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By: Johnny Gruelle (1880-1938) | |
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Raggedy Andy Stories
Raggedy Ann is a fictional character created by writer Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children. Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair. The character was created in 1915 as a doll, and was introduced to the public in the 1918 book Raggedy Ann Stories. A doll was also marketed along with the book to great success. A sequel, Raggedy Andy Stories (1920) introduced the character of her brother, Raggedy Andy, dressed in sailor suit and hat. |
By: Euripides (480-406 BC) | |
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The Trojan Women
Euripides' play follows the fates of the women of Troy after their city has been sacked, their husbands killed, and as their remaining families are about to be taken away as slaves. However, it begins first with the gods Athena and Poseidon discussing ways to punish the Greek armies because they condoned Ajax the Lesser for dragging Cassandra away from Athena's temple. What follows shows how much the Trojan women have suffered as their grief is compounded when the Greeks dole out additional deaths and divide their shares of women. |
By: Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866) | |
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Maid Marian | |
By: Charles Alexander Eastman (1858-1939) | |
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The Soul of the Indian
"We also have a religion which was given to our forefathers, and has been handed down to us their children. It teaches us to be thankful, to be united, and to love one another! We never quarrel about religion." |
By: T. F. Thiselton Dyer (1848-1923) | |
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Strange Pages from Family Papers
“Among other qualities which have been supposed to belong to a dead man’s hand, are its medicinal virtues, in connection with which may be mentioned the famous ‘dead hand,’ which was, in years past, kept at Bryn Hall, Lancashire… Thus the case is related of a woman who, attacked with the smallpox, had this dead hand in bed with her every night for six weeks, and of a poor lad living near Manchester who was touched with it for the cure of scrofulous sores.” Though not all chapters have such gruesome subjects as The Dead Hand, all are full of a curious mixture of superstition and local history that will delight and amuse the modern listener. |
By: Walter Pater (1839-1894) | |
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Greek Studies: a Series of Essays |
By: William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) | |
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The Celtic Twilight | |
The Secret Rose |
By: Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901) | |
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Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History |
By: Richard Wagner (1813-1883) | |
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Tristan and Isolda Opera in Three Acts |
By: Ignatius Loyola Donnelly (1831-1901) | |
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Atlantis: The Antediluvian World
"Atlantis: The Antediluvian World is a book published during 1882 by Minnesota populist politician Ignatius L. Donnelly, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during 1831. Donnelly considered Plato's account of Atlantis as largely factual and attempted to establish that all known ancient civilizations were descended from this supposed lost land. Many of its theories are the source of many modern-day concepts we have about Atlantis, like the civilization and technology beyond its time, the origins of all present races and civilizations, a civil war between good and evil, etc." |
By: Hélène A. Guerber (1859-1929) | |
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Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas | |
Legends of the Middle Ages Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art | |
Contes et légendes 1re Partie |
By: Hamilton Wright Mabie (1846-1916) | |
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Myths That Every Child Should Know
A selection of famous and timeless myths, adapted for a junior audience. |
By: Ruth Plumly Thompson (1891-1976) | |
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The Royal Book of Oz
The Royal Book of Oz (1921) is the fifteenth in the series of Oz books, and the first to be written by Ruth Plumly Thompson after L. Frank Baum’s death. Although Baum was credited as the author, it was written entirely by Thompson. The Scarecrow is upset when Professor Wogglebug tells him that he has no family, so he goes to where Dorothy Gale found him to trace his “roots.” Then he vanishes from the face of Oz. Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion mount a search for their friend, but when that is successful, they will need to become a rescue party! |
By: Ernest A. Wallis Budge (1857-1934) | |
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Legends of the Gods The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations |
By: James George Frazer (1854-1941) | |
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Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul |
By: Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812-1885) | |
