Mythology & Folklore Books


A classical dictionary of India illustrative of the mythology, philosophy, literature, customs, &c. of the HindusA classical dictionary of India illustrative of the mythology, philosophy, literature, customs, &c. of the HindusThe American College Encyclopedic Dictionary (A to Patras, Volume One)The American College Encyclopedic Dictionary (A to Patras, Volume One)
The Modern Library Dictionary is a record of the English language prepared by more than 350...
Mythologies of the World: A Concise EncyclopediaMythologies of the World: A Concise Encyclopedia
216 pp. From the flyleaf: "This is the first desk-top, single-volume reference work ever...
MAN, MYTH AND MAGIC an Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural Vol. 19 Sex to Spontaneous Psi ExperienceMAN, MYTH AND MAGIC an Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural Vol. 19 Sex to Spontaneous Psi ExperienceThe Encyclopedia of Mythology: Classical - Celtic - NorseThe Encyclopedia of Mythology: Classical - Celtic - Norse


THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MYTHS & LEGENDS OF ALL NATIONSTHE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MYTHS & LEGENDS OF ALL NATIONSEncyclopedia of the UndeadEncyclopedia of the Undead
What lurks out there in the fog? What was that eerie sound in the dead of night? What...
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore And FolklifeThe Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore And FolklifeThe Latino Holiday Book: From Cinco de Mayo to Dia de los Muertos--the Celebrations and Traditions of Hispanic-AmericansThe Latino Holiday Book: From Cinco de Mayo to Dia de los Muertos--the Celebrations and Traditions of Hispanic-Americans
The Latino Holiday Book is the essential resource for everyone wanting to celebrate and honor...
The Complete Book of Magical Names (Llewellyn's Modern Witchcraft)The Complete Book of Magical Names (Llewellyn's Modern Witchcraft)
Best Price: $16.99
The Complete Book of Magical Names was used as a baby name source. It was wonderful! No where...


Spirit Animals and the Wheel of Life: Earth-Centered Practices for Daily LivingSpirit Animals and the Wheel of Life: Earth-Centered Practices for Daily Living
Best Price: $12.00
Many people have lost touch with what brings peace and harmony to their lives. They are also...
Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology (World Mythology)Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology (World Mythology)
Best Price: $24.00
This is a useful book only for young students and ignorant people on classical mythology. I was...
Spirits, Fairies, Gnomes, and Goblins PbSpirits, Fairies, Gnomes, and Goblins Pb
I found this book to be quite interesting and fun to read. It gives information on a wide...
Giants Monsters and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore Legend and MythGiants Monsters and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore Legend and MythA Companion to the Fairy TaleA Companion to the Fairy Tale
Best Price: $27.75
Introduction by Derek Brewer. This book discusses the characteristics of the traditional fairy...

Pacific Mythology: An Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend (World Mythology)Pacific Mythology: An Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend (World Mythology)
Best Price: $30.99
Mythological Elements in John Updike's "The Centaur"Mythological Elements in John Updike's "The Centaur"
Best Price: $20.78
Scholarly Paper aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Amerikanistik - Literatur, einseitig bedruckt,...
Diccionario Akal de mitologia celta / Akal Dictionary of Celtic Mythology (Diccionarios) (Spanish Edition)Diccionario Akal de mitologia celta / Akal Dictionary of Celtic Mythology (Diccionarios) (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $32.44
Enciclopedia de Los Simbolos (Spanish Edition)Enciclopedia de Los Simbolos (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $109.99
This fascinating compendium of symbols is a useful reference tool for anyone searching...
Slave Songs of the United States (Folklore Classics)Slave Songs of the United States (Folklore Classics)
Best Price: $24.77
This extraordinary anthology of antebellum slave songs provides musical settings for 136 musical...

