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Greek myths

24 titles · Gods of Olympus, monsters and the heroes who faced them.

The Gorgon's Head Nathaniel Hawthorne Grades 4-7myth The Paradise of Children Nathaniel Hawthorne Grades 3-6myth The Three Golden Apples Nathaniel Hawthorne Grades 4-7myth The Miraculous Pitcher Nathaniel Hawthorne Grades 3-6myth The Minotaur Nathaniel Hawthorne Grades 4-7myth The Pygmies Nathaniel Hawthorne Grades 4-7myth The Dragon's Teeth Nathaniel Hawthorne Grades 4-7myth Circe's Palace Nathaniel Hawthorne Grades 4-7myth The Pomegranate Seeds Nathaniel Hawthorne Grades 4-7myth The Golden Fleece Nathaniel Hawthorne Grades 4-7myth The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles Padraic Colum Grades 5-8myth Perseus Charles Kingsley Grades 5-8myth Theseus Charles Kingsley Grades 5-8myth The Argonauts Charles Kingsley Grades 5-8myth Old Greek Stories (set I: the gods) James Baldwin Grades 3-5myth Old Greek Stories (set II: the heroes) James Baldwin Grades 3-5myth Prometheus and Pandora Thomas Bulfinch Grades 6-12myth Apollo and Daphne Thomas Bulfinch Grades 6-12myth Echo and Narcissus Thomas Bulfinch Grades 6-12myth Minerva and Arachne Thomas Bulfinch Grades 6-12myth Orpheus and Eurydice Thomas Bulfinch Grades 6-12myth Cupid and Psyche Thomas Bulfinch Grades 7-12myth Hercules Thomas Bulfinch Grades 6-12myth Daedalus Thomas Bulfinch Grades 6-12myth

Roman myths and legends

12 titles · The founding of Rome, its early heroes, and the myths Ovid and Virgil retold.

Romulus and Remus: the Founding of Rome Alfred J. Church, after Livy Grades 5-8legend Horatius at the Bridge Alfred J. Church, after Livy Grades 5-8legend Stories from Livy (set: early heroes of Rome) Alfred J. Church, after Livy Grades 6-9legend Horatius Thomas Babington Macaulay Grades 6-10poem The Aeneid Virgil, translated by J. W. Mackail Grades 9-12epic Pyramus and Thisbe Ovid, translated by H. T. Riley Grades 8-12myth The Sun Chariot of Phaethon Ovid, translated by H. T. Riley Grades 8-12myth Arachne Ovid, translated by H. T. Riley Grades 8-12myth Daedalus and Icarus Ovid, translated by H. T. Riley Grades 8-12myth Baucis and Philemon Ovid, translated by H. T. Riley Grades 8-12myth Midas Ovid, translated by H. T. Riley Grades 8-12myth The Roman Gods: Janus, Saturn, Vesta and Others E. M. Berens Grades 6-9myth

The Odyssey and the Iliad

5 titles · Homer's two epics, in full translations and in retellings for younger readers.

The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy Padraic Colum Grades 5-8myth The Odyssey Homer (Butler prose) Grades 9-12epic The Iliad Homer (Butler prose) Grades 10-12epic The Story of the Odyssey Alfred J. Church, after Homer Grades 5-8epic The Story of the Iliad Alfred J. Church, after Homer Grades 5-8epic

Beowulf

3 titles · The Old English epic of a hero, a monster, a mother and a dragon.

Beowulf (verse translation) translated by Francis B. Gummere Grades 9-12epic The Story of Beowulf (prose) translated by Ernest J. B. Kirtlan Grades 7-10epic Beowulf, retold M. I. Ebbutt Grades 5-8epic

Norse myths

8 titles · Odin, Thor, Loki and the end of the world, from the Eddas and the sagas.

The Children of Odin: Norse myths Padraic Colum Grades 5-8myth The Poetic Edda translated by Henry Adams Bellows, 1923 Grades 9-12sacred text The Heroes of Asgard (set) Annie and Eliza Keary Grades 4-7myth Asgard Stories (set) Mary H. Foster and Mabel H. Cummings Grades 2-5myth Thor's Visit to Utgard H. A. Guerber Grades 6-9myth The Death of Balder H. A. Guerber Grades 6-9myth The Prose Edda Snorri Sturluson, translated by Rasmus B. Anderson Grades 9-12myth The Story of Siegfried James Baldwin Grades 5-8legend

Celtic myths and legends

9 titles · Irish and Scottish gods, Finn and the Fianna, and Cuchulain.

Connla and the Fairy Maiden Traditional (Jacobs) Grades 4-6folk tale Guleesh Traditional (Jacobs) Grades 4-7folk tale The Sprightly Tailor Traditional (Jacobs) Grades 3-6folk tale Munachar and Manachar Traditional (Jacobs) Grades K-3folk tale The Legend of Knockmany Traditional (Jacobs) Grades 3-6folk tale Gods and Fighting Men: the Tuatha De Danaan (set) Lady Gregory Grades 8-12myth Gods and Fighting Men: Finn and the Fianna (set) Lady Gregory Grades 8-12legend Irish Fairy Tales: the boyhood of Fionn James Stephens Grades 5-9legend Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster Eleanor Hull Grades 5-8legend

Ancient Egypt

3 titles · Ra, Osiris, Isis and the stories of the Nile.

