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Mythology Books

The following books are decent and fairly readable retellings of classic mythological tales. The list includes books for adults and children.

Please note that these are neither primary sources (direct translations) nor our recommended reading list. If you are an ADF member and have a suggestion for this page, please contact us.

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Celtic

Over Nine Waves: A Book of Irish Legends - Marie Heaney
Mabinogion Tetralogy - Evangeline Walton, Betty Ballantine
The Chronicles of the Celts: Their Myths and Legends - Peter Berrisford Ellis
Book of the Cailleach: Stories of the Wise-Woman Healer - Gearoid O Crualaoich
Traditional Celtic Stories - Lindsay Clarke
Step Into the Celtic World - Fiona MacDonald (children)
Various books by Morgan Llywelyn
The Raid (Ulster Cycle) - Randy Lee Eickhoff
The Sorrows (Ulster cycle) - Randy Lee Eickhoff
The Destruction of the Inn (Ulster Cycle) - Randy Lee Eickhoff
The Feast (Ulster Cycle) - Randy Lee Eickhoff
He Stands Alone (Ulster Cycle) - Randy Lee Eickhoff
The Red Branch Tales (Ulster Cycle) - Randy Lee Eickhoff

Hellenic

Adventures of Ulysses - Bernard Evslin (children)
Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths - Bernard Evslin (children)
The Gods of the Greeks - Carl Kerényi
The Heroes of the Greeks - Carl Kerényi
Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece - Gustav Schwab

Norse

Norse Myths - Kevin Crossley-Holland (adults or children)
Gods and Heroes from Viking Mythology - Brian Branston, Giovanni Caselli (children)
Odin's Family: Myths of the Vikings - Neil Philip (children)

Roman

Aeneas: Virgil's Epic Retold for Young Readers - Emily Frenkel

Slavic

Russian Fairy Tales - Aleksandr Afanas'ev

Vedic

India: Myths and Legends - Donald Mackenzie

Related Pages: Primary Source Material, A Recommended Reading List for Dedicants

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