The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 14: FolklifeThe New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 14: Folklife
Best Price: $14.37
Southern folklife is the heart of southern culture. Looking at traditional practices still...
The Encyclopedia of Magic and AlchemyThe Encyclopedia of Magic and Alchemy
Best Price: $51.58
This is the fifth "Guileyopedia" as I started calling them due to how many she has...
The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs, Second Edition (Writers Reference)The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs, Second Edition (Writers Reference)
Best Price: $49.95
African Spirituality: Forms, Meanings and Expressions (World Spirituality)African Spirituality: Forms, Meanings and Expressions (World Spirituality)
As Africa moves into the 21st century it faces new spiritual, social, and economic challenges.
Dictionary of Medieval Heroes: Characters in Medieval Narrative Traditions and their Afterlife in Literature, Theatre and the Visual ArtsDictionary of Medieval Heroes: Characters in Medieval Narrative Traditions and their Afterlife in Literature, Theatre and the Visual Arts
Best Price: $29.95
Willem P. Gerritsen and Anthony G. van Melle's 'A Dictionary of Medieval Heroes'...

Folklore [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music and ArtFolklore [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music and Art
Folklore emphasizes those bodies of North American and European scholarship that have...
Planetary Magick: The Heart of Western Magick (Llewellyn's High Magick Series)Planetary Magick: The Heart of Western Magick (Llewellyn's High Magick Series)
Best Price: $153.90
The first part of this book is an excelent resource for all kinds of magicians and wiccans, and...
Cats in Fact and FolkloreCats in Fact and Folklore
Best Price: $4.66
Racine's LA Thebaide: Political, Moral and Aesthetic Dimensions (Rice Univ Studies, Vol 67/No 2)Racine's LA Thebaide: Political, Moral and Aesthetic Dimensions (Rice Univ Studies, Vol 67/No 2)2006 Witches' Spell-A-Day Almanac  (Witches' Spell-A-Day Almanac)2006 Witches' Spell-A-Day Almanac (Witches' Spell-A-Day Almanac)
Best Price: $0.98
My fiance is Wiccan and is she loves this Almanac. It's filled with many spells,...

Llewellyn's 2006 Herbal Almanac (Llewellyn's Herbal Almanac)Llewellyn's 2006 Herbal Almanac (Llewellyn's Herbal Almanac)
Best Price: $0.99
If I were to judge THE 2006 HERBAL ALMANAC by the first few entries, I would not give it more...
Animal OmensAnimal Omens
Best Price: $2.94
In this pocket guide to Animal Wisdom are 29 stories of close encounters with various creatures...
Stupid History: Tales of Stupidity, Strangeness, and Mythconceptions Throughout the AgesStupid History: Tales of Stupidity, Strangeness, and Mythconceptions Throughout the Ages
Best Price: $2.75
The title doesn't lie. This is a book of stupid, easily disproven trivia, often with an...
Wishing Handbook: More Than 500 Ways To Make Your Wishes Come TrueWishing Handbook: More Than 500 Ways To Make Your Wishes Come True
Best Price: $5.73
How on earth did the author research so many ways that people make wishes - from all over the...
Breverton's Phantasmagoria: A Compendium of Monsters, Myths and LegendsBreverton's Phantasmagoria: A Compendium of Monsters, Myths and Legends
Best Price: $12.62
From the famous Loch Ness Monster to vampires, fairies and seers, wizards and strange artifacts,...

Ancient Deities: An EncyclopediaAncient Deities: An Encyclopedia
Best Price: $230.92
Charles Coulter had a passion for the Gods. For 10 years, he collected books, magazines,...
Holy Bingo, the Lingo of Eden, Jumpin' Jehosophat and the Land of Nod: A Dictionary of the Names, Expressions and Folklore of ChristianityHoly Bingo, the Lingo of Eden, Jumpin' Jehosophat and the Land of Nod: A Dictionary of the Names, Expressions and Folklore of Christianity
Best Price: $39.95
Christianity abounds with fascinating, little-known trivia. Gas station attendants, for example,...
Angels: An Indexed and Partially Annotated Bibliography of over 4300 Scholarly Books And Articles Since the 7th Century B. C.Angels: An Indexed and Partially Annotated Bibliography of over 4300 Scholarly Books And Articles Since the 7th Century B. C.
Best Price: $49.95
In the 1990s alone, more than 400 works on angels have been published, adding to an already...
Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan (English and Japanese Edition)Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan (English and Japanese Edition)
Best Price: $361.20
This book is excellent and unequalled. Though written one hundred years ago and re-released in...
The Oxford Companion to World MythologyThe Oxford Companion to World Mythology
Cave paintings at Lascaux, France and Altamira, Spain, fraught with expression thousands of...