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon
Once on a time there was a poor husbandman who had so many children that he hadn’t much of either food or clothing to give them. Pretty children they all were, but the prettiest was the youngest daughter, who was so lovely there was no end to her loveliness.So one day, ’twas on a Thursday evening late at the fall of the year, the weather was so wild and rough outside, and it was so cruelly dark, and rain fell and wind blew, till the walls of the cottage shook again. There they all sat round the fire, busy with this thing and that... |
By: E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner (1864-1954) | |
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Myths and Legends of China |
By: Nennius | |
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History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum)
Although the origin of this book is much debated it remains, perhaps, one of the earliest recorded histories of Britain. It was believed that Nennius wrote the book around 796AD. If indeed he wrote this record, Nennius is recognised as being a teller, and embellisher, of historic characters and events.This book remains notable however, as one of the earliest that mention Arthur (The King of Arthurian legend). |
By: Donald Alexander Mackenzie (1873-1936) | |
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Myths and Legends: Myths of Babylonia and Assyria
Donald Alexander Mackenzie was a Scottish journalist and prolific writer on religion, mythology and anthropology in the early 20th century. His works included Indian Myth and Legend, Celtic Folklore and Myths of China and Japan.As well as writing books, articles and poems, he often gave lectures, and also broadcast talks on Celtic mythology.This volume deals with the myths and legends of Babylonia and Assyria, and as these reflect the civilization in which they developed, a historical narrative has been provided, beginning with the early Sumerian Age and concluding with the periods of the Persian and Grecian Empires... | |
Elves and Heroes
This volume describes, in verse, the mythical creatures and people of ancient Scotland. It also includes explanatory notes about about the characters and folk tales that inspired the author's poetry. (Introduction by Matthew Reece) |
By: Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) | |
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Idylls of the King
Idylls of the King, published between 1856 and 1885, is a cycle of twelve narrative poems by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson which retells the legend of King Arthur, his knights, his love for Guinevere and her tragic betrayal of him, and the rise and fall of Arthur's kingdom. The whole work recounts Arthur's attempt and failure to lift up mankind and create a perfect kingdom, from his coming to power to his death at the hands of the traitor Mordred. Individual poems detail the deeds of various knights, including Lancelot, Geraint, Galahad, and Balin and Balan, and also Merlin and the Lady of the Lake. |
By: Charles Goddard and Paul Dicky | |
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The Ghost Breaker
The Ghost Breaker is a drama and haunted house horror complete with heroes, villains, and a Princess. The Ghost Breaker was originally a screenplay and would later be made a drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. |
By: Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) | |
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Ixion In Heaven |
By: Jean Racine (1639-1699) | |
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Phaedra
In the court of Louis XIV, adaptations of Greek tragedies were very popular. This play, heavily influenced by Euripides' Hippolytus, deals with love that violates social taboos. Note: In Racine's work, a new "scene" begins whenever a character enters or exits. Therefore, there are no stage directions, only a list of the characters on stage for each scene. The action is continuous for the entire act. |
By: Howard R. Garis (1873-1962) | |
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Curly and Floppy Twistytail (The Funny Piggie Boys)
The adventures of two little pig boys and their mom and dad. "Once upon a time, not so very many years ago, in the days when there were fairies and giants and all things like that, there lived in a little house, on the edge of a wood, a family of pigs. Now these pigs weren't like the pigs, which perhaps you children have seen on most farms. No, indeed! They were just the nicest cleanest, sweetest pigs you ever dreamed of—not that pigs on a farm can't be clean, if they want to, but, somehow or other, no one seems to have time to see that they are clean." |
By: John M. Synge (1871-1909) | |
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Deirdre of the Sorrows |
By: William Ralston Shedden-Ralston (1828-1889) | |
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Russian Fairy Tales
Russian Fairy Tales is an anthology of stories by a noted Russian scholar and translator. The 51 stories are thematically organized with introductory material to put them both in the context of Russian folklore and in their relation to the myths of other cultures. This text has something for the intellectual reader as well as for someone who just likes a good fairy tale. |
