Edith Hamilton and Mythology on This Day in History

This day in history: Renowned classicist Edith Hamilton was born in Germany on this day in 1867. She is best know for her classic book "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes." I've always had a copy on my shelf and this book is still used widely.

"Myths and legends are more than just stories. They serve a profound purpose in ancient and modern cultures. Myths are sacred tales that explained the world and man's experience of it. Over time our language, literature, identity and culture have derived from mythology and we can understand diverse cultures and traditions because of it. Myths answer timeless questions and serve as a compass to each generation. Myths are as relevant to us today as ever." Source

Once you learn mythology you learn the basis of many stories and religions and the battles between good and evil. The power of mythology lies in its symbolism which helped shape the origins of modern story-telling and modern popular culture. For example, the Star Wars movies owe so much of their inspiration from mythology that it could not have existed without these ancient myths. Mythology is woven into a lot of great literature and art, so reading it enhances your appreciation of those things.

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Thomas Bulfinch on This Day in History

 

This day in history: American writer Thomas Bulfinch was an born on this day in 1796. He is best known for Bulfinch's Mythology, the posthumous combination of his three volumes of mythologies.

Bulfinch's Mythology is a classic work of popularized mythology, the standard for over a century and still in print 160 years after the first work, Age of Fable, was published in 1855. 

Bulfinch wrote: Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.

Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated. When Byron calls Rome “the Niobe of nations,” or says of Venice, “She looks a Sea-Cybele fresh from ocean,” he calls up to the mind of one familiar with our subject, illustrations more vivid and striking than the pencil could furnish, but which are lost to the reader ignorant of mythology. Milton abounds in similar allusions. The short poem “Comus” contains more than thirty such, and the ode “On the Morning of the Nativity” half as many. Through “Paradise Lost” they are scattered profusely. This is one reason why we often hear persons by no means illiterate say that they cannot enjoy Milton. But were these persons to add to their more solid acquirements the easy learning of this little volume, much of the poetry of Milton which has appeared to them “harsh and crabbed” would be found “musical as is Apollo’s lute.” Our citations, taken from more than twenty-five poets, from Spenser to Longfellow, will show how general has been the practice of borrowing illustrations from mythology.

The prose writers also avail themselves of the same source of elegant and suggestive illustration. One can hardly take up a number of the “Edinburgh” or “Quarterly Review” without meeting with instances. In Macaulay’s article on Milton there are twenty such.

But how is mythology to be taught to one who does not learn it through the medium of the languages of Greece and Rome? To devote study to a species of learning which relates wholly to false marvels and obsolete faiths is not to be expected of the general reader in a practical age like this. The time even of the young is claimed by so many sciences of facts and things that little can be spared for set treatises on a science of mere fancy.

But may not the requisite knowledge of the subject be acquired by reading the ancient poets in translations? We reply, the field is too extensive for a preparatory course; and these very translations require some previous knowledge of the subject to make them intelligible. Let any one who doubts it read the first page of the “Æneid,” and see what he can make of “the hatred of Juno,” the “decree of the Parcæ,” the “judgment of Paris,” and the “honors of Ganymede,” without this knowledge.

Shall we be told that answers to such queries may be found in notes, or by a reference to the Classical Dictionary? We reply, the interruption of one’s reading by either process is so annoying that most readers prefer to let an allusion pass unapprehended rather than submit to it. Moreover, such sources give us only the dry facts without any of the charm of the original narrative; and what is a poetical myth when stripped of its poetry? The story of Ceyx and Halcyone, which fills a chapter in our book, occupies but eight lines in the best (Smith’s) Classical Dictionary; and so of others.

Our work is an attempt to solve this problem, by telling the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amusement. We have endeavored to tell them correctly, according to the ancient authorities, so that when the reader finds them referred to he may not be at a loss to recognize the reference. Thus we hope to teach mythology not as a study, but as a relaxation from study; to give our work the charm of a story-book, yet by means of it to impart a knowledge of an important branch of education. The index at the end will adapt it to the purposes of reference, and make it a Classical Dictionary for the parlor.

Most of the classical legends in “Stories of Gods and Heroes” are derived from Ovid and Virgil. They are not literally translated, for, in the author’s opinion, poetry translated into literal prose is very unattractive reading. Neither are they in verse, as well for other reasons as from a conviction that to translate faithfully under all the embarrassments of rhyme and measure is impossible. The attempt has been made to tell the stories in prose, preserving so much of the poetry as resides in the thoughts and is separable from the language itself, and omitting those amplifications which are not suited to the altered form.

