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Myths That Still Shape Movies
The plot, the people, the point and the ending — then the Boovie film, where there is one.
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2,535 myth & legend
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The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc.
William Andrews · myth
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The Dolphin in History
Ashley Montagu · myth
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The Doré Bible Gallery, Volume 3
Gustave Doré · myth
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The dreadful dragon of Hay Hill
Max Sir Beerbohm · novel
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The Earthly Paradise: A Poem (Part II)
William Morris · poetry
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The Ebbing Of The Tide
Louis Becke · short story
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The Edda, Volume 1
Lucy Winifred Faraday · myth
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The Edda, Volume 2
Lucy Winifred Faraday · myth
The story in one page
The Egyptian Book of the dead
Spells, passwords, and a scripted confession to help ancient Egyptians bypass monsters and negotiate their way into eternal sunlight.
P. Le Page Renouf · myth
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The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson
Sæmundur fróði · myth
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The Elene of Cynewulf translated into English prose
Cynewulf · poetry
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The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites
Dudley Wright · myth
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The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
Aristophanes · play
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The Elves of Mount Fern
Katherine Creighton · novel
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The Emerald Story Book
Ada M. Skinner · myth
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The Enchanted Burro
Charles Fletcher Lummis · short story
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The Enchanted Castle: A Book of Fairy Tales from Flowerland
Hartwell James · myth
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The End of Elfintown
Jane Barlow · novel
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The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 1 (of 5)
Francis James Child · poetry
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The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 2 (of 5)
Francis James Child · myth
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The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 3 (of 5)
Francis James Child · myth
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The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 4 (of 5)
Francis James Child · myth
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The entertaining story of King Brondé, his Lily and his Rosebud
Abby Morton Diaz · novel
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The Epic
Lascelles Abercrombie · poetry
The story in one page
The Epic of Gilgamish
A prehistoric king dreams of falling stars while a wild satyr learns that beer and bread are the keys to civilization.
Stephen Langdon · myth
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The Epic of Hades, in Three Books
Lewis Morris · poetry
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The epistle of Othea to Hector; or, The boke of knyghthode
de Pisan Christine · myth
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The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia
K. Langloh Parker · myth
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The Eureka Springs Story
Otto Ernest Rayburn · myth
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The Evil Eye, Thanatology, and Other Essays
Roswell Park · myth
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The Evolution of the Dragon
Grafton Elliot Smith · myth
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The Example of Vertu
Stephen -1523? Hawes · poetry
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The Expedition to Birting's Land, and Other Ballads
George Borrow · poetry
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The Extant Odes of Pindar
Pindar · poetry
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The Faa's revenge, and other tales
John Mackay Wilson · short story
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The Fables of Aesop
Aesop · collection
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The Fables of Æsop, and Others
Aesop · myth
The story in one page
The Fables of La Fontaine
The wolf is hungry, the fox is lying, and the ant is busy judging everyone.
Jean de La Fontaine · poetry
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The Fables of Phædrus
Phaedrus · myth
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The Faerie Queene — Volume 01
Edmund Spenser · poetry
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The Faery Queen and Her Knights: Stories Retold from Edmund Spenser
Alfred John Church · novel
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The Faery Tales of Weir
Anna McClure Sholl · myth
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The Fairy Book
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · myth
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The Fairy Books of Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang · myth
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The Fairy Changeling and Other Poems
Dora Sigerson Shorter · poetry
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The Fairy Godmother-in-law
Oliver Herford · poetry
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The Fairy Godmothers and Other Tales
Alfred Mrs. Gatty · short story
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The Fairy Green
Rose Fyleman · poetry