Mythology & Legend
Updated December 08, 2009
133.43 FER
Ferguson, Diana. The magickal year. Provides a historical
context for pagan belief in conjuction with our relationships to
the natural world. Explores the mythic beliefs and magical
traditions behind the eight pagan festivals of the year.
201 DAV
Davis, Kenneth C. Don't know much about mythology:
everything you need to know about the greatest stories in
human history but never learned. An introduction to world
mythology, presented in a question and answer format, and
including time lines that cover the development of human
culture. Accelerated Reader Level 10.4 Points 35.
290 HAM
Hamilton, Edith. Mythology. A collection of Greek, Roman,
and Norse myths retold by the author. Accelerated Reader
Level 8.2 Points 20.
291 CHR
Christie, Anthony. Chinese mythology. Discusses the myths
and gods of ancient China and their sources.
292 COL
Colum, Padraic and Pogány, Willy. The golden fleece and
the heroes who lived before Achilles. Describes the cycle
of myths about the Argonauts and the quest for the Golden
Fleece, as well as the tales of the Creation of Heaven and
Earth, the labors of Hercules, Theseus and the Minotaur, etc.
Accelerated Reader Level 7.3 Points 13.
292 COO
Coolidge, Olivia E and Sandoz, Edouard. Greek myths. An
anthology of 27 Greek myths including Heracles, The Golden
Fleece, and Medusa's Head.
292 GUE
Guerber, H. A. Myths of Greece and Rome, narrated with
special reference to literature and art.
292 SWI
Switzer, Ellen Eichenwald and Costas. Greek myths: gods,
heroes, and monsters:their sources, their stories, and their
meanings. Examines the sources and stories of Greek
mythology, recounting the tales of gods, heroes, lovers, and
warriors.
292 SQU
Squire, James. Greek myths and legends.
292.03 ZIM
Zimmerman, John Edward. Dictionary of classical
mythology. Clear and concise entries for major and minor
characters from Greek and Roman mythology, place names,
symbols, allusions in literature, etc. Includes pronunciation
guides for names and cross-references to other entries.
292.1 EVS
Evslin, Bernard and Hoopes, Ned. Heroes & monsters of
Greek myth. Retelling of the ancient Greek myths, arranged
in two sections: Demigods and Fables. Includes a list of
Roman names for the Greek gods and a brief section on
words from the Greek myths which are part of the English
language.
292.1 GRA
Graves, Robert. The Greek myths. Contains sixty-six Greek
legends of gods and heroes.
292.1 LIE
Lies, Betty Bonham. Earth's daughters: stories of women in
classical mythology. Describes the women in classical
mythology and presents more than sixty stories about them
on themes such as creation; pride, beauty, jealousy, courage,
independence, lovers, wives, mothers and supernatural
powers. Accelerated Reader Level 7.0 Points 13.
292.1 S
Schwab, Gustav. Gods & heroes: myths and epics of ancient
Greece. Retells the legends and myths of the ancient Greek
gods and heroes, with a detailed index that also serves as a
mythological dictionary.
292.13 RUS
Russell, William F. Classic myths to read aloud. Presents
the essential Greek and Roman myths that form the basis of
our cultural literary heritage.
293 COO
Coolidge, Olivia. Legends of the North. A collection of the
North European legends and lore, from original sources.
Includes tales of Beowulf, Sigurd, Thor, Baldur, and Loki.
293 DAV
Davidson, Hilda Roderick Ellis. Scandinavian mythology.
299 GRI
Grimal, Pierre and Whelpton, Barbara. Stories from Babylon
and Persia.
299 JAM
James, T. G. H and Melling, Brian. Myths and legends of
ancient Egypt. An illustrated collection of fourteen Egyptian
myths accompanied by background material about Egyptian
civilization.
299 NIC
Nicholson, Irene. Mexican and central American
mythology. Discusses the religious beliefs and legends of
the Mexican and Central American Indians in pre-Hispanic
times.
398.2 BUL
Bulfinch, Thomas. Bulfinch's mythology. For almost a
century and a half, it has been the text by which the great
tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity,
Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myths, and the
age of chivalry have been known.
398.2 PIN
Pinsent, John and Parker, Jan. Myths and legends of
ancient Greece. Retellings of the ancient Greek myths and
legends introduced by notes on their origins, variations, and
significance. Illustrated by ancient and modern works of art.
811 ECH
Echlin, Kim and Wolfsgruber, Linda. Inanna: from the myths
of ancient Sumer. A collection of epic poetry adapted from
the Sumerian myths which relate adventures of the goddess
Inanna, sister to the hero of the "Epic of Gilgamesh," the
ancient epic poem.
883 HOM
Homer and Lawrence, T. E. The Odyssey of Homer. The
epic poem recounting the experiences of Odysseus during his
return from the Trojan War. Accelerated Reader Level 10.3
Points 24.
