Curated Shelf
Mythology, Legends & Folklore
Bulfinch, Hamilton, Frazer — the stories that came before the stories.
100 WorksDrawn from Project Gutenberg Bookshelf #646
Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem
Unknown
30,984 downloadsen2005Difficulty 49 (College)警世通言
Feng, Menglong
30,430 downloadszh2008Grimms' Fairy Tales
Grimm, Jacob & Grimm, Wilhelm
27,642 downloadsen2001Difficulty 35 (High School)The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original
Homer
22,827 downloadsen1999Difficulty 52 (Graduate)Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes
Sophocles
20,775 downloadsen2008Difficulty 44 (College)The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse
Valmiki
18,135 downloadsen2008Difficulty 50 (College)Four Arthurian Romances
Chrétien, de Troyes, active 12th century
17,842 downloadsen1997Difficulty 64 (Academic)Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning
Doane, T. W. (Thomas William)
17,141 downloadsen2010Difficulty 51 (Graduate)The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 (of 10)
Unknown
16,781 downloadsen2016Difficulty 62 (Academic)The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII
Ovid
16,655 downloadsen2007Difficulty 60 (Graduate)The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Irving, Washington
16,569 downloadsen2008Difficulty 65 (Academic)Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1
Malory, Thomas, Sir
14,456 downloadsen1998Difficulty 43 (College)The Egyptian Book of the dead
Unknown
13,913 downloadsen2022Difficulty 38 (High School)The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From the Sanscrit in Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks
Vatsyayana
13,597 downloadsen2009Difficulty 51 (Graduate)Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion: A Study in Survivals
Lawson, J. C. (John Cuthbert)
13,560 downloadsen2021Difficulty 63 (Academic)The Iliad
Homer
12,447 downloadsen2004Difficulty 64 (Academic)西遊記
Wu, Cheng'en
12,133 downloadszh2007Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology
Mooney, James
11,320 downloadsen2014Difficulty 54 (Graduate)The magic of jewels and charms
Kunz, George Frederick
11,027 downloadsen2021Difficulty 63 (Academic)Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I
Spenser, Edmund
10,941 downloadsen2005Difficulty 60 (Graduate)Folk Lore Notes. Vol. I—Gujarat
Jackson, A. M. T. (Arthur Mason Tippetts)
10,784 downloadsen2017Difficulty 50 (College)Aesop's Fables; a new translation
Aesop
10,755 downloadsen2004Difficulty 51 (Graduate)Three hundred Aesop’s fables Translated by George Fyler Townsend
Aesop
10,446 downloadsen2008Difficulty 65 (Academic)The Aeneid
Virgil
10,205 downloadsen1995Difficulty 46 (College)The Ballad of the White Horse
Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
9,993 downloadsen1999Difficulty 43 (College)The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Pyle, Howard
9,560 downloadsen2003Difficulty 40 (High School)The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story
Somadeva Bhatta, active 11th century
9,460 downloadsen2012Difficulty 66 (Academic)Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
Berens, E. M.
9,327 downloadsen2007Difficulty 69 (Academic)Selections from Viri Romae
L'Homond, C. F.
9,249 downloadsen2010Difficulty 54 (Graduate)The Bakhtyār Nāma: A Persian Romance
Unknown
9,173 downloadsen2019Difficulty 69 (Academic)Seneca Fiction, Legends, and Myths Thirty-Second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology; 1910-1911
Unknown
9,108 downloadsen2020Difficulty 69 (Academic)Archaic England : $b an essay in deciphering prehistory from megalithic monuments, earthworks, customs, coins, place-names, and faerie superstitions
Bayley, Harold
8,944 downloadsen2013Difficulty 65 (Academic)Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 1 (of 3) : $b The Hawaiians' account of the formation of their islands and origin of their race, with the traditions of their migrations, etc., as gathered from original sources
Unknown
8,909 downloadsen2024Difficulty 50 (College)Aeneidos
Virgil
8,599 downloadsla1995The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 2 of 4 The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy
Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)
8,567 downloadsen2017Difficulty 57 (Graduate)Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
Hesiod
8,462 downloadsen2008Difficulty 60 (Graduate)The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3
Unknown
8,350 downloadsen2005Difficulty 60 (Graduate)Hypnerotomachia: The Strife of Loue in a Dreame
Colonna, Francesco
8,314 downloadsen2006Difficulty 62 (Academic)The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 3, Myths and Languages The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 3
Bancroft, Hubert Howe
8,143 downloadsen2013Difficulty 72 (Expert)The Oxford Book of Ballads
Unknown
8,140 downloadsen2014Difficulty 41 (College)A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume 2 (of 6)
Bryant, Jacob
8,138 downloadsen2006Difficulty 54 (Graduate)今古奇觀
Baowenglaoren
8,137 downloadszh2008Curious Facts in the History of Insects; Including Spiders and Scorpions. A Complete Collection of the Legends, Superstitions, Beliefs, and Ominous Signs Connected with Insects; Together with Their Uses in Medicine, Art, and as Food; and a Summary of Their Remarkable Injuries and Appearances.
