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Mythology, Legends & Folklore — page 8
413 public-domain mythology, legends & folklore books, summarised. Page 8 of 9.
Gods of the North
Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
A battle-weary warrior chases a beautiful, spectral woman into the frozen, unforgiving wastes, where the boundary between mortal ambition and supernatural legend dissolves into snow and fire.
The Legends of the Iroquois
Unknown
The legends of the Iroquois offer a window into a world where the natural and the supernatural are woven into the very fabric of the forest.
Spiritual Tales: Re-issue of the Shorter Stories of Fiona Macleod
William Sharp
This collection of mythic fiction invites readers into a twilight landscape where the veil between the ancient Celtic past and the divine is permanently threadbare. These stories function as moral fables, weaving together Christian hagiography, pagan folklore, and the desolate, elemental beauty of the Scottish islands.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments
Jonathan Scott
A merchant faces a lethal secret, a fisherman drags magic from the sea, and a caliph walks the streets of Baghdad, all bound by the inexhaustible, life-saving power of a well-told story.
Fridthjof's Saga
Esaias Tegnér
A legendary hero struggles to reconcile his fierce, independent spirit with the rigid demands of honor and the loss of the woman he loves.
Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains
Toofie Lauder
Amid mountain peaks, subterranean realms, and ruined towers, hidden forces constantly test the bounds of human greed, piety, and love.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2
James Athearn Jones
These collected narratives preserve the foundational myths and oral traditions of various North American tribes, offering a window into a world where the spiritual and natural realms are perpetually intertwined.
Fritiofs Saga
Esaias Tegnér
Divided by petty kingly pride and tested by terrible sea storms, two young lovers fight against fate, honor, and burning temples in this classic Northern epic.
Twilight Land
Howard Pyle
A nameless traveler floats past a sunless horizon into the Sign of Mother Goose, where legendary storytellers trade timeless fables over crackling tavern fires.
Kaffir folk-lore
George McCall Theal
A vivid collection of Xhosa oral traditions captures a world where beasts outwit men, maidens break enchantments, and tricksters outrun their own greedy schemes.
Told in the Coffee House: Turkish Tales
Cyrus Adler
A collection of Turkish tales, offering a glimpse into the culture, humor, and philosophy of Ottoman society through stories told in coffee houses.
Irish Fairy Tales
Edmund Leamy
In mossy valleys and upon enchanted lakes, mortals move through trial and enchantment toward their hearts' true desires.
Oral Tradition from the Indus: Comprised in Tales to Which Are Added Explanatory Notes
John Frederick Adolphus McNair
In a riverside Punjabi village, common villagers, clever tricksters, wandering fakirs, and imperious rulers cross paths in nineteen traditional folk stories.
Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa
Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith) Speck
Wiske·djak and Nenebuc, legendary figures of the Algonquin and Ojibwa, wander a world where the boundary between human, animal, and spirit is fluid, humorous, and frequently perilous. This collection preserves the foundational oral narratives of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa people.
The Secret of Kralitz
Henry Kuttner
A young aristocrat descends into the bowels of his ancestral home to claim a horrifying birthright, discovering that his family’s legacy is not merely one of blood, but of eternal, damnable communion with the outer dark.
Folk-Lore and Legends: Russian and Polish
Unknown
HOOK Miraculous snow-children, golden fish, and enchanted stoves populate these pages, where the ordinary world dissolves into a landscape of shifting moral fortunes and sudden, transformative magic.
The Demi-gods
James Stephens
A band of angels, having fallen from grace, finds itself wandering the Irish countryside in the company of a wily, impoverished tramp and his daughter, discovering the strange comforts and harsh realities of human existence.
The Steel Flea
N. S. (Nikolai Semenovich) Leskov
A humble artisan rises to challenge the supremacy of foreign technology, only to be crushed by the indifference of his own countrymen. This biting, folk-inspired fable captures the tragic irony of a nation that celebrates genius while systematically discarding the geniuses themselves.
Legends of the Kaw
Carrie De Voe
This collection gathers the traditional stories and cultural observations of North American tribes, specifically those tied to the Kansas River Valley. It preserves a vanishing oral history through the lens of early twentieth-century scholarship.
Pixies' Plot
Eden Phillpotts
A collection of lyrical meditations on the English countryside, this work blends folklore and observation to capture the quiet, mystical spirit of the natural world.
Hawaii National Park: A Guide for the Haleakala Section, Island of Maui, Hawaii
George Cornelius Ruhle
The summit of Haleakala, an immense volcanic landscape on the island of Maui, serves as both a sanctuary for rare, ancient life and a testament to the powerful geological forces that shaped the Hawaiian archipelago.
In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3: Christmas Poems from 'round the World
Unknown
A curated collection of verses and legends, this anthology captures the enduring, rhythmic spirit of the Christmas season through the voices of poets from across the centuries.
St. Andrews Ghost Stories: Fourth Edition
William Thomas Linskill
A series of chilling encounters unfolds across the ancient, windswept coast of Fife, where the living continuously cross paths with the restless spirits of Scotland's storied past.
Merlin: A Poem
Edwin Arlington Robinson
A great seer abandons a falling kingdom for ten years of romantic oblivion, only to discover that his foresight cannot prevent the ruin he foresaw.