The Northern mythological stories are copied with some abridgment from Mallet’s “Northern Antiquities.” These chapters, with those on Oriental and Egyptian mythology, seemed necessary to complete the subject, though it is believed these topics have not usually been presented in the same volume with the classical fables.

The poetical citations so freely introduced are expected to answer several valuable purposes. They will tend to fix in memory the leading fact of each story, they will help to the attainment of a correct pronunciation of the proper names, and they will enrich the memory with many gems of poetry, some of them such as are most frequently quoted or alluded to in reading and conversation.

Having chosen mythology as connected with literature for our province, we have endeavored to omit nothing which the reader of elegant literature is likely to find occasion for. Such stories and parts of stories as are offensive to pure taste and good morals are not given. But such stories are not often referred to, and if they occasionally should be, the English reader need feel no mortification in confessing his ignorance of them.

Our work is not for the learned, nor for the theologian, nor for the philosopher, but for the reader of English literature, of either sex, who wishes to comprehend the allusions so frequently made by public speakers, lecturers, essayists, and poets, and those which occur in polite conversation.

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In Praise of Norse Mythology

By T.J. LaMoille, The Current 1884

While every nation has a mythology, that of the Norsemen is one of the most interesting. Although the Norsemen were heathen, their mythology, more than any other, seems to hint of the true religion. The Norse, like other mythologies, told of the forces and workings of nature; as, in the thunder-storm, Thor rides in his chariot and strikes with his hammer (Mjolner). In the growth of fresh grass, Loke (heat) cuts off Sifs hair (grass) and the gods force him to make dwarfs forge her golden hair anew. The coming of winter was because Loke (heat) had the blind god Hod (winter) slay Balder (summer). The aurora was Loke's tears over the desolation caused by him.

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From giving personal attributes to the causes and effects of nature, the system of mythology expanded into describing the characteristics of those gods; as, Thor's strength was doubled whenever he put on his gloves of steel; double strength was also conferred on him by gilding himself with his belt of steel. Odin had two ravens: Hugin (reflection) and Munin (memory) which perched upon his shoulders and whispered in his ears.

At one time the Norse mythology extended over the present Scandinavia, including Iceland, England, and much of France and Germany. Only in Iceland was written anything like a complete record of it. The Grimms and their school have done much to revive interest in, and increase knowledge of, Norse mythology. The two Eddas, embalmed in Runic, reveal the soul of the history of the early Gothic and Teutonic nations. What an immense influence the Norse and Greek mythologies have had upon Europe's social, political and literary destinies!

Mythologies are developed like languages. Greek mythology grew and nourished in sunny climes. It was nourished by genial influences. Norse mythology also partook of the nature of its parentage and surroundings, being strong and rugged. The Greek mythology is an epic poem; the Norse, a tragedy. The Greek is more human; the Norse, more supernatural. While the Greek has many beautiful parts, it lacks unity; the Norse has more central ideas. The Greek is diffuse in treatment of subjects and results; the Norse, concentrated. The Greek has more grace and beauty; the Norse, more power and grandeur. The Greek is like a vine; the Norse, like an oak.

Comparative mythology is an interesting study. It is curious to note the resemblance of ideas in the three great mythologies: Vedic, Greek, and Norse. From the most important to us, a few examples must here suffice. In the Greek, memory is Mnemosyne, mother of the muses; in the Norse it is Munin, one of the ravens perched upon Odin's shoulders. In the Norse the rainbow is the masculine Heimdal; in the Greek, the feminine Iris. The Norse Balder is the Greek Adonis; Frigg, Balder's mother, mourns his death, while Aphrodite laments for her lover. The Norse Thor, protector of heaven and earth, is the Greek Zeus, father of gods and men. The Greek gods are deathless; the Norse divinities are mortal: Odin falls and is swallowed by the Fenriswolf; Thor vanquishes the Midgard serpent, retreats only nine paces, and dies, poisoned by the serpent's breath; the good and beautiful Balder is slain, at last, by the charm of the fatal mistletoe. The Greek gods abode on the earth, on the crown of Mount Olympus, pavilioned by clouds. The Norse Valhal is in the sky. Above Odin there is a god, of whom chants the skald in Hyndla's Lay of the Elder Edda:

Then comes another
Yet more mighty;
But him I dare not
Venture to name.

