Myths and legends

A Celtic Miscellany: Translations from the Celtic Literature

PENGUIN BOOKS, 2006

Anthology of Irish, Scottish, Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Cornish and Breton literature including prose and poetry.

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A. B. Mitford: Das alte Japan, Sagen, Mythen, Märchen, Bräuche

ANACONDA VERLAG GMBH, 2007

Die über Jahrtausende gewachsene Kultur Japans beeindruckt und fesselt bis heute. Sehr eng sind die historische Überlieferung und das moderne Leben des inzwischen hochtechnisierten Inselstaates miteinander verwoben.

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Anna Franklin: The Hearth Witch's Compendium: Magical and Natural Living for Every Day

LLEWELLYN PUBLICATIONS, 2017

The contemporary hearth witch inherits the village wise woman s mantle; she is part shaman, part seer, part herbalist, part spiritual healer, and entirely witch.

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Beatrice S. Weinreich: Yiddish Folktales

PANTHEON, 1997

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Christopher Kincaid: Come and Sleep: The Folklore of the Japanese Fox

CREATESPACE INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING, 2016

The Japanese fox left her paw-print on Japanese culture. She challenges traditional, negative views of women.

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Daniel Alan Brubaker:Corrections in Early Quran Manuscrips - Twenty Examples

THINK AND TELL PRESS, 2019

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Griechische Sagen - Nacherzählt von Richard Carstensen

DTV, 2020

Richard Carstensen hat den Text ergänzt und bearbeitet. Für zusätzliche Informationen sorgen ein Verzeichnis der wichtigsten Götter der alten Griechen und ein Sach- und Namensregister am Schluss des Bandes.

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Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm: Selected Tales of the Brothers Grimm - with Haitian Art by Edouard Duval-Carrie, Pascale Monnin,...

ARCHIPELAGO BOOKS, 2013

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John Bierhorst: Latin American Folktales - Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions

PANTHEON, 2003

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Kevin Crossley-Holland: The Penguin Book of Norse Myths: Gods of the Vikings

PENGUIN BOOKS, 2018

Burning ice, biting flame; that is how life began'The extraordinary Scandinavian myth cycle is one of the most enduring, exciting, dramatic and compelling of the world's great stories.

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Orkneyinga Saga - The History of the Earls of Orkney

PENGUIN BOOKS, 1978

Written around AD 1200 by an unnamed Icelandic author, the Orkneyinga Saga is an intriguing fusion of myth, legend and history. It tells of an era when the islands were still part of the Viking world

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Roger D. Abrahams: African American Folktales - Stories from Black Traditions in the New World

PANTHEON, 1999

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Royall Tyler: Japanese Tales

PANTHEON, 2002

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Simon: Necronomicon

AVON BOOKS, 1980

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Snorri Sturluson: Prosa Edda

PENGUIN BOOKS, 2008

The most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature and our most extensive source of Norse mythology

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Stephen Fry: Heroes - Mortals and Monsters - Quests and Adventures

PENGUIN BOOKS, 2018

There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes.

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Stephen Fry: Heroes - The myths of the Ancient Greek heroes retold

PENGUIN, 2019

Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes.

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Stephen Fry: Mythos

PENGUIN BOOKS, 2018

Discover Stephen Fry's magnificent retelling of the greatest myths and legends ever told.

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Stephen Fry: Troy: Our Greatest Story Retold

PENGUIN, 2021

In Stephen Fry's exceptional retelling of our greatest story, TROY will transport you to the depths of ancient Greece and beyond.

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The Saga of Grettir the Strong

PENGUIN BOOKS, 2005

Composed at the end of the 14th century by an unknown author, The Saga of Grettir the Strong is one of the last great Icelandic sagas. It relates the tale of Grettir, an 11th century warrior struggling to hold on to the values of a heroic age  

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The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki

PENGUIN BOOKS, 1998

Composed in medieval Iceland, Hrolf’s Saga recalls ancient Scandinavia of the Migration Period, when the warrior chieftain King Hrolf ruled in Denmark. In the old Norse world, King Hrolf served as a symbol of courage.

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Tristan with the 'Tristan' of Thomas

PENGUIN BOOKS, 2007

One of the great romances of the Middle Ages, Tristan, written in the early thirteenth century, is based on a medieval love story of grand passion and deceit.

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