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2,535 myth & legend

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 15, October 10, 1840

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 16, October 17, 1840

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 17, October 24, 1840

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 18, October 31, 1840

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 20, November 14, 1840

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 21, November 21, 1840

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 24, December 12, 1840

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 26, December 26, 1840

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 27, January 2, 1841

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 28, January 9, 1841

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 30, January 23, 1841

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 31, January 30, 1841

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 34, February 20, 1841

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 39, March 27, 1841

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 40, April 3, 1841

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 42, April 17, 1841

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 43, April 24, 1841

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 44, May 1, 1841

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 46, May 15, 1841

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 48, May 29, 1841

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 49, June 5, 1841

The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 50, June 12, 1841

The Islands of Magic: Legends, Folk and Fairy Tales from the Azores

Elsie Spicer Eells · myth

The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient

Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens · myth

The Jesus Problem: A Restatement of the Myth Theory

J. M. Robertson · myth

The Journal of American Folk-lore. Vol. VI.—July-September, 1893.—No. XXII.

The Junior Classics, Volume 1: Fairy and wonder tales

William Patten · myth

The Junior Classics, Volume 2: Folk Tales and Myths

William Patten · myth

The Junior Classics, Volume 3: Tales from Greece and Rome

William Patten · myth

The Junior Classics, Volume 4: Heroes and heroines of chivalry

William Patten · myth

The Junior Classics, Volume 9: Stories of To-day

William Patten · myth

The Kādambarī of Bāṇa

Bāṇa‏ · novel

The story in one page

The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana

Ancient social etiquette meets physical geometry in a systematic guide to wealth, virtue, and the mechanics of intimacy.

Vatsyayana · ideas

The Katcina altars in Hopi worship

Jesse Walter Fewkes · myth

The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story

active 11th century Somadeva Bhatta · collection

The Kiltartan History Book

Lady Gregory · myth

The Kiltartan Poetry Book; prose translations from the Irish

Lady Gregory · poetry

The Kiltartan wonder book

Lady Gregory · myth

The King of Ireland's Son

Padraic Colum · novel

The King of Root Valley

Robert Reinick · myth

The King of the Golden River

John Ruskin · short story

The King of the Golden River; or, the Black Brothers: A Legend of Stiria.

John Ruskin · novel

The King's Threshold; and On Baile's Strand

W. B. Yeats · play

The King's Wake, and Other Ballads

George Borrow · poetry

The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 3, September 1837

The Knights of England, France, and Scotland

Henry William Herbert · myth

The Knights of the Round Table: Stories of King Arthur and the Holy Grail

William Henry Frost · novel

The Lady Poverty: A XIII. Century Allegory

da Parma Giovanni · myth