Osiris and Isis Lewis Spence Grades 6-10myth Ra, the Sun God Lewis Spence Grades 6-10myth Ancient Egyptian Legends (set) Margaret A. Murray Grades 5-9myth

Gilgamesh and Mesopotamia

3 titles · The oldest written stories: Gilgamesh, the flood and the making of the world.

The Epic of Gilgamish translated by R. Campbell Thompson Grades 9-12epic The Story of Gilgamesh, retold Donald A. Mackenzie Grades 7-10epic The Babylonian Story of the Creation E. A. Wallis Budge Grades 9-12myth

Native American stories

19 titles · Each story is credited to the nation it comes from, and told by Native writers where we can. Some, like Lakota and Dakota Iktomi stories, are traditionally told only in winter, and teachers may want to honor that.

Wigwam Evenings: Sioux folk tales (set II) Charles A. Eastman and Elaine Goodale Eastman Grades 2-5folk tale Wigwam Evenings: Sioux folk tales (set III) Charles A. Eastman and Elaine Goodale Eastman Grades 3-6folk tale Iktomi and the Ducks Zitkala-Sa Grades 3-6folk tale Iktomi and the Muskrat Zitkala-Sa Grades 3-6folk tale Iktomi and the Coyote Zitkala-Sa Grades 3-6folk tale The Badger and the Bear Zitkala-Sa Grades 3-6folk tale The Tree-Bound Zitkala-Sa Grades 3-6folk tale The Toad and the Boy Zitkala-Sa Grades 3-6folk tale Wigwam Evenings: Sioux folk tales (set I) Charles A. Eastman and Elaine Goodale Eastman Grades 2-5folk tale Legends of Vancouver (set) E. Pauline Johnson (Mohawk), as told by Chief Joe Capilano Grades 6-10folk tale How the World Was Made collected by James Mooney Grades 3-6myth The First Fire collected by James Mooney Grades 3-6myth Why the Possum's Tail Is Bare collected by James Mooney Grades 2-5folk tale How the Terrapin Beat the Rabbit collected by James Mooney Grades 2-5folk tale The Milky Way collected by James Mooney Grades 2-5myth Indian Why Stories (set I) Frank B. Linderman, as told by War Eagle and other elders Grades 3-6folk tale Indian Why Stories (set II) Frank B. Linderman, as told by War Eagle and other elders Grades 3-6folk tale Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children (set) Mabel Powers Grades 2-5folk tale Legends of the Iroquois (set) Elias Johnson (Tuscarora) Grades 7-12legend

African folklore

9 titles · Anansi, Cunnie Rabbit and the stories of West, Central and Southern Africa.

How We Got the Name 'Spider Tales' W. H. Barker and Cecilia Sinclair (collected) Grades 2-5folk tale West African folk tales: Anansi and others (set) W. H. Barker and Cecilia Sinclair (collected) Grades 2-5folk tale West African folk tales (set II) W. H. Barker and Cecilia Sinclair (collected) Grades 3-6folk tale Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky collected by Elphinstone Dayrell Grades K-3folk tale Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria (set) collected by Elphinstone Dayrell Grades 3-7folk tale Cunnie Rabbit and Mr. Spider (set) collected by Florence M. Cronise and Henry W. Ward Grades 2-5folk tale South-African Folk-Tales (set) collected by James A. Honey Grades 3-6folk tale Legends of the Basotho (set) collected by Minnie Martin Grades 5-8legend Where Animals Talk (set) collected by Robert H. Nassau Grades 3-6folk tale

South Asian epics and fables

6 titles · The Ramayana, the Jataka tales and Indian folk tales.

The Monkey and the Crocodile Jataka (Babbitt) Grades K-3fable The Turtle Who Couldn't Stop Talking Jataka (Babbitt) Grades K-3fable The Foolish, Timid Rabbit Jataka (Babbitt) Grades K-3fable The Quarrel of the Quails Jataka (Babbitt) Grades K-3fable Indian fairy tales (set) Joseph Jacobs (collected) Grades 2-5folk tale The Ramayana, condensed Valmiki, from Hindu Literature Grades 9-12epic

Chinese and Japanese myths

6 titles · P'an Ku, the Monkey King, Izanagi and Izanami.

The Herd Boy and the Weaving Maiden Richard Wilhelm (collected) Grades 3-6folk tale Chinese fairy tales (set I) Richard Wilhelm (collected) Grades 3-6folk tale The Story of Urashima Taro, the Fisher Lad Yei Theodora Ozaki (retold) Grades 3-6folk tale P'an Ku and the Making of the World E. T. C. Werner Grades 6-12myth The Monkey King E. T. C. Werner Grades 5-9myth Izanagi and Izanami Donald A. Mackenzie Grades 6-10myth

Maya, Aztec and Inca

4 titles · The Popol Vuh, Quetzalcoatl and the myths of the Andes, plus Brazil's how-and-why tales.

The Popol Vuh, retold Lewis Spence Grades 8-12myth Quetzalcoatl Lewis Spence Grades 7-12myth Myths of the Inca (set) Lewis Spence Grades 7-12myth Fairy Tales from Brazil: How and Why Tales (set) Elsie Spicer Eells Grades 3-6folk tale

Hawaiian and Maori

3 titles · Pele, Maui and the stories of the Pacific.

Legends of Gods and Ghosts (set) W. D. Westervelt Grades 5-9myth Hawaiian Folk Tales (set) Thomas G. Thrum, ed. Grades 5-9folk tale Maori Legends (set) W. Dittmer Grades 7-12myth