Compare that with Paul's words on Mars Hill.

In the Greek mythology the wicked are punished in various ways; as, Tityus, Ixion, Tantalus, Sisyphus, and the Danaides. In the Norse, the wicked suffer in one place: in Nastrand, far from the sun, in a cave whose walls are the wattled bodies of serpents, with their heads all turned into the cave, and emitting streams of poison, in which wade the tormented perjurers, murderers, and adulterers, the Norse's three kinds of sinners.

One great reason for the Norse mythology being superior to the Greek is its decency. It is just as poetical as the Greek. It gives an insight of the thoughts and deeds of the Northern peoples. These three reasons, although others might be given, should commend the study of Norse mythology.

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The Mythology of all Races Volume 1 - Greek and Roman by Louis Gray 1916

The Mythology of all Races Volume 3 - Celtic and Slavic by Louis Gray 1916

The Mythology of all Races Volume 6 - Indian and Iranian by Louis Gray 1916

The Mythology of all Races Volume 11 - Latin American by Louis Gray 1918

The Mythology of all Races Volume 12 - Egyptian and Indo-Chinese by Louis Gray 1920

A Book of Famous Myths and Legends 1901

The Myth of Ra - the Supreme Sun-god of Egypt by William Ricketts Cooper 1877

The Lost Tales of Miletus by Edward Bulwer Lytton 1866

The Golden Fleece and the heroes who lived before Achilles by P Colum 1921

Ye Gods and Little Fishes; a travesty on the Argonautic expedition in quest of the golden fleece by James A Henshall 1900

Jason's Quest by D.O.S. Lowell 1893

The fallen angels and the heroes of mythology by John Fleming 1879

Dissertations on the philosophy of the creation and the first ten chapters of Genesis allegorized in mythology by William Galloway 1885

The creation-story of Genesis by Hugo Radau 1902

The Mysteries of Mithra, article in the American Catholic Quarterly 1922

The Semitic Tradition of Creation, article in The Presbyterian and Reformed Review 1892

The Two Babylons by Alexander Hislop

An Analysis of the Egyptian Mythology by James C Prichard 1838

Greek Mythology Systematized by Sarah Amelia Scull 1880

A Smaller Classical Mythology by William George Smith - 1882 (some back pages hard to read, a lot of great illustrations though)

A Handbook of Legendary and Mythological Art by Clara Erskine Clement 1890

Conversations on Mythology 1827

China's Story in Myth, Legend, Art and Annals by William E Griffis 1911

Northern mythology comprising the principal popular traditions and superstitions of Scandinavia, North Germany, and The Netherlands, Volume 1 by Benjamin Thorpe 1851

Northern mythology comprising the principal popular traditions and superstitions of Scandinavia, North Germany, and The Netherlands, Volume 2 by Benjamin Thorpe 1851

Northern mythology comprising the principal popular traditions and superstitions of Scandinavia, North Germany, and The Netherlands, Volume 3 by Benjamin Thorpe 1851

Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain chiefly illustrating the origin of our vulgar and provincial customs, ceremonies, and superstitions by John Brand, Volume 1, 1875

Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain chiefly illustrating the origin of our vulgar and provincial customs, ceremonies, and superstitions by John Brand, Volume 2, 1875

Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain chiefly illustrating the origin of our vulgar and provincial customs, ceremonies, and superstitions by John Brand, Volume 3, 1875

Russian folk-tales by William Ralston 1873

Folk tales from the Russian by Vera X Blumenthal 1903

Folk-lore of the Holy Land - Moslem, Christian and Jewish 1907

Yiddish Tales by Helena Frank 1912

Jewish Holyday Stories by Elma Levinger 1918

The Legends of Genesis by Hermann Gunkel 1901

Romances and epics of our Northern Ancestors, Norse, Celt and Teuton by W Wagner 1907 (The Amelungs, Legend of Dietrich and Hildebrand, The Nibelung story, The Hegeling legend, The Legend of Beowulf, Legends of the Holy Grail, Legend of Lohengrin, Romance of Tristram and Isolde)

In Quest of the Holy Grail - an introduction to the study of the legend by Sebastian Evans 1898

