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 Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche
Anatole France · short story
The story in one page
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
The Sheriff of Nottingham wants a tax collector, but he gets a headache instead.
Howard Pyle · myth
The story in one page
The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII
Gods pursue nymphs, heroes sail for gold, and humans turn into trees, birds, or stars at the slightest divine whim.
Ovid · poetry
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV
Ovid · myth
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The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II
Ovid · poetry
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The Miracle of the Great St. Nicolas
Anatole France · novel
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The Miraculous Pitcher
Nathaniel Hawthorne · myth
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 10, No. 284, November 24, 1827
periodical
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828
periodical
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 12, No. 346, December 13, 1828
periodical
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 355, February 7, 1829
periodical
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 547, May 19, 1832
periodical
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 549 (Supplementary number)
periodical
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The monastery of Petschenga
J. A. Friis · myth
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The Moon Princess: A Fairy Tale
Edith Ogden Harrison · novel
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The Mother of St. Nicholas: A Story of Duty and Peril
Grant Balfour · novel
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The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony
Washington Matthews · myth
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The Mountain that was 'God'
John H. Williams · poetry
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The Mouse and The Moonbeam
Eugene Field · novel
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The Mouse's Wedding
David Thompson · novel
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The Mysteries of All Nations
James Grant · myth
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The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain, and Other Stories
Charles Egbert Craddock · short story
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The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft · myth
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The Myth of the Birth of the Hero: A psychological interpretation of mythology
Otto Rank · myth
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The Mythological Zoo
Oliver Herford · poetry
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The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru
Lewis Spence · myth
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The Mythology of All Races, Vol. 11: Latin-American
Hartley Burr Alexander · myth
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The mythology of Greece and Rome, with special reference to its use in art
Otto Seemann · myth
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The Mythology of the British Islands
Charles Squire · myth
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The Myths and Fables of To-Day
Samuel Adams Drake · myth
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The Myths of Mexico & Peru
Lewis Spence · myth
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The Myths of the New World
Daniel G. Brinton · myth
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The Myths of the North American Indians
Lewis Spence · myth
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The Nantucket Indians
R. A. Douglas-Lithgow · myth
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The National Nursery Book
myth
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The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 3, Myths and Languages
Hubert Howe Bancroft · reference
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The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 5, Primitive History
Hubert Howe Bancroft · reference
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The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde, and Other Stories
Mary De Morgan · short story
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The Nibelungenlied
William Nanson Lettsom · poetry
The story in one page
The Nibelungenlied
Siegfried fights dragons, wins a queen, and ruins everything for his in-laws.
G. H. Needler · myth
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The Nibelungenlied
Daniel Bussier Shumway · poetry
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The Nibelungs
Ferdinand Schmidt · myth
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The nightingale
H. C. Andersen · novel
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The Nightingale, the Valkyrie and Raven, and Other Ballads
George Borrow · poetry
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The nights of Straparola, volume 1 [of 2]
Giovanni Francesco Straparola · myth
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The ninth vibration and other stories
L. Adams Beck · short story
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The Norse king's bridal
E. M. Smith-Dampier · poetry
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The Norwegian Fairy Book
Klara Stroebe · myth