By: Logan [Editor] Marshall | |
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Famous Tales of Fact and Fancy Myths and Legends of the Nations of the World Retold for Boys and Girls |
By: Daniel G. Brinton (1837-1899) | |
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The Myths of the New World
The Myths of the New World's full title describes it as.. " a treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America", an attempt to analyse and correlate scientifically, the mythology of the American Indians. Note: Brinton advocated theories of scientific racism that were pervasive at that time. |
By: Daniel Garrison Brinton (1837-1899) | |
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American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent | |
Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History |
By: Lodovico Ariosto (1474-1533) | |
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Orlando Furioso |
By: Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1826-1887) | |
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Fairy Book
The sleeping beauty in the wood -- Hop-O'-My-Thumb -- Cinderella; or, the little glass slipper -- Adventures of John Dietrich -- Beauty and the Beast -- Little One Eye, Little Two Eyes, and Little Three Eyes -- Jack the giant-killer -- Tom Thumb -- Rumpelstilzchen -- Fortunatus -- The Bremen Town Musicians -- Riquet with the tuft -- House Island -- Snow-White and Rose-Red -- Jack and the bean-stalk -- Graciosa and Percinet -- The iron stove -- The invisible prince -- The woodcutter's daughter --... |
By: Lewis Spence (1874-1955) | |
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Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine |
By: L. Winifred Faraday (1872-) | |
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The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12 |
By: Alfred John Church (1829-1912) | |
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The Story of the Odyssey |
By: John Fiske (1842-1901) | |
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Myths and myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology |
By: Charles Godfrey Leland (1824-1903) | |
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Algonquin Legends of New England |
By: J. A. MacCulloch (1868-1950) | |
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The Religion of the Ancient Celts |
By: Lord Redesdale (1837-1916) | |
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Tales of Old Japan
Tales of Old Japan by Lord Redesdale is a collection of short stories focusing on Japanese life of the Edo period (1603 - 1868). It contains a number of classic Japanese stories, fairy tales, and other folklore; as well as Japanese sermons and non-fiction pieces on special ceremonies in Japanese life, such as marriage and harakiri, as observed by Lord Redesdale. The best know story of these is "The Forty-seven Ronins" a true account of samurai revenge as it happened at the beginning of 18th century Japan... |
By: Marie de France | |
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French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
The tales included in this little book of translations are derived mainly from the "Lays" of Marie de France. I do not profess them to be a complete collection of her stories in verse. The ascription varies. Poems which were included in her work but yesterday are withdrawn to-day, and new matter suggested by scholars to take the place of the old. I believe it to be, however, a far fuller version of Marie's "Lays" than has yet appeared, to my knowledge, in English. Marie's poems are concerned chiefly with love... |
By: Thomas G. (Thomas George) Thrum (1842-1932) | |
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Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends |
By: Thomas W. Rolleston (1857-1920) | |
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Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race |
By: Edric Vredenberg (1860-?) | |
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My Book Of Favourite Fairy Tales
This is a collection on well-known, favorite fairy stories, most of which we all grew up with. They were edited and retold in this volume. |
By: Florence Holbrook (1860-1932) | |
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Book of Nature Myths
This is a book of myths told by the Indians of North America to their children. They could be compared to present day Fairy Tales. |
By: Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) | |
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Pagan and Christian creeds: their origin and meaning |
By: Ignatius Donnelly (1831-1901) | |
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Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel |
By: Apollonius Rhodius (3rd Cent. -3rd Cent.) | |
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Argonautica
The story of how Jason and a group of famous heroes of Greece took to sea in the Argos has been told many times, before and after Apollonius of Rhodes, wrote his Argonautica, in the 3rd century b.C.. It is not only the oldest full version of the tale to arrive to our days, but also the only extant example of Hellenistic epic. This was already a popular myth by the times of Apollonius, who makes the story of how Jason and the Argonauts sail to Colchis in search of the Golden Fleece, and have to go through a lot of adventures to fulfill their task, a mix of simple narrative and scholarly catalog. The Argonautica had a deep impact on European literature as a whole. |
