Myths and legends

A. K. Ramanujan: Folktales from India

PANTHEON, 1997

Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

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Alfonso Ortiz, Richard Erdoes: American Indian Myths and Legends

PANTHEON, 1990

Gathering 160 tales from 80 tribal groups to offer a rich and lively panarama of the Native American mythic heritage. 100 drawings.

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Early Irish Myths and Sagas

PENGUIN BOOKS, 1981

First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world - part myth, part legend and part history.

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Gods and Myths of Northern Europe

PENGUIN BOOKS, 1990

Surveys the pre-Christian beliefs of the Scandinavian and Germanic peoples.

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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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Korean Folktales - Classic Stories from Korea's Enchanted Past

TUTTLE PUBLISHING, 2024

Fifty-five folktales offer a fascinating window into the Korean world.

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Michaela Brinkmeier: 5-Minuten-Märchen

KÖNIGSFURT-URANIA, 2019

Diese kurzen Märchen haben es in sich. Das Lesen oder Vorlesen dauert nicht länger als fünf Minuten, viele der Märchen sind sogar in zwei, drei Minuten erzählt.

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Neil Gaiman: Norse Mythology Illustrated

BLOOMSBURY CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 2024

Multi-award-winning, globally bestselling author Neil Gaiman's riveting retellings of the classic Norse myths, now reinvented with epic, full-colour illustrations by Levi Pinfold. A gift from the gods of story.

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Neil Gaiman:Norse Mythology

BLOOMSBURY, 2018

Before the beginning there was nothing - no earth, no heavens, no stars, no sky: only the mist world, formless and shapeless, and the fire world, always burning.

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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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The Saga of the Volsungs

PENGUIN CLASSICS, 2013

Part of a new series Legends from the Ancient North, The Saga of the Volsungs is one of the classic books that influenced JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

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The Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer

PENGUIN BOOKS, 1999

Written in thirteenth-century Iceland but based on ancient Norse poetry cycles, The Saga of the Volsungs combines mythology, legend and sheer human drama.

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The The Mabinogion

PENGUIN BOOKS, 1976

Drawing on myth, folklore and history, the stories of the Mabinogion passed from generations of storytellers before they were written down in the thirteenth century in the form we know.

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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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