Tales from the Arabic
John Payne
A web of nested fables, sovereign whims, and desperate gambits reveals a world where a misplaced word costs a head and a clever ruse buys a kingdom.
Serbian Fairy Tales
Elodie Lawton Mijatovich
These Serbian folk tales weave a tapestry of wonder, where kings and peasants alike must brave the malice of giants and the whims of fate to find their true destiny.
The Epic of Hades, in Three Books
Lewis Morris
A journey through the shadowed halls of the afterlife reveals that even in the depths of sorrow, the human spirit finds a path toward redemption. This poem transforms ancient mythology into a meditation on the persistence of hope.
Three Wonder Plays
Lady Gregory
These three whimsical dramas weave the folklore of Ireland into a theatrical tapestry of transformation, where logic is often the first casualty of magic.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 13
Unknown
The Borders of Scotland, where history and folklore bleed together, serve as the backdrop for these collected tales of common people, hidden fortunes, and the enduring power of provincial loyalty.
Malayan Literature: Comprising Romantic Tales, Epic Poetry and Royal Chronicles
Chauncey C. (Chauncey Clark) Starkweather
These collected tales and chronicles weave a tapestry of oriental romance, supernatural intrigue, and royal morality, capturing the enduring spirit of an ancient narrative tradition.
A Medley of Weather Lore
Unknown
A seasonal tapestry of folk wisdom and verse, this collection preserves the rhythmic observations of a world deeply attuned to the natural cycles of weather and time.
The man elephant
Unknown
The stories in this collection serve as a bridge to a bygone era of folklore, where the natural world and the supernatural are inextricably linked. They offer a unique lens through which to view human frailties and virtues.
The octopus
Henry Lee
A curious blend of rigorous scientific observation and Victorian-era storytelling, this work strips away the mythic terror surrounding the octopus to reveal a fascinating, complex creature of the deep.
Where the World is Quiet
Henry Kuttner
This story follows an anthropologist who wanders into a hidden Andean valley, where a temporal rupture has trapped an alien flower-being, her robot, and a parasitic entity that feeds on human minds.
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Tales of the Wild and the Wonderful [1867]
Mary Diana Dods
This collection of romantic tales weaves together folklore, supernatural dread, and the whims of fate to explore the boundaries between the human world and the dark unknown. It serves as a bridge between ancient legend and the Victorian gothic imagination.
Welsh Poems and Ballads
George Borrow
This collection gathers the spirited, often rough-hewn translations of a wanderer who found his soul in the ancient, rugged verse of the Welsh mountains and the fireside songs of a vanishing world.
Ghostly Phenomena
Elliott O'Donnell
Supernatural encounters are rarely quiet, orderly affairs; they are often jarring, visceral invasions of the mundane world that leave witnesses forever changed.
Plays of Gods and Men
Lord Dunsany
These five short plays explore the fragile boundary between human vanity and the ancient, indifferent forces of myth. Through sharp dialogue and sudden, often brutal resolutions, the collection examines how individuals—from weary kings to desperate thieves—attempt to command a world that ultimately disregards their…
Shan Folk Lore Stories from the Hill and Water Country
William Charles Griggs
These traditional tales from the Shan hills of Burma offer a window into a world where cunning triumphs over strength and the boundary between the human and the spirit realm is perpetually porous.
The Brownie of Bodsbeck, and Other Tales (Vol. 2 of 2)
James Hogg
A collection of tales capturing the friction between rugged Scottish folklore and the harsh realities of history, where ghosts and dragoons collide in the shadows of the Ettrick Forest.
The folk-lore of the Isle of Man
A. W. (Arthur William) Moore
The mist-shrouded hills and salt-sprayed shores of the Isle of Man hold a repository of ancient magic, preserved through the oral traditions of a people who lived by the rhythms of the sea and the old ways.
The Four Seasons
Carl Ewald
Four elemental princes negotiate a cycle of seasons to heal a broken, barren world. Their eternal, uneasy truce transforms the earth into a theater of life, growth, and inevitable decay.
Indian tales of the great ones among men, women, and bird-people
Cornelia Sorabji
Courage, sacrifice, and strict devotion to truth weave through these traditional Indian legends, where human rulers, mythic birds, and high-minded maidens navigate tests of honor and fate.
Legendary Yorkshire
Frederick Ross
Yorkshire’s history breathes through these accounts, where ancient folklore, religious miracles, and the rugged landscape of northern England collide to shape the identity of a legendary realm.
The Snake's Pass
Bram Stoker
A young Englishman's journey into western Ireland yields romantic discovery, local myth, and the terrifying physical threat of an unstable, moving landscape.
Hymen
H. D. (Hilda Doolittle)
Bright floral hues and stark marble contours collision in this modern re-imagining of ancient Greek ritual and myth, turning classical figures into conduits of sharp, modern desire.
In the Court of King Arthur
Samuel E. (Samuel Edward) Lowe
A young boy rises from an obscure position as a page to sit in the most dangerous chair in Camelot and fulfill a sacred destiny.
Sixteen Poems
William Allingham
A sea-washed Irish coast frames fleeting mortal loves, ancient ruins, and spectral midnight visitors that drift endlessly through human memory.