The Hidden Church of the Holy Graal its Legends and Symbolism considered in their affinity with certain mysteries of initiation and other traces of a secret tradition in Christian times by Arthur E Waite 1909

Studies on the legend of the Holy Grail by Alfred Nutt 1888

The Pedigree of the Devil by F. Thomas Hall 1883

Serpent and Siva worship and Mythology by Hyde Clarke 1877

The Serpent Myths of Ancient Egypt by WR Cooper 1873

Geological Myths (Flood Myths), article in Science magazine 1896

The Book of Genesis in the Light of Modern Knowledge by Elwood Worcester 1901

An Introduction to the Science of Comparative Mythology and Folklore by Sir George W. Cox 1883

Faiths and Folklore - A Dictionary, Volume 1 by W Carew Hazlitt 1905

Faiths and Folklore - A Dictionary, Volume 2 by W Carew Hazlitt 1905

The Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia, Volume 1 by RC Thompson 1903

The Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia, Volume 2 by RC Thompson 1903

The Legend of Perseus, Volume 1 by Edward Hartland 1894

The Legend of Perseus, Volume 2 by Edward Hartland 1894

The Legend of Perseus, Volume 3 by Edward Hartland 1894

Psychoanalysis and Mythology, article in Journal of Religious Psychology 1915

Folklore, Parallels and Coincidences, article in Folklore, A Quarterly Review 1897

The Trinities of the Ancients by Robert Mushet 1837

An Analysis of the Egyptian Mythology by James Cowles Prichard 1838

Gleanings from Chinese Folklore by Mary H Porter 1915

Macedonian Folklore by GF Abbott 1903

The Tree of Mythology - its growth and fruitage, Genesis of the nursery tale, saws of folk-lore, etc., by Charles Mills 1889

The Myths of Israel by Amos Fiske 1897

The life and exploits of Jehovah by Henry M Tichenor 1915

Contributions to the Science of Mythology by Max Muller, Volume 1 1897

Contributions to the Science of Mythology by Max Muller, Volume 2 1897

Zoological Mythology - The Legends of Animals 1872 by Angelo De Gubernatis, Volume 1

Zoological Mythology - The Legends of Animals 1872 by Angelo De Gubernatis, Volume 2

Serpent-Worship by J. A. MacCulloch 1922

Fairy Mythology by Thomas Keightley 1833

Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions by Thomas William Doane

American Hero Myths by Daniel Brinton 1882

The Ethnic Trinities and their relations to the Christian Trinity by Levi Leonard Paine 1901

The Heroes of Asgard - tales from Scandinavian Mythology by A Keary 1909

The Science of Fairy Tales - An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology by Edwin Sidney Hartland 1890

The Mythology of the Aryan Nations by George W Cox, Volume 1, 1870

The Mythology of the Aryan Nations by George W Cox, Volume 2, 1870

The Algonquin Legends by Charles Leland 1884

Myths and legends of the New York state Iroquois by Harriet Converse 1908

The Mythology of the Wichita, Volume 1 by George A Dorsey 1904

The Mythology of the Wichita, Volume 2 by George A Dorsey 1904

The Mythology of Ancient Britain and Ireland by Charles Squire 1909

Evolution: an exposition of Christian dogmas and pagan myths by PJ Cooley

Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists by Sister Nivedita 1914

The Golden Bough - a Study in Magic and Religion by Sir James George Frazer 1922

Myths and Myth-Makers by John Fiske - Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparitive Mythology 1896

Popular tales from the Norse by George Nasent 1903

Tales about the mythology of Greece and Rome by Peter Parley 1839

The Idea of God in Early Religions by FB Jevons 1910

The mythology of the British Islands, by Charles Squire 1905

Popular studies in mythology (Celtic Romance) by Alfred Nutt 1899

Two Essays on Semiramis by W. Robertson Smith and A. H. Sayce 1888

The Christ of Japan, article in Homiletic review 1913

Buddhist Legends by Buddhaghosa 1921

Buddhist Legends and New Testament Teachings, article in the Ecclesiastical review 1922

Christianity before Christ by Charles Stone 1885

Christ and other Masters, a Historical Inquiry into some Chief Parallelisms and Contrasts between Christianity and the Religious systems of the ancient world by Charles Hardwick 1857

Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians by Clark Wissler 1908

The Dragon, Image, and Demon Or The Three Religions of China by Hampden C. DuBose - 1887

The Mythical Interpretation of the Gospels by Thomas Thorburn

The Use of Myths to create Suspense in extant Greek tragedy by William Flint 1922

Introduction to the science of religion - The philosophy of mythology by Max Muller 1873

Oedipus, King of Thebes by Sophocles 1911

Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles 1894

Totem and Taboo - resemblances between the psychic lives of savages and neurotics by Sigmund Freud 1918

The Myth of the Birth of the Hero: A Psychological Interpretation by Otto Rank, F. Robbins, Smith Ely Jelliffe - 1914

Heroes and Heroines of Fiction - Famous characters and Famous names in novels, romances, poems and dramas, classified, analyzed and criticised, with supplementary citations from the best authorities by William Walsh, Volume 1 1914

Heroes and Heroines of Fiction - Famous characters and Famous names in novels, romances, poems and dramas, classified, analyzed and criticised, with supplementary citations from the best authorities by William Walsh, Volume 2 1914

The Golden Age of Myth & Legend by Thomas Bulfinch 1900

A Hand-book of Mythology by EM Berens 1894

Stories from Heathen Mythology and Greek History For the Use of Christian Children by John Neale 1847

Myths of Hellas - Greek tales by C. Witt 1903

Star Lore of all Ages; a collection of Myths, Legends, and Facts concerning the constellations of the Northern Hemisphere 1911 by William Olcott

Sun Lore of all ages, a collection of Myths and Legends concerning the Sun and its worship by William Olcott

Roman History and Mythology by Henry Sanders 1910

Greece and Babylon, a Comparative Sketch of Religions 1911 by Lewis Farnell

A Smaller Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology, and Geography by William Smith

Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race TW Rolleston 1911

Hero-Myths and Legends of the British Race by MI Ebbutt 1920

Classical Mythology in Shakespeare by Robert Root 1903

A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, Mythology, Religion 1891 by Oskar Seyffert

Manual of Mythology: Greek and Roman, Norse and Old German, Hindoo and Egyptian Mythology 1893 by Alexander Murray

The Two Babylons by Alexander Hislop

Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria by Lewis Spence 1916

Fairy Tales, Legends and Romances Illustrating Shakespeare and Other Early English Writers by Joseph Ritson 1875

Heroines of History, Heroines of Mythology, of Shakespeare, of the Bible by Frank Bristol 1914

Tales of the Gods and Heroes by George Cox 1863

Egyptian Mythology and Egyptian Christianity, with their Influence on the Opinions of Modern Christendom by Samuel Sharp 1863

Kings and Gods of Egypt by Alexandre Moret 1912

Ancient Egyptian Legends by M. Murray 1920

The Gods of the Egyptians by EA Wallis Budge 1904

A Catechism of Mythology; Containing a Compendious History of the Heathen Gods and Heroes by William Darlington 1832

Jewish Fairy Tales and Fables 1908 by Gertrude Landa

Jewish Fairy Tales and Stories by Gerald Friedlander 1918

The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg Volume 1, 1913

The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg Volume 2, 1909

The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg Volume 3, 1909

The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg Volume 4, 1909

Stories of Indian (Hindu) Gods & Heroes by WD Monro 1912

Hindu Gods and Heroes by Lionel Barnett 1922

Legends of Indian Buddhism by E Burnouf 1911

The Age of Fable, or, Beauties of Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch 1855

Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages by Thomas Bulfinch 1862

Gods and Heroes of old Japan by Violet Pasteur 1906

Myths of China and Japan by Donald McKenzie

Tooke's Pantheon of the Heathen Gods 1823

The Mythology and Fables of the Ancients Volume 1 by the Abbe Banier 1739

The Myths of Mexico & Peru by Lewis Spence 1913

The Great Dionysiak Myth Vol. 1 by Robert Brown 1877

Teutonic Mythology by Jacob Grimm Volume 1 1882

Teutonic Mythology by Jacob Grimm Volume 2 1882

Asgard Stories, Tales from Norse Mythology 1901 by Mary Foster

The Nine Worlds, Stories from Norse Mythology by Mary Litchfield

Norse Stories Retold from the Eddas by Hamilton Wright Mabie 1900

Norse Mythology Or The Religion Of Our Forefathers Containing All The Myths Of The Eddas by RR Anderson 1879