883.01 HOM
Homer and Fitzgerald, Robert. The Iliad. Homer's classic
account of the war between the Greeks and the Trojans from
Agamemnon's visit by the priest Chryses to the burial of
Hector. Accelerated Reader Level 11.3 Points 25.
883.1 HOM
Homer and Butcher, S. H. The complete works of Homer:
the Iliad and the Odyssey. The Iliad: Homer's classic
account of the war between the Greeks and the Trojans from
Agamemnon's visit by the priest Chryses to the burial of
Hector. Accelerated Reader Level 11.3 Points 25 The
Odyssey: The epic poem recounting the experiences of
Odysseus during his return from the Trojan War. Accelerated
Reader Level 10.3 Points 24.
883.1 ILI
Homer and Butler, Samuel. The Iliad and the Odyssey. The
Iliad: Homer's classic account of the war between the Greeks
and the Trojans from Agamemnon's visit by the priest
Chryses to the burial of Hector. Accelerated Reader Level
11.3 Points 25 The Odyssey: The epic poem recounting the
experiences of Odysseus during his return from the Trojan
War. Accelerated Reader Level 10.3 Points 24.
FIC ATW
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor. The Penelopiad. A twist on
Homer's "Odyssey" from the points of view of Penelope, who
describes her life before she married Odysseus and
chronicles her experiences during and after his protracted
return from the Trojan War, and her twelve maids whom
Odysseus executes upon his return. Accelerated Reader
Level 6.9 Points 5.
FIC BAR
Barron, T. A. The lost years of Merlin. A young boy who has
no identity nor memory of his past washes ashore on the
coast of Wales and finds his true name after a series of
fantastic adventures. Accelerated Reader Level 5.1 Points 12.
FIC BAR
Barron, T. A. The wings of Merlin. Merlin's fragile home on
the isle of Fincayra is threatened by the attack of a
mysterious warrior with swords for arms and by the escape of
Stangmar from his imprisonment, as Merlin continues to
move toward his ultimate destiny. Accelerated Reader Level
5.8 Points 14.
FIC COO
Cook, Elizabeth. Achilles. A retelling of the epic tale of
Achilles which places the hero in a new reality and features
such characters as King Peleus, Hector, and John Keats.
Accelerated Reader Level 6.0 Points 5.
FIC COO
Cooney, Caroline B. Goddess of yesterday. Taken from her
home on an Aegean island as a six-year-old girl, Anaxandra
calls on the protection of her goddess while she poses as two
different princesses over the next six years, before ending up
as a servant in the company of Helen and Paris as they make
their way to Troy. Accelerated Reader Level 5.1 Points 11.
FIC GAI
Gaiman, Neil. American gods: a novel. Shadow sets out on
a journey across America fighting old myths and the gods of
modern technology and material obsession when he takes
employment with a man named Wednesday--otherwise
known as the god Odin--after his release from prison and his
wife's sudden death. Accelerated Reader Level 5.3 Points 28.
FIC GAR
Gardner, John. Grendel. The Beowolf legend retold from the
monster's point of view. Accelerated Reader Level 5.9 Points
6.
FIC GER
Geras, Adèle. Troy. The last weeks of the Trojan War find the
women sick of tending the wounded, men tired of fighting,
and bored gods and goddesses trying to find ways to stir
things up. Accelerated Reader Level 4.9 Points 13.
FIC HAL
Tauss, Marc. Half-human. A collection of stories about such
creatues as mermaids and centaurs, who are part-human and
part-animal, and their struggles to understand their true
identities. Accelerated Reader Level 5.2 Points 7.
FIC HAL
Halam, Ann. Snakehead. Compelled by his father Zeus to
accept the evil king Polydectes's challenge to bring the head
of the monstrous Medusa to the Aegean island of Serifos,
Perseus, although questioning the gods' interference in
human lives, sets out, accompanied by his beloved
Andromeda, a princess with her own harsh destiny to fulfill.
Accelerated Reader Level 5.1 Points 10.
FIC KIN
Kindl, Patrice. Lost in the labyrinth: a novel. Fourteen-yearold Princess Xenodice tries to prevent the death of her half brother, the Minotaur, at the hands of the Athenian prince,
Theseus, who is aided by Icarus, Daedalus, and her sister
Ariadne. Accelerated Reader Level 6.2 Points 7.
FIC LEW
Lewis, C. S. Till we have faces: a myth retold. An elegant,
simple story of two sisters and how their relationship colors
their lives, it retells and enriches the myth of Cupid and
Psyche. Accelerated Reader Level 6.5 Points 16.
FIC MAR
Marillier, Juliet. Daughter of the forest. A retelling of the
Celtic "Swans" myth, in which Sorcha, the only daughter in a
family of seven children, is forced to leave the only safe place
she has ever known in order to save her brothers from a spell
that only she can lift. Accelerated Reader Level 6.2 Points 32.
