10 References for Myths, Legends, and Folklore

References for Myths, Legends, and Folklore

Arnold, D. (1999). When the pyramids were built: Egyptian art of the old kingdom (photographs by Bruce White). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.

Adams Leeming, D. (1992) The world of myth: An anthology.  Oxford University Press.

Aldred, C. (1973). Akhenaten and Nefertiti. The Brooklyn Museum in Association with Viking Press.

Allan, T., Fleming, F., & Kerrigan, M. (Consultant: Dr. Chris Gosden). (1999). Journeys through dreamtime: Oceanian myth.  Time Life (Myth and Mankind series).

Armstrong, K. (2005). A short history of myth. Vintage Canada.Ar

Ash, R. (1995).  Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Harry N. Abrams.

Asimov, I. (1961/1969). Words from the myths. Signet Book/New American Library.

Atwood, M. (2005). The Penelopiad. Alfred K. Knopf.

Barber, R. (1979) Arthurian legends. (1979). Dorset Press.

Barnet, S., Burto, W., & Cain, W. (2006). An introduction to literature: Fiction, poetry, and drama. Pearson Longman.

Barker Lottridge, C., & Dickie, A. (1990).  Mythic voices: Reflections in mythology. Nelson Canada.

Byock, J. (2005). The Prose Edda (Trans. from Snori Sturlson). Penguin Books.

Bulfinch, T. (1993). The golden age of myth and legend. Wordsworth Reference.

Burland, C., Nicholson, I., & Osborne, H. (1968). Mythology of the Americans. Hamlyn.

Butler, S. (2018). The illustrated Odyssey. Fall River Press. (Originally published in 1898.). Project Gutenberg eBook: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1727/pg1727-images.html

Campbell, J. (1968).  Historical atlas of world mythology Volume II: The way of the seeded earth. Perrennial Library/Harper & Row.

Campbell, J. (2008). The hero with a thousand faces. New World Library. (originally published in 1949).

Campbell, J. (2003). Myths of light: Eastern metaphors of the eternal. New World Library.

Campbell, J. (1968). The masks of God: Primitive mythology. Viking Press. (originally published in 1959).

Campbell, J. & Moyers, B. (1988). The power of myth. Doubleday.

Campbell, J. (1988). Myths to live by. Bantam.

Carpenter, Thomas H., Gula, Robert J. (1962).  Mythology, Greek and Roman, The New American Library, New York.

Caselli, G. (1997). The illustrated Bullfinch’s mythology: The age of fable. MacMillan.

Celtic Tales: Fairy tales and stories of enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales. (2016). Chronicle Books.

Casson, L. (1981). The pharaohs. Stonehenge Books.

Chartrand, R., Durham, K. Harrison, M., & Heath, I. (2016).  The Vikings.  Osprey Publishing.

Constable, N. (1996). Ancient Ireland. Prospero Books.

Coolidge, O. (1964). Greek myths. Houghton Mifflin.

Cotterell, A. (1997).  Norse mythology:  the myths and legends of the Nordic Gods. Ultimate Edition.

Copplestone, T. The Pre-Raphaelites. Gramercy.

Croft, P.(1974). Roman mythology. Octopus Books.

Douglas, M. (1978). The illustrated golden bough by James G. Frazer. MacMillan.

Ellis, J. (1991). Dream Time: Australian Aboriginal legends. Harper Collins.

Hamilton, Edith (1954).  Mythology The New American Library, New York, 1954.

Harvard University: Folklore and mythology. https://www.harvard.edu/programs/folklore-and-mythology/

Daily art magazine: History of Art Course. Retrieved September 3, 2022. https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/art-history-101/

Dorling Kindersley (DK) (The Editors). (2021). The mythology book: Big ideas simply explained. DK Penguin Random House.

Dorman, P.F., Harper, P.O., & Pittman, H. (1987). The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Egypt and the Ancient near East. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Dougherty, M. (2016).  Norse myths: Viking legends of heroes and gods. Amber Books.

Dulac, E.  (2018). Edmund Dulac’s Picture-Book for the French Red Cross. Forgotten Books Press. (www.ForgottenBooks.com). (Originally published by Hoddern & Stoughton, 1916).

Ellis, J.A. (1991). From the dreamtime: Australian Aboriginal legends. Harper Collins Publishers.

Farewell Brown, A., Bradish Powers, S., Litchfield, M. and others (2021). Norse mythology: Tales of the gods, sagas, and heroes. Sirius.