Myths and Legends of Christmastide by Bertha Herrick 1901

Indian Myths and Legends of the Aborigines of American compared with those of Other Countries by Ellen Emerson 1884

Index to Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends by Mary Eastman 1915

Myths and Legends of the Sioux by Marie L. McLaughlin 1916

Sacred Myths of the Manitou by Ernest Whitney 1892

British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wyrt Sikes 1880

Stories of Gods and Heroes by Thomas Bulfinch 1920

The Age of Chivalry; or Legends of King Arthur, King Arthur and his Knights, The Mabinogeon, The Crusades, Robin Hood by Thomas Bulfinch 1884

Egyptian Mythology by Max Muller 1918

Creation Myths of Primitive America by Jeremiah Curtin 1898

False Gods - The idol Worship of the World, a Complete History of idolatrous worship throughout the world, ancient and modern, describing the strange beliefs, practices, superstitions, temples, idols, shrines, sacrifices by Frank Dobbins

Curious Myths of the Middle Ages by S Baring-Gould 1876

The Dawn of Astronomy. A study of the Temple-worship and Mythology of the Ancient Egyptians 1894 by Norman Lockyer

Christianity and Mythology by John M Robertson 1910

Tammuz and Ishtar: a Monograph on Babylonian Religion and Theology by Stephen Langdon 1914

Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions by TW Doane 1882

Myth, Magic, and Morals: a Study of Christian Origins by FC Conybeare 1910

Alsea Texts and Myths by Leo Frachtenberg 1920

The Chaldean Account of Genesis, containing the Description of the Creation, the fall of man, the deluge, the tower of Babel, the times of the patriarchs, and Nimrod: Babylonian fables, and legends of the gods; from the cuneiform inscriptions by George Smith 1876

A Christian Wreath for the Pagan Deities - An Introduction to the Greek and Roman Mythology by FA Rowden 1820 (first 149 pages only)

Tammuz, Pan and Christ; Notes on a Typical Case of Myth-Transference and Development by W. Schoff 1912

The Christ Myth
by Elizabeth Edson Gibson Evans

Bel, the Christ of Ancient Times by Hugo Radau 1908

An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh by Morris Jastrow 1920

The Semitic Gods and the Bible by De Robigne Mortimer Bennett 1912

The Great Law: A Study of Religious Origins and of the Unity Underlying Them
by William Williamson

The Evolution of the Idea of God: An Inquiry Into the Origins of Religion
by Grant Allen 1908

Jesus: Myth, Man, Or God: Or, The Popular Theology and the Positive Religion ...
by James Martin Peebles 1870

Folk Lore/Superstitious Beliefs in Scotland with an Appendix Showing the Probable Relation of the Modern Festivals of Christmas, May Day, St. John's Day, and Halloween to Ancient Sun and Fire Worship 1879 by James Napier

The Fathers of Jesus: A Study of the Lineage of the Christian Doctrine
by Keningale Cook - 1886

The Mythical Interpretation of the Gospels: Critical Studies in the Historic...
by Thomas James Thorburn 1916

Isis and Osiris, Or, The Origin of Christianity by John Stuart Stuart Glennie 1878

The Eternal Christ: Studies in the Life of Vision and Service
by Joseph Fort Newton - 1912

Antiquity Unveiled: Ancient Voices from the the Spirit Realms Disclose the ...
by Jonathan M.] [Roberts - 1894

Pagan Christs: Studies in Comparative Hierology
by John Mackinnon Robertson 1903

Christ Lore; being the Legends, Traditions, Myths, Symbols, Customs & Superstitions of the Christian Church 1902 by FW Hackwood

Religion and Myth by James MacDonald 1893

A Short History of Christianity
by John Mackinnon Robertson - 1902

The Antichrist Legend; a Chapter in Christian and Jewish Folklore with a prologue on the Babylonian Dragon Myth 1896 by W. Bousset

The Sun and the Serpent, a History of Serpent-Worship 1905 by CF Oldham

On Prehistoric Traditions and Customs in Connection with Sun and Serpent Worship by John Phene 1875

DID JESUS LIVE 100 B.C.? BY G. R. S. MEAD

The Origins of Christianity by Thomas Whittaker 1904

Sex Worship, an Exposition of the Phallic Origin of Religion 1909 by Cliff Howard

