Mythology Books
Byliny Book - Hero Tales of Russia
Marion Chilton HarrisonThis is a Byliny Book. What does “Byliny” mean? It is a Russian word, and it means stories about What-has-Been, what happened in Russia in the old days long ago. We all read about the Greek heroes Jas..
A Guide to Mythology
Helen A. ClarkeThere is much talk nowadays as to the authenticity of the records of savage myths. Much of this talk seems to me futile, for a myth is not a fixed entity. Each successive narrator is almost sure to va..
The Chinese Dragon
L. Newton HayesThe subject of this little book is of general interest to people who are acquainted with things Chinese. The dragon has played a large part in Chinese thought through four thousand and more years. Eve..
Myths of China and Japan
Donald A. MackenzieIn no country in the world are the processes of culture drifting and culture mixing made more manifest than in China. The Chinese dragon is, as Professor Elliot Smith puts it, a “composite wonder beas..