Weird Creatures Encyclopedia (Collins Voyager)Weird Creatures Encyclopedia (Collins Voyager)
Best Price: $3.80
This is the ultimate guide to weird creatures, describing the wonderful lifeforms that can be...
Collins Gem Food for Free: A Fantastic Feast of Plants and FolkloreCollins Gem Food for Free: A Fantastic Feast of Plants and Folklore
Best Price: $3.85
I love this tiny little book!! I once was lucky enough to find a tiny book about herbs that is...
The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and LegendsThe Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends
Best Price: $5.00
Fully indexed and containing lavish color illustrations and a wealth of line drawings, this is...
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and FableThe Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Best Price: $8.50
I purchased this title because my Brewer's has gotten lost. I thought I'd replace it...
The Vampire: A CasebookThe Vampire: A Casebook
Best Price: $14.47
The vampire of literature and films is perhaps too familiar, but the underpinnings of the...

Dictionary of SuperstitionsDictionary of Superstitions
Best Price: $4.61
This is a fantastic reference book of superstitions, new and old! While it would have been nice...
Cassell's Dicitonary of ProverbsCassell's Dicitonary of Proverbs
Best Price: $23.13
You "don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth"--but you do want to look inside...
A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies: Primary Access to Observations of UFOs, Ghosts, and Other Mysterious PhenomenaA Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies: Primary Access to Observations of UFOs, Ghosts, and Other Mysterious Phenomena
Best Price: $143.95
American Proverbs About Women: A Reference GuideAmerican Proverbs About Women: A Reference Guide
Best Price: $44.55
Proverbs supposedly contain the wisdom of the common folkâ??eternal truths to be passed...
Never Shower in a Thunderstorm: Surprising Facts and Misleading Myths About Our Health and the World We Live InNever Shower in a Thunderstorm: Surprising Facts and Misleading Myths About Our Health and the World We Live In
Best Price: $2.36
If you love Tuesday's Really Claim in the NYTimes, you will enjoy this book as much as I...

Green Witchcraft III: The Manual (Green Witchcraft): The Manual Vol 3Green Witchcraft III: The Manual (Green Witchcraft): The Manual Vol 3
Green Witchcraft is at the core of earth magic, the Witchcraft of the Natural Witch, the Kitchen...
The New Encyclopedia of the OccultThe New Encyclopedia of the Occult
I suppose the content is all there, but it's sure hard to tell because THE ENCODING IS...
The Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic, And MysticismThe Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic, And MysticismSports Cinema - 100 Movies: The Best of Hollywood's Athletic Heroes, Losers, Myths, & Misfits of the Silver ScreenSports Cinema - 100 Movies: The Best of Hollywood's Athletic Heroes, Losers, Myths, & Misfits of the Silver Screen
From All the Right Moves to Olympia, from Caddyshack to Rocky, Sports Cinema is an in-depth...
Don't Swallow Your Gum!: Myths, Half-Truths, and Outright Lies About Your Body and HealthDon't Swallow Your Gum!: Myths, Half-Truths, and Outright Lies About Your Body and Health
Though the authors don't give exact data/study references to their facts, much of the items...

The Weiser Field Guide to Vampires: Legends, Practices, and Encounters Old and NewThe Weiser Field Guide to Vampires: Legends, Practices, and Encounters Old and New
From the shadowy coffin of Dracula to the high school hero Buffy the Vampire Slayer to the love...
The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and IrelandThe Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland
Are black cats lucky or unlucky? What should you do when you hear the first cuckoo? Since when...
Foxfire 11Foxfire 11
With this newest volume in the Foxfire series comes a wealth of the kind of folk wisdom and...
The Everything Vampire Book: From Vlad the Impaler to the vampire Lestat - a history of vampires in Literature, Film, and Legend (Everything Series)The Everything Vampire Book: From Vlad the Impaler to the vampire Lestat - a history of vampires in Literature, Film, and Legend (Everything Series)
Best Price: $4.80
From Bram Stoker's "Dracula", to Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"...
<p>The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore: [Three Volumes]</p>: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore (3 Volume Set)

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore: [Three Volumes]

: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore (3 Volume Set)

