List of mythology books and sources

General Mythology

• Acquainted With the Night by Christopher Dewdney (2004)
• The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer (1890)
• Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Augusta Gregory (1904)
• The Hero with a Thousand Faces - by Joseph Campbell (1949) (comparative mythology)
• The Hero's Journey by Joseph Campbell (1990) (comparative mythology)
• In the Light of Truth: The Grail Message, by Oskar Ernst Bernhardt (1931)
• Lemprière's Bibliotheca Classica, by John Lemprière (1788)
• Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung (1960)
• Mythology by Edith Hamilton (1942)
• Myths and Reality by Mircea Eliade (translated from French) (1963)
• Myths to Live By by Joseph Campbell (1972)
• The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell (1988)
• The White Goddess by Robert Graves (1948, expanded 1966)
• Worlds in Collision by Immanuel Velikovsky (1950) (comparative mythology)

Derivative works:

• American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2001)
• Modern Disciples series by I.S. Anderson (2011) (Fiction Based on several different mythologies)

Australian Mythology

• The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin (1987)

Chinese Mythology

Derivative works:

• Where The Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (2009)
• Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan (2022)

Egyptian Mythology

Derivative works:

• The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan (2010-2012)
• The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White (2013)

Greek Mythology

• The Greek Myths by Robert Graves (1955)
• Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece by Gustav Schwab (1837)
• Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece by W. H. D. Rouse (1934)
• Bulfinch's Mythology (originally published as three volumes) by Thomas Bulfinch (1855)
• Mythology by Edith Hamilton (1942)
• Myths of the Ancient Greeks by Richard P. Martin (2003)
• The Penguin Book of Classical Myths by Jenny March (2008)
• The Gods of the Greeks by Károly Kerényi (1951)
• The Heroes of the Greeks by Károly Kerényi (1959)
• A Handbook of Greek Mythology by H. J. Rose (1928)
• The Complete World of Greek Mythology by Richard Buxton (2004)
• Metamorphoses by Ovid, published ca. 8 AD
• Theogony by Hesiod, published 7-8th century BC
• The Iliad by Homer, written 7-8th century BC
• The Odyssey by Homer, written 7-8th century BC
• The Homeric Hymns by Anonymous, written 4-7th century BC

Derivative works:

• Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1853)
• Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1852)
• Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney (2002)
• Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan (2005-2009)
• The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (2005)
• The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan (2010-2014)
• Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini (2011)
• The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (2011)
• Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan (2016-2020)
• Circe by Madeline Miller (2018)
• The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker (2018)
• A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes (2019)
• Lore by Alexandra Bracken (2021)
• Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe (2021)

Hindu Mythology

• Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend by Anna L. Dallapiccola (2002)
• Mahabharata A modern retelling by Ramesh Menon
• Ramayana by Ramesh Menon

Derivative works:

• The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi (2010)
• The Day of Brahma by Stefania Dimitrova (2017)
• Pandava Quintet by Roshani Chokshi (2018-2022)

Japanese Mythology

Derivative works:

• The Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa (2018)

Korean Mythology

Derivative works:

• Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Le (2019)

Mayan Mythology

Derivative works:

• The Storm Runner by J. C. Cervantes (2018)
• Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2019)

Mandaean Mythology

• Ginza Rabba
• Mandaean Book of John

Meitei Mythology

• And That Is Why . . . Manipuri Myths Retold
• The Tales of Kanglei Throne

Norse Mythology

• Poetic Edda,"collection", 13th century
• Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson, 13th century
• Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (2017)

Derivative works:

• The Blackwell Pages Trilogy by K.L. Armstrong and M.A. Marr (2013-2015)
• Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan (2015-2017)
• The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec (2021)

Roman Mythology

• Aenid by Virgil

Derivative works:

• Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin (2008)
• The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan (2010-2014)

Turkish Mythology

• Book of Dede Korkut (9th century)

United States Mythology

• Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods

Internet web resources

• Encyclopedia Mythica (internet encyclopedia)

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