By: Daniel Bussier Shumway (1868-) | |
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The Nibelungenlied |
By: Frank Sidgwick (1879-1939) | |
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Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series |
By: Joseph Dunn (1872-) | |
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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge |
By: Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) | |
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More English Fairy Tales
"This volume will come, I fancy, as a surprise both to my brother folk-lorists and to the public in general. It might naturally have been thought that my former volume (English Fairy Tales) had almost exhausted the scanty remains of the traditional folk-tales of England. Yet I shall be much disappointed if the present collection is not found to surpass the former in interest and vivacity, while for the most part it goes over hitherto untrodden ground, the majority of the tales in this book have either never appeared before, or have never been brought between the same boards." |
By: Maurice Henry Hewlett (1861-1923) | |
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The Ruinous Face |
By: Grafton Elliot Smith (1871-1937) | |
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The Evolution of the Dragon |
By: Lionel D. (Lionel David) Barnett (1871-1960) | |
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Hindu Gods And Heroes Studies in the History of the Religion of India |
By: Jacob Bryant (1715-1804) | |
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A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. |
By: D. R. (David Russell) McAnally (1847-1909) | |
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Irish Wonders The Ghosts, Giants, Pooka, Demons, Leprechawns, Banshees, Fairies, Witches, Widows, Old Maids, and other Marvels of the Emerald Isle |
By: Alice Gerstenberg (1885-1972) | |
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Alice in Wonderland (Drama)
A dramatization of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass for the stage. In this version, Alice goes through the looking glass and encounters a variety of strange and wonderful creatures from favorite scenes of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland the Through the Looking Glass. Including a conversation with the Red and White Queens, encounters with Humpty Dumpty, the Mock Turtle, the Cheshire Cat, and the Caterpillar, and of course everyone's favorite Mad Tea Party. |
By: Harold Begbie (1871-1929) | |
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The Story of Baden-Powell 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' |
By: Anna Jameson (1794-1860) | |
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Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts |
By: Wilhelm Ruland (1869-1927) | |
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Legends of the Rhine |
By: William Scott-Elliot (?-1930) | |
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Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria
This volume contains two publications by W. Scott-Elliot, namely The Story of Atlantis (1896) and The Lost Lemuria (1904). A theosophist and believer of the Occult, W. Scott-Elliot gives us a description of the history and structure of Atlantis and Lemuria, along with what he considers evidence of this. The Story of Atlantis is prefaced by Alfred Percy Sinnett. |
By: Elizabeth W. Champney (1850-1922) | |
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Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) |
By: Denton Jaques Snider (1841-1925) | |
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Homer's Odyssey A Commentary |
By: John Roby (1793-1850) | |
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Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 | |
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 |
By: Mabel Quiller-Couch (1866-1924) | |
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Cornwall's Wonderland |
By: Augusta Stevenson (1869-1976) | |
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Children's Classics in Dramatic Form |
By: Esaias Tegnér (1782-1846) | |
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Fridthjof's Saga; a Norse romance |
By: Michael Clarke (1844?-1916) | |
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The Story of Troy | |
Story of Aeneas |
By: Paul Creswick (1866-1947) | |
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Robin Hood
"Well, Robin, on what folly do you employ yourself? Do you cut sticks for our fire o' mornings?" Thus spoke Master Hugh Fitzooth, King's Ranger of the Forest at Locksley, as he entered his house.Robin flushed a little. "These are arrows, sir," he announced, holding one up for inspection.Dame Fitzooth smiled upon the boy as she rose to meet her lord. "What fortune do you bring us to-day, father?" asked she, cheerily.Fitzooth's face was a mask of discontent. "I bring myself, dame," answered he, "neither more nor less... |
By: Elias Owen | |
