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Curious myths of the Middle Ages Sabine Baring-Gould · 1867 · 660p · ≈ 22h · Demanding This volume is an example of Sabine Baring-Gould's extensive research into the middle ages. This volume of 12 curiosities was one of Baring-Gould's most successful publications. (Summary by Carolin) Shares: Medieval Tales, Medieval Literature, Legends, History and criticism

Medieval myths Norma Lorre Goodrich · 1960 · 286p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Abridged English translations of medieval hero stories. Shares: Medieval Literature, Legends, Mythology

Tracks in the snow Ruthven Campbell Todd · 1946 · 133p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Shares: Mythology in literature, History and criticism, Mythology

The gods of our fathers Herman Isidore Stern · 1898 · 268p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Shares: Medieval Tales, Legends

Orpheus: myths of the world Padraic Colum · 1930 · 327p · ≈ 10h · Challenging It is natural to begin with things Egyptian. But the stories that we have from the mythology of that great civilization are all fragmentary; for the most famous of them we have to go to a Greek work--to Plutarch's treatise on Isis and Osiris. In the story as given here the outline is Plutarch's. But included in it is the story of the Creation which is from Egyptian sources; the names of the… Shares: Legends, Mythology

The classic myths in English literature and in art Charles Mills Gayley · 1893 · 682p · ≈ 22h · Demanding An illustrated anthology of classical myths, based on Bulfinch's nineteenth-century "Age of Fable," examining myths of divinities and heroes, and including commentary. Shares: Mythology in literature, Mythology

Norse mythology, legends of gods and heroes Peter Andreas Munch · 1927 · 392p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Shares: Medieval Tales, Legends

La légende arthurienne et le Graal Jean Marx · 1952 · 410p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Shares: Medieval Literature, Legends, History and criticism

Euripides Erich Segal · 1968 · ★ 3.8 · 177p · ≈ 5h · Moderate TABLE OF CONTENTS: Euripides’ theater of ideas / William arrowsmith -- Euripides and the gods / G. M. A. Grube -- The virtues of Admetus / Anne Pippin Burnett -- On Euripides’ Medea / Eilhard Schlesinger -- The Hippolytus of Euripides / Bernard M. W. Knox -- Watching the Trojan women / Eric A. Havelock -- Why the Trojan women? / Jean-Paul Sartre -- Orestes / Christian Wolff -- Tragedy and… Shares: Mythology in literature, History and criticism, Mythology

Norse mythology Rasmus Björn Anderson · 1875 · 473p · ≈ 15h · Challenging "I think Scandinavian Paganism, to us here, is more interesting than any other."-Thomas Carlyle.Highly detailed, this book constitutes a veritable encyclopedia of Norse mythology, including descriptions of notable characters: Odin, Thor, Balder, Loke... The object of this work is to familiarize readers with the myths and legends which form the principal subjects of Nordic literature, and whose… Shares: Medieval Tales, Mythology

Norse Myths and Legends Cheryl Evans · 1986 · 48p · ≈ 1h · Moderate This book introduces the characters and adventures that make up the Norse myths. Shares: Legends, Mythology

An Introduction to Viking Mythology John Grant · 1990 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Turning the pages of Gordon Grant’s pictured story of whaling, it suddenly struck me that the task of writing an introduction had certain unusual features. Acting as a liaison officer between Captain Ahab of the whaling ship Pequod and the sheltered generation of 1932, it is necessary to bear in mind that most members of this generation are unaware that whaling is still an industry.… Shares: Legends, Mythology

The Grail Dhira B. Mahoney · 2000 · 600p · ≈ 20h · Moderate The Holy Grail () is a treasure that serves as an important motif in Arthurian literature. Various traditions describe the Holy Grail as a cup, dish, or stone with miraculous healing powers, sometimes providing eternal youth or sustenance in infinite abundance, often guarded in the custody of the Fisher King and located in the hidden Grail castle. By analogy, any elusive object or goal of great… Shares: Medieval Literature, Legends, History and criticism

Celtic Myth and Arthurian Romance (Celtic Interest) Roger Sherman Loomis · 1926 · 371p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Loomis explores the theory that the Arthurian Romances are based on Celtic Myths, transmitted to French by Breton bards. He explores the links between the Irish Sagas, the Welsh Mabinogion, and the various forms of the Arthurian Legends. He links Gawain with the Irish hero Cuchulain, Merlin to Mider, and the Grail to the cauldron of the Dagda and the Lia Fail. Shares: Medieval Literature, History and criticism, Mythology

The white goddess Robert Graves · 1920 · ★ 4.0 · 511p · ≈ 17h · Challenging The definitive edition of one of the more extraordinary and influential books of our time This labyrinthine and extraordinary book, first published more than sixty years ago, was the outcome of Robert Graves's vast reading and curious research into strange territories of folklore, mythology, religion, and magic. Erudite and impassioned, it is a scholar-poet's quest for the meaning of European… Shares: Mythology in literature, History and criticism, Mythology

King Arthur in legend and history Richard White · 1997 · 589p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Presenting selections from medieval Latin, Welsh, English, French and German literature, Richard White traces the Arthurian legend from the earliest mentions of Arthur in Latin chronicles to Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. Many of these selections are translated here for the time into English.Bringing together an extensive range of diverse material which reveals the development of the figure… Shares: Medieval Literature, Legends, History and criticism

The earthly paradise William Morris · 1868 · ★ 3.7 · 445p · ≈ 14h · Challenging A series of 24 tales in verse, 2 for each month of the year. Shares: Medieval Tales, Medieval Literature

Arthurian triptych Charles Moorman · 1960 · 163p · ≈ 5h · Moderate ix, 163 p. 23 cm Shares: Mythology in literature, History and criticism, Mythology

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