nights

Retold by Laurence Housman; drawings by Edmund Dulac

Te Tohunga: The Ancient Legends and Traditions of the Maoris cover

Te Tohunga: The Ancient Legends and Traditions of the Maoris

Orally collected and pictured by W. Dittmer

The Yotsuya Kwaidan; or, O'Iwa Inari cover

The Yotsuya Kwaidan; or, O'Iwa Inari

Retold from the Japanese originals by James S. de Benneville

The World's Desire cover

The World's Desire

H. Rider Haggard and Andrew Lang; illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen

The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies cover

The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies

Robert Kirk; introduction and notes by Andrew Lang

The Tale of Lohengrin cover

The Tale of Lohengrin

T. W. Rolleston; illustrated by Willy Pogány

Parsifal cover

Parsifal

T. W. Rolleston; illustrated by Willy Pogány

Amulets and Superstitions cover

Amulets and Superstitions

E. A. Wallis Budge

The Secrets of Black Arts cover

The Secrets of Black Arts

Compiled by the publisher

The Chinese Dragon cover

The Chinese Dragon

L. Newton Hayes

Japanese Fairy World cover

Japanese Fairy World

William Elliot Griffis; illustrations principally by Ozawa Nankoku, engraved by Henry W. Troy

Old Deccan Days cover

Old Deccan Days

Collected by Mary Frere from Anna Liberata de Souza’s narration; introduction and notes by Sir Bartle Frere; illustrations by Catherine Frances Frere

In the Days of Giants cover

In the Days of Giants

Abbie Farwell Brown

The Chinese Fairy Book cover

The Chinese Fairy Book

Richard Wilhelm; translated by Frederick H. Martens

Roumanian Fairy Tales and Legends cover

Roumanian Fairy Tales and Legends

E. B. M.

The Dream of Ravan cover

The Dream of Ravan

Anonymous

The Argonauts cover

The Argonauts

Aleister Crowley

The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book cover

The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book

Arthur Rackham; illustrator and compiler

Folk Tales of Bengal cover

Folk Tales of Bengal

Lal Behari Day

Ancient Tales and Folk-lore of Japan cover

Ancient Tales and Folk-lore of Japan

Richard Gordon Smith; illustrations drawn and painted by Mo-No-Yuki from Smith’s sketches

The Ring of the Niblung cover

The Ring of the Niblung

Richard Wagner; Margaret Armour; Arthur Rackham

The Curious Lore of Precious Stones cover

The Curious Lore of Precious Stones

George Frederick Kunz

The Magic of Jewels and Charms cover

The Magic of Jewels and Charms

George Frederick Kunz

Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria cover

Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria

Donald A. Mackenzie

Stories from the Pentamerone cover

Stories from the Pentamerone

Giambattista Basile; selected and edited by E. F. Strange; illustrated by Warwick Goble

The Legends and Myths of Hawaii cover

The Legends and Myths of Hawaii

David Kalākaua; edited and introduced by R. M. Daggett

Myths and Legends of the Polynesians cover

Myths and Legends of the Polynesians

Johannes C. Andersen; sixteen colour plates by Richard Wallwork; additional documentary illustrations

Indian Myth and Legend cover

Indian Myth and Legend

Donald A. Mackenzie

Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race cover

Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race

T. W. Rolleston

Kottō cover

Kottō

Lafcadio Hearn

Kwaidan cover

Kwaidan

Lafcadio Hearn

In Ghostly Japan cover

In Ghostly Japan

Lafcadio Hearn

Tales of Old Japan cover

Tales of Old Japan

A. B. Mitford

Some Chinese Ghosts cover

Some Chinese Ghosts

Lafcadio Hearn

Legend in Japanese Art cover

Legend in Japanese Art

Henri L. Joly

Irish Fairy Tales cover

Irish Fairy Tales

James Stephens; Arthur Rackham

Celtic Wonder Tales cover

Celtic Wonder Tales

Retold by Ella Young; illustrated and decorated by Maud Gonne

The Children of Odin cover

The Children of Odin

Padraic Colum; Willy Pogany

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Authors represented

Henri L. Joly â†—

Henry W. Troy â†—

Hodder Michael Westropp â†—

Ignatius Donnelly â†—

Im Bang â†—

J. H. Hill â†—

J. N. Maskelyne â†—

James John Garth Wilkinson â†—

James S. de Benneville â†—

James S. Gale â†—

James Stephens â†—

Jean de Bosschère â†—

Johannes C. Andersen â†—

John Gibson â†—

Jørgen Moe â†—

Jules Michelet â†—

Kate Pavitt â†—

Kay Nielsen â†—

L. A. Waddell â†—

L. Newton Hayes â†—

Lafcadio Hearn â†—

Lal Behari Day â†—

Laurence Housman â†—

Lewis Spence â†—

Lionel A. Weatherly â†—

Margaret Armour â†—

Mary Frere â†—

Maud Gonne â†—

Maurice Greiffenhagen â†—

Mo-No-Yuki â†—

Ozawa Nankoku â†—

Padraic Colum â†—

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen â†—

R. M. Daggett â†—

Richard F. Burton â†—

Richard Gordon Smith â†—

Richard Inwards â†—

Richard Wagner â†—

Richard Wallwork â†—

Richard Wilhelm â†—

Robert Kirk â†—

Sir Bartle Frere â†—

Sister Nivedita â†—

T. C. Nunn â†—

T. H. Thomas â†—

T. W. Rolleston â†—

Thomas Mackenzie â†—

W. Dittmer â†—

W. Y. Evans-Wentz â†—

Walter Scott â†—

Warwick Goble â†—

William Elliot Griffis â†—

William Thomas â†—

William Tyler Olcott â†—

Willy Pogany â†—

Wirt Sikes â†—

Yi Ryuk â†—