Fleming, F.,Husain, S., Littleton, C.S., & Malcor, L.A (1996). Heroes of the dawn: Celtic myth. Time-Life Books (Myth and Mankind series).

Fowler, W. Warde. (1954). Roman Festivals, Macmillan and Co. Ltd., New York, 1954.

Frazer, J.G. (1981). The golden bough. The roots of religion and folklore. Avenel Books.  (originally written in 1890).

Frazer, J.G. (2003). Project Gutenberg eBook of The golden bough: A study of magic and religion.

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3623/pg3623-images.html

Johnson, Otto T. (1983).  Editor, Information Please, Almanac 1983, A & W Publishers, Inc., New York, 1982.

Grant, Michael. (1962). Myths of the Greeks and Romans, The New American Library, New York,

Gaiman, N. (2017). Norse mythology. W.W. Norton & Company.

Gaiman, N. (2019). The annotated American gods. William Morrow. A Imprint of Harper Collins.

Geurber, H.A. (1909). Myths of the Norsemen. George Hurapp & Co.  Retrieved September 3, 2022 Project Gutenberg. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/28497/28497-h/28497-h.htm’

Graziosi, B. (2014). The gods of Olympus: A history. Metropolitan Books.

Gwynn, R.S. Poetry: A pocket anthology (sixth edition). Penguin Academics.

Hadley, E. & Hadley, T. (1983). Legends of the sun and the moon (illustrated by Jan Nesbitt). Cambridge University Press.

Hamilton, E. (1969). Mythology. Little, Brown, and Company. (Originally published in 1942).

Haynes, N. (2020).  Pandora’s jar: Women in the Greek myths. Harper Perennial.

Hawthorne, N. (2012). Tanglewood tales (with illustrations by Virginia Frances Sterrett). Calla Editions. (originally published in 1921 by The Penn Publishing Company.

Heaney, S. (2000). Beowulf (A new verse translation). W.W. Norton & Company.

Homer (lived between 12th and 8th century BCE-Greece). The Odyssey. Arcturus (2009 publication).

Homer. The Illustrated Odyssey (translated by Samuel Butler). Fall River Press.

Ions, V. Indian mythology. Paul Hamlyn.

Inuit mythology: Gods, goddess, & creatures. (2022).  Trident Books.

Innes, Mary M. (1955).  The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Penguin Books. This translation of the Metamorphoses makes it easy to read and to understand these fascinating tales of gods and mortals.

James, V. (2003).  The genealogy of Greek mythology: An illustrated family tree of Greek myth from the first gods to the founders of Rome. Gotham Books/ Melcher Media.

Kendall, L., Norell, M.A., & Ellis, R. (2016). Mythic creature and the impossibly real animals who inspired them. Sterling Signature.

Lang, A. (1966). The violet fairy book (with illustrations by Henry Justice (H.J.) Ford). Dover Publications. (originally published in 1901 by Longmans, Green, & Co.).

Larkin, D. (1975). The English dreamers: A collection of Pre-Raphaelite paintings. A Peacock Press/Bantam Book.

Leeming, D.A. (1990) The world of myth: An anthology. Oxford University Press.

Lucie-Smith, E. (1972). Symbolist art. Thames and Hudson.

Lung-Larsen, L., & Hinds, G. (2011). Gifts from the gods: Ancient words & wisdom from Greek & Roman mythology. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Mäkinen, K., & Surojegin, P.L. (2009). An illustrated Kalevala: Myths and legends from Finland. Floris Books.

Martin, C. (Introduction by Bernard Knox). (2004). Metamorphoses by Ovid. W.W. Norton & Co.

May, R. (1991). The cry for myth. W.W. Norton & Company.

Mavrikis, P. (2020). Ancient Egypt visual explorer guide. Amber Books.

Metamorphoses by Ovid: Project Gutenberg eBook  https://www.gutenberg.org/files/21765/21765-h/21765-h.htm (by: Louise Hope, Steve Schulze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team).

Mills Gayley, Charles (1893). The Classical Myths, Blaisdell Publishing Company. Project Gutenberg eBook: The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Classic Myths, by Charles Mills Gayley.

Miller, M. (2018). Circe. Little, Brown, & Co.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/46063/46063-h/46063-h.htm

Morford, M. P.O., & Lenardon, R.J. Classical mythology (3rd edition). Longman.

Nordic tales: Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark (illustrated by Ulla Thynell). (2019). Chronicle Books.

