Books: What to Know
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 Literary World Seventh Reader
John Calvin Metcalf · poetry
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The Literature of Arabia
Epiphanius Wilson · myth
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The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians
E. A. Wallis Sir Budge · myth
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The literature of the Celts
Magnus Maclean · myth
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The Little Brown Hen Hears the Song of the Nightingale & The Golden Harvest
Jasmine Stone Van Dresser · novel
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The Little Glass Man, and Other Stories
Wilhelm Hauff · short story
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The Little Maid of Israel
Emma Howard Wight · novel
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The Little People of the Snow
William Cullen Bryant · poetry
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The Little Red Hen
Florence White Williams · novel
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The Little Tea Book
Arthur Gray · poetry
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The Lives of the Saints, Volume 02 (of 16): February
S. Baring-Gould · myth
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The Log of the Ark, by Noah; Hieroglypics by Ham
Irwin Leslie Gordon · play
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The Lore of the Honey-Bee
Tickner Edwardes · myth
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The lost Atlantis, and other ethnographic studies
Daniel Sir Wilson · myth
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The Lost Dryad
Frank R. Stockton · novel
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The Lost Giant, and Other American Indian Tales Retold
Violet Moore Higgins · myth
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The Lost Land of King Arthur
John Cuming Walters · myth
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The Lost Pibroch, and other Sheiling Stories
Neil Munro · short story
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The Lost Word: A Christmas Legend of Long Ago
Henry Van Dyke · myth
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The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and Poetry
W. G. Archer · poetry
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The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman
Charles Dickens · poetry
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The luck of the bean-rows, a fairy tale
Charles Nodier · myth
The story in one page
The Lusiad; Or, The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem
A Portuguese explorer braves unmapped oceans, jealous gods, and hostile merchants to trade pepper for national glory.
Luís de Camões · myth
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The Lyrical Dramas of Aeschylus Translated into English Verse
Aeschylus · play
The story in one page
The Mabinogion
A giant king crosses a sea on foot while his sister’s wedding feast is ruined by a very angry brother.
Charlotte Lady Schreiber · myth
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The Mabinogion Vol. 1
Owen Morgan Sir Edwards · myth
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The Mabinogion Vol. 2
Owen Morgan Sir Edwards · myth
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The Mabinogion Vol. 3
Owen Morgan Sir Edwards · myth
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The Mad Pranks of Tom Tram, Son-in-law to Mother Winter
Humphrey active Crouch · myth
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The Magic Bed: A Book of East Indian Fairy-Tales
Hartwell James · myth
The story in one page
The magic of jewels and charms
A stone falls from the sky and humanity decides it must be a god.
George Frederick Kunz · myth
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The Magic of the Horse-shoe, with other folk-lore notes
Robert Means Lawrence · myth
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The Magic Ring and Other Stories
Andrew Lang · myth
The story in one page
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose
A thousand-year feud, a forest burned for a god's hunger, and the complicated fine print of ascetic marriage vows.
Kisari Mohan Ganguli · myth
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The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1
Kisari Mohan Ganguli · collection
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The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2
Kisari Mohan Ganguli · myth
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The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3
Kisari Mohan Ganguli · myth
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The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4
Kisari Mohan Ganguli · poetry
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The Maker of Rainbows, and Other Fairy-tales and Fables
Richard Le Gallienne · myth
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The Man with the Pan-Pipes, and Other Stories
Mrs. Molesworth · short story
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The Man-Wolf and Other Tales
Erckmann-Chatrian · novel
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The marrying monster
Claus Stamm · short story
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The Marvellous Adventures and Rare Conceits of Master Tyll Owlglass
Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie · short story
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The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan
William B. Laughead · myth
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The Matsuyama Mirror
T. H. Mrs. James · myth
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The Maya Chronicles
Daniel G. Brinton · myth
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The mermaid's prophecy, and other songs relating to Queen Dagmar
George Borrow · poetry
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The Merman and the Figure-Head
Clara F. Guernsey · novel