Cowan, Frank
8,095 downloadsen2012Difficulty 50 (College)Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans
Plutarch
8,085 downloadsen1996Difficulty 71 (Expert)The Romance of Tristan and Iseult
Bédier, Joseph
7,947 downloadsen2004Difficulty 41 (College)King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Malory, Thomas, Sir
7,907 downloadsen2011Difficulty 52 (Graduate)Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula
Skeat, Walter William
7,878 downloadsen2015Difficulty 56 (Graduate)History of Greece, Volume 01 (of 12)
Grote, George
7,501 downloadsen2018Difficulty 63 (Academic)Myths of China and Japan with illustrations in colour & monochrome after paintings and photographs
Mackenzie, Donald A. (Donald Alexander)
7,474 downloadsen2022Difficulty 62 (Academic)Undine
La Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de
7,339 downloadsen2001Difficulty 52 (Graduate)The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 08 of 12)
Frazer, James George
7,335 downloadsen2013Difficulty 56 (Graduate)The poetic Edda : $b Translated from the Icelandic with an introduction and notes
Unknown
7,327 downloadsen2024Difficulty 71 (Expert)The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge
Unknown
7,286 downloadsen2005Difficulty 55 (Graduate)Demonology and Devil-lore
Conway, Moncure Daniel
7,240 downloadsen2012Difficulty 81 (Specialist)The Iliad
Homer
7,073 downloadsen2000Difficulty 43 (College)The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2
Müller, Karl Otfried
6,825 downloadsen2010Difficulty 71 (Expert)The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2)
Frazer, James George
6,764 downloadsen2012Difficulty 42 (College)Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 2 of 3 Olympus; or, the Religion of the Homeric Age
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart)
6,758 downloadsen2015Difficulty 81 (Specialist)Psychology of the Unconscious A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido. A Contribution to the History of the Evolution of Thought
Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav)
6,649 downloadsen2021Difficulty 78 (Expert)The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 11 of 12)
Frazer, James George
6,648 downloadsen2013Difficulty 56 (Graduate)The First Book of Adam and Eve
Platt, Rutherford Hayes
6,550 downloadsen1996Difficulty 36 (High School)The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 5, Primitive History The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5
Bancroft, Hubert Howe
6,400 downloadsen2014Difficulty 70 (Academic)The Religion of the Ancient Celts
MacCulloch, J. A. (John Arnott)
6,347 downloadsen2005Difficulty 51 (Graduate)Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes 1 and 2)
Pu, Songling
6,227 downloadsen2013Difficulty 65 (Academic)The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments
Unknown
6,220 downloadsen2010Difficulty 68 (Academic)The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Crooke, William
6,140 downloadsen2013Difficulty 52 (Graduate)Rip Van Winkle
Irving, Washington
6,099 downloadsen2019Difficulty 54 (Graduate)Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
Unknown
5,917 downloadsen2007Difficulty 56 (Graduate)Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn
Chambers, R. W. (Raymond Wilson)
5,603 downloadsen2010Difficulty 53 (Graduate)The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2)
Frazer, James George
5,514 downloadsen2012Difficulty 54 (Graduate)Myths of Babylonia and Assyria
Mackenzie, Donald A. (Donald Alexander)
5,397 downloadsen2005Difficulty 65 (Academic)The Aeneid of Virgil
Virgil
5,205 downloadsen2007Difficulty 51 (Graduate)Cowboy Songs, and Other Frontier Ballads
Various
5,084 downloadsen2007Difficulty 59 (Graduate)Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race
Ebbutt, M. I. (Maud Isabel)
4,691 downloadsen2008Difficulty 61 (Academic)River Legends; Or, Father Thames and Father Rhine
Brabourne, Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugessen, Baron
4,594 downloadsen2013Difficulty 54 (Graduate)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
Frazer, James George
4,391 downloadsen2004Difficulty 59 (Graduate)Andersen's Fairy Tales
Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)
4,319 downloadsen1999Difficulty 40 (High School)Folklore as an Historical Science
Gomme, George Laurence
4,230 downloadsen2007Difficulty 60 (Graduate)Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight An Alliterative Romance-Poem (c. 1360 A.D.)
Unknown
4,172 downloadsen2005Difficulty 43 (College)The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II
Ovid
4,148 downloadsen2009Difficulty 50 (College)The Story of the Greeks
Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)
3,589 downloadsen2007Difficulty 44 (College)Sagen van Koning Arthur en de Ridders van de Tafelronde
Montijn-de Fouw, Nelly
3,267 downloadsnl2007King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls
Gilbert, Henry
3,240 downloadsen2007Difficulty 42 (College)Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen
Chodzko, Alexander
3,065 downloadsen2008Difficulty 37 (High School)Italian Popular Tales
Crane, Thomas Frederick
3,055 downloadsen2007Difficulty 60 (Graduate)Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2
Roby, John
3,038 downloadsen2008Difficulty 53 (Graduate)The Arabian Nights: Their Best-known Tales
Unknown
2,856 downloadsen2007Difficulty 60 (Graduate)Nederlandsche Volkskunde
Schrijnen, Jos.
2,664 downloadsnl2007Andersens Sproken en vertellingen Morgenrood
Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)
2,400 downloadsnl2008The Wandering Jew — Complete
Sue, Eugène
2,138 downloadsen2004Difficulty 43 (College)The Proverbs of Scotland
Hislop, Alexander
1,611 downloadsen2008Difficulty 39 (High School)Myths and Marvels of Astronomy
Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony)
1,266 downloadsen2008Difficulty 66 (Academic)The Olive Fairy Book
Unknown
1,087 downloadsen2009Difficulty 43 (College)Egyptian Literature Comprising Egyptian tales, hymns, litanies, invocations, the Book of the Dead, and cuneiform writings
Unknown
1,033 downloadsen2009Difficulty 54 (Graduate)Eight dwelling places of Buddhist immortals
Five colors stone
1,009 downloadszh2008Nights With Uncle Remus: Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation
Harris, Joel Chandler
913 downloadsen2008Difficulty 45 (College)Puck of Pook's Hill
Kipling, Rudyard
836 downloadsen2008Difficulty 35 (High School)Werwolves
O'Donnell, Elliott
835 downloadsen2008Difficulty 68 (Academic)The Book of Romance
Unknown
731 downloadsen2008Difficulty 45 (College)Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers
Unknown
523 downloadsen2008Difficulty 52 (Graduate)