Religion in the Heavens, or Mythology Unveiled by Logan Mitchell 1881

The Childhood of Religions, embracing a simple account of the Birth and Growth of Myths and Legends 1875 by Ed Clodd

The Gods (1872) Robert Green Ingersoll

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The Religion of the Northmen by Rupold Keyser 1854

RAGNAR LOTHBROK AND HIS SONS BY ALLEN MAWER, M.A. 1907

Wonderful Stories from Northern Lands by Julia Goddard 1871

The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia by William Craigie 1906

Heroes of the Norselands by Katharine Boult 1903

Asgard and the Norse Heroes by Katharine Boult 1903

In the Days of Giants - a book of Norse Tales by Abbie F Brown 1902

Old Norse Stories by Sarah Powers Bradish 1900

Myths of the Norsemen from the Eddas and sagas by H.A. Guerber 1919

Balder's Death and Loki's punishment by Cornelia S Hulst 1918

The Prose or Younger Edda by Snorri Sturluson 1842

Stories from Northern Myths by Emilie Kip Baker 1914

Out of the Northland by Emilie Kip Baker 1904

A Handbook of Norse Mythology by Karl A Mortensen 1913

The Ethical World-conception of the Norse People by Andrew Peter Fors 1904

The Story of Siegfried by James Baldwin 1899

Teutonic Mythology by Jacob Grimm, Volumme 1, 1882

Teutonic Mythology by Jacob Grimm, Volumme 2, 1882

Teutonic Mythology by Jacob Grimm, Volumme 3, 1882

Teutonic Mythology by Jacob Grimm, Volumme 4, 1882

Teutonic Mythology - Gods and Goddesses of the Northland, Volume 1 by Viktor Rydberg 1907

Teutonic Mythology - Gods and Goddesses of the Northland, Volume 2 by Viktor Rydberg 1907

Teutonic Mythology - Gods and Goddesses of the Northland, Volume 3 by Viktor Rydberg 1907

The Classic Myths in English Literature by Charles Mills Gayley 1898

Asgard and the Gods by Wilhelm Wagner 1882

The Religion of the Teutons by PD Chantepie de la Saussaye 1902

The Home of the Eddic Poems by Sophus Bugge 1899

The Elder Eddas Of Saemund Sigfusson Translated From The Original Old Norse Text Into English 1905

The Viking Age, Volume 1 by Paul B Du Chaillu 1889

The Viking Age, Volume 2 by Paul B Du Chaillu 1889

Heroes and Hero Worship by Thomas Carlyle 1900

Stories of Norse Gods and Heroes by Annie Klingensmith 1894

Popular Tales from the Norse by Sir George Webbe Dasent 1888

Tales from the Fjeld - a series of popular tales from the Norse of P. Ch. Asbjørnsen by Sir George Dasent 1896

Norseland Tales by HH Boyesen 1899

Frithiof's Saga - a Legend of Ancient Norway by Esaias Tegner 1911

Norse Fairy Tales by Peter Christen Asbjornsen 1880

East o' the sun and west o' the moon and other Norse fairy tales by George Webbe Dasent 1917

Stories of the Norsemen by Daniel P Kidder 1854

Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and of Sailors by Fletcher S. Bassett - 1885

Fairy tales from the far North by Peter Christen Asbjornsen 1897

The Norse Folk by Charles Loring Brace 1857

Story Telling to Children from Norse Mythology 1903

The Norse discoverers of America by G.M. Gathorne-Hardy 1921

The Norse discovery of America by Andrew Fossum 1912

The Old Norse element in Swedish Romanticism by Adolph Burnett Benson 1914

A Manual of Scandinavian Mythology by Grenville Pigott 1839

The Heathen Religion in its Popular and Symbolical Development by Joseph B Gross 1856

The Stories of the Kings of Norway by William Morris 1891

The Story of the Ere-dwellers by William Morris 1891

The Champion of Odin by James Frederick Hodgetts 1885

Viking Tales of the North - the Sagas of Thorstein, Viking's son, and Fridthjof the Bold by Rasmus Anderson 1901

The First Christmas Tree by Henry van Dyke 1897

Ivar the Viking - a romantic history based upon authentic facts of the third and fourth centuries by Paul B Du Chaillu 1893

