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Myths That Still Shape Movies
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2,535 myth & legend
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The Nursery Rhyme Book
Andrew Lang · poetry
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The octopus
Henry Lee · myth
The story in one page
The Odyssey
One war, ten years lost at sea, and several gods with grudges.
Homer · myth
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The Odyssey of Homer
Homer · poetry
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The Odysseys of Homer, together with the shorter poems
Homer · myth
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The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano
Ludwig Tieck · novel
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The Old Testament in the Light of the Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia
Theophilus G. Pinches · collection
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The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book
Burton Mrs. Harrison · myth
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The Olive Fairy Book
Andrew Lang · myth
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The Only True Mother Goose Melodies
poetry
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The Orange Fairy Book
Andrew Lang · myth
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The oriental story book
Wilhelm Hauff · short story
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The Origin and Deeds of the Goths
active 6th century Jordanes · myth
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The Origin of the Werewolf Superstition
Caroline Taylor Stewart · myth
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The Original Fables of La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine · myth
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The Orkney book
John -1939 Gunn · myth
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The Orkneyinga Saga
Joseph Anderson · myth
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The Orlando Innamorato
Matteo Maria Boiardo · poetry
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The Osage tribe, two versions of the child-naming rite
Francis La Flesche · myth
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The Other Side of the Sun: Fairy Stories
Evelyn Sharp · myth
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The Other World; or, Glimpses of the Supernatural (Vol. 2 of 2)
Frederick George Lee · myth
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The Oxford Book of Ballads
Arthur Quiller-Couch · poetry
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The Paladins of Edwin the Great
Clements R. Sir Markham · novel
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The Paradise of Children
Nathaniel Hawthorne · myth
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The Peace Egg and Other tales
Juliana Horatia Ewing · short story
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The Peacock 'At Home' AND The Butterfly's Ball AND The Fancy Fair
Catherine Ann Turner Dorset · poetry
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The Pearl Story Book: Stories and Legends of Winter, Christmas, and New Year's Day
Ada M. Skinner · myth
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The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1
Firdawsī · poetry
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The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2
Sadi · poetry
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The perverse Erse
Adrien Coblentz · short story
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The phantoms of the foot-bridge
Charles Egbert Craddock · novel
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The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge, and Other Stories
Charles Egbert Craddock · short story
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The Pharaohs and Their People: Scenes of old Egyptian life and history
E. Berkley · myth
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Robert Browning · poetry
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin, and Other Poems
Robert Browning · poetry
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The Pink Fairy Book
Andrew Lang · myth
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The Piper: A Play in Four Acts
Josephine Preston Peabody · play
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The Piskey-Purse: Legends and Tales of North Cornwall
Enys Tregarthen · myth
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The Poem-Book of the Gael
Eleanor Hull · poetry
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The poetic Edda
Henry Adams Bellows · poetry
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The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Excluding the Eight Dramas
Robert Bridges · poetry
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The Popol Vuh: The Mythic and Heroic Sagas of the Kichés of Central America
Lewis Spence · myth
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The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. 1 (of 2)
William Crooke · myth
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The Popular Religion and Folk-Lore of Northern India, Vol. 2 (of 2)
William Crooke · myth
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The Popular Story of Blue Beard
Charles Perrault · novel
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The popular superstitions and festive amusements of the Highlanders of Scotland
William Grant Stewart · myth
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The Pot of Gold, and Other Stories
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman · short story
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The Preface to the Aeneis of Virgil (1718)
Joseph Trapp · myth