Best Price: $125.50

Dictionary of Battles and Sieges [3 volumes]: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first CenturyDictionary of Battles and Sieges [3 volumes]: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century
Best Price: $62.55
This is a guide to 8500 battles from antiquity to the 21st century and is a wonderful reference...
American Folk Songs [2 volumes]: A Regional EncyclopediaAmerican Folk Songs [2 volumes]: A Regional Encyclopedia
Best Price: $144.99
This state-by-state collection of folksongs describes the history, society, culture, and events...
Brewer's Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Phrase and FableBrewer's Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Phrase and Fable
Best Price: $4.99
This classic reference of definitions, anedotes, slang, allusions, proverbs, and much...
Gods and Symbols of Ancient EgyptGods and Symbols of Ancient Egypt
Best Price: $5.25
This title has two disvantages: there is a lot of information that is not referenced and that...
The Book of the Life of the Ancient Mexicans {with} The Codex Magliabechiano and the Lost Prototype of the Magliabechiano Group. TWO VOLUMES IN SLIPCASEThe Book of the Life of the Ancient Mexicans {with} The Codex Magliabechiano and the Lost Prototype of the Magliabechiano Group. TWO VOLUMES IN SLIPCASE
Best Price: $125.00

Gods, Demigods, and Demons: An Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology (Point)Gods, Demigods, and Demons: An Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology (Point)
Of all the mythology books I've read (which is quite an extensive list), this is by far the...
Celtic Myth & Legend: An A-Z of People and PlacesCeltic Myth & Legend: An A-Z of People and Places
Best Price: $24.95
I read this book just after finishing Peter Berresford-Ellis' dictionary of Irish mythology,...
Arthurian Myth and Legend: An A-Z of People and PlacesArthurian Myth and Legend: An A-Z of People and Places
Best Price: $25.36
What a great book--a "dictionary" of Arthurian characters and places. Very easy to...
Aleister Crowley and Dion Fortune: The Logos of the Aeon and the Shakti of the AgeAleister Crowley and Dion Fortune: The Logos of the Aeon and the Shakti of the Age
Best Price: $1.94
This review originally appeared on The Magical Buffet website on 1/7/2010. "They died...
<p>The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore: [Three Volumes]</p>: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore (3 Volume Set)

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore: [Three Volumes]

: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore (3 Volume Set)

Best Price: $125.50

Dictionary of Battles and Sieges [3 volumes]: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first CenturyDictionary of Battles and Sieges [3 volumes]: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century
Best Price: $62.55
This is a guide to 8500 battles from antiquity to the 21st century and is a wonderful reference...
American Folk Songs [2 volumes]: A Regional EncyclopediaAmerican Folk Songs [2 volumes]: A Regional Encyclopedia
Best Price: $144.99
This state-by-state collection of folksongs describes the history, society, culture, and events...
Brewer's Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Phrase and FableBrewer's Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Phrase and Fable
Best Price: $4.99
This classic reference of definitions, anedotes, slang, allusions, proverbs, and much...
Gods and Symbols of Ancient EgyptGods and Symbols of Ancient Egypt
Best Price: $5.25
This title has two disvantages: there is a lot of information that is not referenced and that...
The Book of the Life of the Ancient Mexicans {with} The Codex Magliabechiano and the Lost Prototype of the Magliabechiano Group. TWO VOLUMES IN SLIPCASEThe Book of the Life of the Ancient Mexicans {with} The Codex Magliabechiano and the Lost Prototype of the Magliabechiano Group. TWO VOLUMES IN SLIPCASE
Best Price: $125.00

Gods, Demigods, and Demons: An Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology (Point)Gods, Demigods, and Demons: An Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology (Point)
Of all the mythology books I've read (which is quite an extensive list), this is by far the...
Celtic Myth & Legend: An A-Z of People and PlacesCeltic Myth & Legend: An A-Z of People and Places
Best Price: $24.95
I read this book just after finishing Peter Berresford-Ellis' dictionary of Irish mythology,...
Arthurian Myth and Legend: An A-Z of People and PlacesArthurian Myth and Legend: An A-Z of People and Places
Best Price: $25.36
What a great book--a "dictionary" of Arthurian characters and places. Very easy to...
Aleister Crowley and Dion Fortune: The Logos of the Aeon and the Shakti of the AgeAleister Crowley and Dion Fortune: The Logos of the Aeon and the Shakti of the Age
Best Price: $1.94
This review originally appeared on The Magical Buffet website on 1/7/2010. "They died...
American Elves: An Encyclopedia of Little People from the Lore of 380 Ethnic Groups of the Western HemisphereAmerican Elves: An Encyclopedia of Little People from the Lore of 380 Ethnic Groups of the Western Hemisphere
John Roth has presented an exhaustive amount of research on Little People in a scholarly and yet...