A Dauntless Viking By William Hale 1905

The Children of Odin by Padraic Colum 1920

The Heimskringla - a History of the Norse Kings, Volume 1 by Snorri Sturluson 1907

The Heimskringla - a History of the Norse Kings, Volume 2 by Snorri Sturluson 1907

The Heimskringla - a History of the Norse Kings, Volume 3 by Snorri Sturluson 1907

An Instrument of the Gods, and other stories of the Sea by Lincoln Colcord 1922

The Heroic Legends of Denmark by Axel Olrik 1919

Legends of the Middle Ages by H.A. Guerber 1896

Myths and Legends of the Middle Ages by H.A. Guerber 1909

Myths of Northern Lands by H.A. Guerber 1895

The Story of Rolf and the Viking's Bow by Allen French 1920

Sailing Ships - the Story of their Development from the Earliest Times to the Present Day by E. Keble Chatterton 1909

The Boy's Book of Famous Warships by William Oliver Stevens 1916

Famous Men of the Middle Ages by John Henry Haaren 1904

German Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen 1876

The Vikings in Western Christendom, A. D. 789 to A. D. 888 by CF Keary, 1891

The Vikings by Allen Mawer 1913

The Thrall of Leif the Lucky - a story of Viking days by Ottilie Adelina Liljencrantz, 1902

The Skeleton in Armor by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1877

The Romance of the Ship by E. Keble Chatterton 1911

Stories from the Northern Sagas by Albany F. Major 1899

Beowulf by WJ Sedgefield 1913

Vikings of the Pacific by Agnes C Laut 1905

The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot - The Voyages of the Northmen by Julius Olson 1906

The Icelander Thorfinn Karlsefni who Visited the Western Hemisphere in 1007 by Einar Jónsson 1922

The Problem of the Northmen by Eben Norton Horsford,  1889

Voyages of the Northmen to America by Edmund Slafter 1877

A Critical Examination of the evidences adduced to establish the theory of the Norse discovery of America by JP MacLean 1892

Gudrid the Fair by Maurice Hewlett 1918

Randvar the Songsmith - a romance of Norumbega by Ottilie Adelina Liljencrantz 1906

Further traces of the ancient Northmen in America by Abner Morse 1861

Tales of the Heroic Ages - Siegfried the Hero of the North, and Beowulf, the hero of the Anglo-Saxons by Zenaide Ragozin 1898

Tales and Popular Fictions by Thomas Keightley 1834

Illustrations of Northern Antiquities, from the earlier Teutonic and Scandinavian romances by Henry W Weber 1814

The Private Life of the Old Northmen by Rudolph Keyser 1868

The Scandinavian kingdom of Dublin by Charles Haliday 1884

History of the Northmen - Danes and Normans, from the earliest times to the conquest of England by William of Normandy by Henry Wheaton 1831

The Influence of old Norse Literature upon English literature by Conrad H Nordby 1901

Norse Myth in English poetry by CH Herford 1919

Svold - a Norse sea tale by SFB Lane 1914

The Norse influence on Celtic Scotland by George Henderson 1910

Gunnar - a Tale of Norse Life by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 1880

Against Heavy Odds - a tale of Norse Heroism by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen 1894

Popular Epics of the Middle Ages of the Norse-German and Carlovingian Cycles, Volume 1 by John M Ludlow 1865

Popular Epics of the Middle Ages of the Norse-German and Carlovingian Cycles, Volume 2 by John M Ludlow 1865

Sketch of the Norse discovery of America by Eben Norton Horsford 1891

A Catechism of Mythology by William Darlington 1832

The Birth and Growth of Myth by Edward Clodd 1884

Manual of Mythology: Greek and Roman, Norse and Old German by AS Murray 1880

Comparative Mythology by F Max Muller 1909

The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch 1856

A Dictionary of Mythology by Johm H Bechtel 1899

New Pantheon - Mythology of all Nations by George Crabb 1854

Tooke's Pantheon of the Heathen Gods 1833

A Handbook of Mythology by SA Edwards 1883

The Golden Bough - A Study in Magic and Religion by Sir James G Frazer 1922

A Guide to Mythology for Young Readers by Helen A Clarke 1910

An Introduction to Mythology by Lewis Spence 1921

The Student's Mythology by Catherine A White 1890

Myths every Child Should Know by Mary Hamilton Frye 1914

Myths from many Lands by Eva March Tappan 1907