Mayo, G.W. (1989)  North American Indian stories: Earthmaker’s tales. Walker and Company.

Miller, M. (2018). Circe. Little, Brown, & Company.

Morford, M.P.O., & Lenarden, R. J. (1985). Classical mythology (3rd edition). Longman.

Nordic tales: Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark. (Illustrations by Ulla Thynell). Chronicle Books.

Newton, D., Jones, J., & Ezra, K. (2006).The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Pacific Islands, Africa, and the Americas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Norse Mythology Link:

PBS Learning Media: Mythology Units Teaching Resources:

https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/search/?q=mythology

Norse Mythology – World History Encyclopedia

https://www.worldhistory.org/Norse_Mythology/

The Valkyrie and the Rhinegold. R.Wagner and Ilustrated by Arthur Rackham.

Project Gutenberg.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/48214/48214-h/48214-h.htm

Osborne, H. (1968). South American mythology. Paul Hamlyn.

Ovid. Metamorphoses (trans. By Charles Martin, 2004). W.W. Norton & Company.

Penn, W.S. The telling of the world: Native American stories and art. Stewart, Tabori, and Chang.

Pennick, N. (1997). The sacred world of the Celts: An illustrated guide to Celtic spirituality and mythology. The Bridgewater Book Company.

Pinsent, J. (1969). Greek mythology. Paul Hamlyn.

Powell, B.B. (2007). Classical myth. Pearson/Prentice Hall.

Ray, C., & Stevens, J. (1971). Sacred legends of the Sandy Lake Cree. McClelland and Stewart.

Rose, H,J. (1959). A Handbook of Creek Mythology, E.P, Dutton, New York.

Roukes, N. (1982). Art synectics: Stimulating creativity in art.  Davis Publications.

Ryan, D.P. (2016). Ancient Egypt in poetry. The American University in Cairo Press.

Ryberg, V. Teutonic Mythology (Three Volumes). Project Gutenberg Link:

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/58829/58829-h/58829-h.htm (Volume 2)

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/58830/58830-h/58830-h.htm (Volume 3)

Schultz, R., & Seidel, M. (with contributions by Betsy Bryan and Christianne Henry). Egyptian art (from The Walters museum). Trustees of the Walters art gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, US.

Seidelman, H., & Turner, J. (1993). The Inuit imagination. Douglas & MacIntyre.

Seyffert, Oskar (1956). Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, Meridian Books, Inc.

Skogan, J., & Stewart, C. The princess and the sea bear and other Tsimishian stories. Polestar.

Squire, C. (2021).  Celtic myth and Legend. Arcturus.

Storm, R. (1999).  The encyclopedia of eastern mythology. Prospero Books.

Strouhal, E. (1992).Life of the ancient Egyptians (with photographs by Werner Forman). University of Oklahoma Press.

Sturluson, S. (2005). The prose edda (translated by Jesse Byock). Penguin Books.

Project Gutenberg eBook: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18947

Swinglehurst, E. (2001). Gustav Klimt.  Thunder Bay Press.

Tatar, M. (2020). Heroes & heroines/Myths & tales. Flame Tree Publishing.

Temple, K.G., (1996). The illustrated golden bough: A study in magic and religion by Sir James George Frazer. SImon & Shuster Editions.

Timeline of World Mythology:

Mythology Timeline – World History Encyclopedia https://www.worldhistory.org/timeline/mythology/

The illustrated Bulfinch’s mythology: The age of fable (illustrated by Giovanni Caselli) (1997). Macmillan.

Titian’s interpretation of Ovid’s Metamorphosis

https://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/metamorphosis-titian-2012

Tyldesley, J. (2006). Chronicle of the queens of Egypt: From early dynanastic times to the death of Cleopatra.  Thames & Hudson.

Vandenbeusch, M., Semat, A., & Maitland, M.  (2916). Pharaoh: King of Egypt. The Cleveland Museum of Art. Distributed by Yale University Press.

Ventura, P. (1984).  Great painters. G.P. Putnam’s Sons.

Woldering, I. (1963).The art of Egypt: The time of the Pharaohs. Greystone Press.

Wilkinson, P. et al. (2019). Myths &legends: An illustrated guide to their origin and meanings. DK/Penguin Random House.

Zoshitani, Y. (2020). Beneath the moon: Fairy tales, myths, and divine stories from around the world. Ten Speed Press.

Zimmerman, J.E. (1964).  Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Harper & Row