FIC MAR
Marillier, Juliet. Wolfskin. Eyvind has always wanted to be a
great Viking warrior and perform honorable deeds in the
name of his Warfather god, Thor, and he finally has his
chance when his leader and friend asks him to find a fabled
land where men with courage can go to seize their destiny
and bring glory to themselves. Accelerated Reader Level 6.2
Points 35.
FIC MCL
McLaren, Clemence. Aphrodite's blessings: love stories
from the Greek myths. Atalanta, Andromeda, and Psyche,
three female characters in Greek mythology, tell the stories of
their marriages. Includes information on love and marriage in
ancient Greece. Accelerated Reader Level 5.8 Points 5.
FIC MCL
McLaren, Clemence and Homer. Waiting for Odysseus: a
novel. Presents the story of Odysseus's epic journey through
the eyes of his faithful wife Penelope, the sorceress Circe, the
goddess Athena, and his old nanny Eurycleia. Accelerated
Reader Level 5.8 Points 6.
FIC NAP
Napoli, Donna Jo. Sirena. The gods grant immortality to the
mermaid Sirena when she rescues a human man from the
sea and they fall in love, but his mortality creates great
conflict between love and honor when he is called to defend
Greece in the Trojan War. Accelerated Reader Level 3.9
Points 5.
FIC NAP
Napoli, Donna Jo. The great god Pan. A retelling of the
Greek myths about Pan, both goat and god, whose reed flute
frolicking leads him to a meeting with Iphigenia, a human
raised as the daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen
Clytemnestra. Accelerated Reader Level 3.7 Points 4.
FIC RAF
Beowulf. English and Baskin, Leonard. Beowulf. A prose
retelling of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem about the hero
Beowulf, who killed the monster Grendel. Accelerated Reader
Level 10.4 Points 5
FIC REN
Renault, Mary. The king must die. Tells the story of a boy,
Theseus, who must prove his manhood in a semibarbaric
society.
FIC ROB
Robinson, Lynda Suzanne. Eater of souls: a Lord Meren
mystery. While investigating the death of Queen Nefertiti,
Lord Meren must discover whether the killer is one the god
called the Devourer or a human in disguise, all while
combatting court intrigue. Accelerated Reader Level 6.4
Points 14.
FIC SAB
Saberhagen, Fred. God of the Golden Fleece. When
Proteus crawls from the sea after a fight with a terrible giant,
all he can remember is that he was sent to aid Jason and
Argonauts on their perilous mission.
FIC SPI
Spinner, Stephanie. Quiver. Sixteen-year-old Atalanta,
abandoned as an infant, has grown to become a renowned
archer and swiftest mortal alive due to the intervention of
Artemis, goddess of the hunt, so when the father who forsook
her so many years before issues an ultimatum that Atalanta
marry and produce an heir, she counters with the condition
that the man she weds must be able to best her in a footrace
or die. Accelerated Reader Level 5.0 Points 4.
FIC SPR
Springer, Nancy. I am Morgan le Fay. In a war-torn England
where her half-brother Arthur will eventually become king, the
young Morgan le Fay comes to realize that she has magic
powers and links to the faerie world. Accelerated Reader
Level 5.6 Points 9.
FIC SPR
Springer, Nancy. I am Mordred : a tale from Camelot. When
Mordred learns the identity of his father, he struggles with
feelings of hatred, but also fights the fate which determines
that he kill the good and gracious king. Accelerated Reader
Level 5.4 Points 7.
FIC STE
Stewart, Mary. The hollow hills. Second book in the Merlin
trilogy. The spellbinding, suspenseful story of how Merlin, the
Enchanter, helped Arthur become king of all Britain, in an
extraordinary story that brings the legend Merlin and his
protege Arthur to glowing life. Accelerated Reader Level 6.2
Points 25.
FIC STE
Stewart, Mary. The crystal cave. (Mary Stewart's Merlin
trilogy) The crystal cave is the first book in this Merlin trilogy.
Accelerated Reader Level 5.7 Points 24.
FIC STE
Stewart, Mary. The last enchantment. Arthur is King! But
while unchallenged on the battlefield, sinister powers plot to
destroy him in his own Camelot. When Morgause, Arthur's
half-siser, ensnares him into an incestuous liaison and bears
his son, Mordred, to use to her own evil ends--a fatal web of
love, betrayal and bloody vengeance is woven. Accelerated
Reader Level 6.3 Points 27.
FIC UNS
Unsworth, Barry. The songs of the kings. Nan A. Iphigeneia,
the beloved daughter of Agamemnon, is brought to the coast
of Aulis under false pretenses, and soon learns she is to be
offered as a sacrifice to the gods in order for the stranded
Greek fleet to sail once again.
FIC WHI
White, T. H. The once and future king. Tells the story of the
youth and reign of King Arthur, the establishment of the
Round Table, and the search for the Holy Grail. Accelerated
Reader Level 7.4 Points 41.