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Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales |
By: Alfred Carmichael (1874-1963) | |
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Indian Legends of Vancouver Island |
By: A. J. Glinski (1817-1866) | |
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Polish Fairy Tales
These are selections from a large collection made by A. J. Glinski, printed at Wilna in 1862. These fairy tales come from a far past and may even date from primitive times. They represent the folklore current among the peasantry of the Eastern provinces of Poland, and also in those provinces usually known as White Russia. They were set down by Glinski just as they were related to him by the peasants. In the translation it was of course necessary to shorten them considerably; the continual repetition—however quaint and fascinating in the original—cannot easily be reproduced... |
By: E. (Edward) Anwyl (1866-1914) | |
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Celtic Religion in Pre-Christian Times |
By: Crawford Howell Toy (1836-1919) | |
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Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV |
By: E. M. (Ethel Mary) Wilmot-Buxton | |
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Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas |
By: Léonce Rabillon (1814-1886) | |
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La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier |
By: H. B. (Henry Bernard) Cotterill (1846-) | |
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The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust' |
By: Saint John of Damascus (676?-749) | |
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Barlaam and Ioasaph |
By: Aubrey De Vere (1814-1902) | |
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Legends of the Saxon Saints |
By: James Nasmyth (1808-1890) | |
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James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography |
By: Dandin | |
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Hindoo Tales or the Adventures of Ten Princes
This book describes the adventures of ten Kumaras, i.e., young men, (all of whom are either princes or sons of royal ministers), as narrated by the men themselves. These narratives are replete with accounts of demigods, ghosts, gamblers, intrigues with voluptious women, astonishing coincidences, cockfights, anthropophagy, sorcery, robberies, murders and wars. |
By: H. R. (Hugh Reginald) Haweis (1839-1901) | |
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Parsifal Story and Analysis of Wagner's Great Opera |
By: Charles Stewart Given | |
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A Fleece of Gold; Five Lessons from the Fable of Jason and the Golden Fleece |
By: Loretta Ellen Brady | |
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Green Forest Fairy Book
This is a volume of original fairy tales by Loretta Ellen Brady. |
By: Maurice Bloomfield (1855-1928) | |
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Cerberus, The Dog of Hades The History of an Idea |
By: Ada Langworthy Collier (1843-) | |
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Lilith The Legend of the First Woman |
By: Andrew Jackson Howell (1869-1947) | |
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Money Island |
By: George W. (George Walter) Caldwell (1866-1946) | |
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The Legends of San Francisco |
By: Fanny Coe [editor] (1866-1956) | |
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The Book of Stories for the Storyteller
This is a delightful collection of 43 fairy tales (both old and new), folk lore, myths and real life stories by a variety of authors, brought together by writer Fanny E Coe. They are mostly short and are fun to listen to by children and adults and most teach valuable lessons about life. Some of the stories are: A Legend of the North Wind; How the Robin's Breast became Red; The Little Rabbits; St Christopher; The Necklace of Truth; A Night with Santa Claus; The Wolf-Mother of Saint Ailbe; Pocahontas and How Molly spent her Sixpence |
By: Oliver Huckel (1864-1940) | |
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Parsifal A Mystical Drama By Richard Wagner Retold In The Spirit Of The Bayreuth Interpretation |
By: Charlotte Hapai | |
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Legends of the Wailuku |
By: Tito Vignoli (1828-1914) | |
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Myth and Science An Essay |
By: James Frederic Thorne (1871-) | |
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In the Time That Was |
By: Unknown | |
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments
A collection of folklore stories accumulated during the Islamic Golden Age, The Arabian Nights Entertainments has entertained and fascinated readers for centuries. The book centers on a frame story concerning the sultan Shahrayah and his wife Scheherazade, who cleverly narrates captivating stories to her husband each night in order to save herself from his retribution and live another day. As a result the book encourages the literary technique of a story within a story. The frame story begins when the sultan Shahrayar learns of his brother’s adulterous wife and subsequently discovers his own wife is guilty of infidelity... |