Mythology Books

Famous Men of Greece

John Henry Haaren

Famous Men of Greece is a series of biographical sketches written for the purpose of making the study of history lively and interesting by giving insight into the men who lived during this time. (Summ..

The Age of Fable

Thomas Bulfinch

Thomas Bulfinch was a native of Boston, Mass., where he was born in 1796. His boyhood was spent in that city, and he prepared for college in the Boston schools. He finished his scholastic training at ..

The dawn of astronomy

Sir Norman Lockyer

Dr. Wallis Budge and Captain Lyons, R.E., have rendered continual help while this book has been in progress, and I cannot sufficiently thank them; to the first-named I am especially indebted for looki..

MASSASOIT'S TOWN

Virginia Baker

Massasoit was familiar with the appearance of white men before the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. In 1619, Captain Thomas Dermer, an Englishman, visited the Massachusetts coast and held an inter..

The Story of Greece - Told to Boys and Girls

Mary Macgregor

The story of Greece began long, long ago in a strange wonderland of beauty. Woods and winds, fields and rivers, each had a pathway which led upward and onward into the beautiful land. Sometimes indeed..

Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion - A Study in Survivals

This book is the outcome of work undertaken in Greece during my two years’ tenure of the Craven Studentship from 1898 to 1900. It is therefore my first duty gratefully to commemorate John, Lord Craven..

Hawaiian Historical Legends

W. D. Westervelt

From mist to sunshine—from fabled gods to a constitution and legislature as a Territory of the United States—this is the outline of the stories told in the present volume. This outline is thoroughly H..

Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa

F. G. Speck

It is important to note, in dealing with myths in this area, that the scenes of the trickster-transformer’s adventures always lay in well known localities within the territory of the band among which ..