Hints and Pinches: A Concise Compendium of Herbs, Spices, and Aromatics With Illustrative Recipes and Asides on Relishes, Chutneys, and Other Such CHints and Pinches: A Concise Compendium of Herbs, Spices, and Aromatics With Illustrative Recipes and Asides on Relishes, Chutneys, and Other Such C
Best Price: $17.75
The Myth of PsychologyThe Myth of Psychology
Best Price: $6.50
The myth of psycholgy documants an anti-psychology movement and a clinical methodology which...
The Ancient Ones: Sacred Monuments of the Inka, Maya & CliffdwellerThe Ancient Ones: Sacred Monuments of the Inka, Maya & Cliffdweller
Best Price: $66.88
This is a beautifully designed, well executed, and powerful publication that leaves the reader...
Gems in Myth, Legend and Lore Revised EditionGems in Myth, Legend and Lore Revised Edition
Best Price: $14.52
Now in a new revised and reformatted edition, Gems in Myth, Legend, and Lore is an in-depth...
The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Outrageous Excuses (Little Giant Encyclopedias)The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Outrageous Excuses (Little Giant Encyclopedias)
Best Price: $3.25
Every time you mess up, you feel the need to make an excuse. If you're tired of offering the...

The Ashgate Research Companion to Monsters and the MonstrousThe Ashgate Research Companion to Monsters and the Monstrous
The field of monster studies has grown significantly over the past few years and this companion...
Dictionary of the OccultDictionary of the Occult
Best Price: $1.76
An A-to-Z of mysticism, black magic, and the occult! Entries range from AARON'S ROD (a magic...
The Nandi - Their Language And Folk-LoreThe Nandi - Their Language And Folk-Lore
Best Price: $31.85
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now...
The Complete Book of FlowersThe Complete Book of Flowers
Best Price: $5.42
Everyone who loves flowers will revel in The Complete Book of Flowers . Veteran...
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales 3-volume setThe Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales 3-volume set
Best Price: $261.24
This book has just about every fairytale author listed, and has headings such as "Spanish...

Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines [2 volumes]Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines [2 volumes]
Best Price: $165.00
Drawn from a variety of sources ranging from classical literature to early ethnographies to...
The Golden Bough: Fifteen Volume SetThe Golden Bough: Fifteen Volume Set
This book is a seminal work because it had a crucial influence on four important works of the...
The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; AntigoneThe Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone
Best Price: $4.59
I read Sophocles Antigone for graduate Humanities class. It is an essential reading to...
The History of Witchcraft and Demonology (Dover Occult)The History of Witchcraft and Demonology (Dover Occult)
Best Price: $7.84
I am a historian who a focuses on Reformation issues, and I wrote many papers over the last...
The Book of the DeadThe Book of the Dead
Best Price: $10.99
Budge's work is great. Yes, his style of English is out of date and his tranliterations are...

Lemmings Don't Leap: 180 Myths, Misconceptions, and Urban Legends ExplodedLemmings Don't Leap: 180 Myths, Misconceptions, and Urban Legends Exploded
Best Price: $4.24
This book is like the annoying know-it-all schoolmate or co-worker who insists he's right...
The Witches Almanac 2005: Practical Magic and Spells for Every Season (Witch's Almanac: Practical Magic & Spells for Every Season)The Witches Almanac 2005: Practical Magic and Spells for Every Season (Witch's Almanac: Practical Magic & Spells for Every Season)
Best Price: $6.75
I bought the 2004 edition which I rate at 5 stars, but this book is a word perfect copy except...
Encyclopedia for the New American Century: Understanding Verbalizations in this New Age of Empire, Mythology and Consumerism.Encyclopedia for the New American Century: Understanding Verbalizations in this New Age of Empire, Mythology and Consumerism.
Best Price: $14.39
A must read to survive the current Bush regime. Alphabetically, Bob shows you how to act,...
New Larousse Encyclopedia of MythologyNew Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology
Best Price: $19.95
 
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