Mythology -- Early works to 1800
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The Travels of Cyrus; To Which is Annexed, A Discourse Upon the Theology and Mythology of the Pagans (10th edition, first American edition; Burlington, NJ: Printed by I. Neale, 1793), by Chevalier Ramsay, contrib. by Nicolas Fréret (HTML at Evans TCP)
- Imagines Deorum, Qui ab Antiquis Colebantur: In Quibus Simulacra, Ritus, Caerimoniae, Magnaq. ex Parte Veterum Religio Explicatur (in Latin; Lyon: Apud B. Honoratum, 1581), by Vincenzo Cartari, trans. by Antoine Du Verdier (page images at HathiTrust)
- Imagines Deorum, Qui ab Antiquis Colebantur: In Quibus Simulacra, Ritus, Caerimoniae, Magnaq. ex Parte Veterum Religio Explicatur (in Latin; Lyon: Apud S. Michaelem, 1581), by Vincenzo Cartari, trans. by Antoine Du Verdier (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Pantheon: Representing the Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Gods and Most Illustrious Heroes, in a Short, Plain and Familiar Method by Way of Dialogue (second edition; London: Printed for C. Harper, 1698), by François Pomey, trans. by Andrew Tooke (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Pantheum Mythicum, seu Fabulosa Deorum Historia, Hoc Epitomes Eruditionis Volumine Breviter Dilucidéque Comprehensa (6th edition; Utrecht: G. van de Water, 1701), by François Pomey, illust. by Jan Van Vianen and Jan Goeree (page images at HathiTrust)
- Pantheum Mythicum, seu Fabulosa Deorum Historia, Hoc Epitomes Eruditionis Volumine Breviter Dilucidéque Comprehensa (7th edition, in Latin; Utrecht: G. van de Water, 1717), by François Pomey (page images at HathiTrust)
- Pantheum Mythicum, seu Fabulosa Deorum Historia, Hoc Epitomes Eruditionis Volumine Breviter Dilucidéque Comprehensa (10th edition, in Latin; Amsterdam: Ex Officiana Schouteniana, 1777), by François Pomey
- Pantheum Mythicum, seu Fabulosa Deorum Historia, Hoc Primo Epitomes Eruditionis Volumine Breviter Dilucidéque Comprehensa (3rd edition, in Latin; Lyon: A. Molin, 1675), by François Pomey (multiple formats at Google)
- Obeliscus Pamphilius (in Latin; Rome: L. Grignani, 1650), by Athanasius Kircher (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Des Satyres, Brutes, Monstres et Demons: De Leur Nature et Adoration, Contre l'Opinion de Ceux Qui Ont Estimé Les Satyres Estre une Espece d'Hommes Distincts et Separez des Adamiques (in French; originally published 1627; this edition Paris: I. Liseux, 1888), by François-Hédelin Aubignac, ed. by Alcide Bonneau
- Des Satyres, Brutes, Monstres et Demons: De Leur Nature et Adoration, Contre l'Opinion de Ceux Qui Ont Estimé Les Satyres Estre une Espece d'Hommes Distincts et Separez des Adamiques (in French; originally published 1627; this edition Paris: I. Liseux, 1888), by François-Hédelin Aubignac, ed. by Alcide Bonneau
- The Recuyles or Gaderige to Gyder of ye Hystoryes of Troye (London: Enprynted by W. de Worde, 1503), by Raoul Lefèvre, trans. by William Caxton (page images at loc.gov)
- The "Gest Hystoriale" of the Destruction of Troy: An Alliterative Romance Translated From Guido de Colonna's "Hystoria Troiana" (EETS #39 and #56; London: Pub. for the Early English Text Society, by N. Trübner and Co., 1869 and 1874), by Guido delle Colonne, ed. by George Panton and David Donaldson, contrib. by de Sainte-More Benoît and active 14th century Huchown (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Laud Troy Book, A Romance of About 1400 A.D. (EETS #121 and #122, 2 volumes; London: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., 1902-1903), ed. by J. Ernst Wülfing (page images at HathiTrust)
- Le Roman de Troie (6 volumes in French; Paris: Firmin Didot et cie, 1904-1912), by Benoît de Saint-More, ed. by L. Constans
- Volume 1: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume 2: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume 3: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume 4: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume 5: multiple formats at archive.org
- Volume 6: multiple formats at archive.org
- all volumes: page images at HathiTrust; US access only
- The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye, Written in French by Raoul Lefèvre, Translated and Printed by William Caxton (About A.D. 1474): The First English Printed Book, Now Faithfully Reproduced with a Critical Introduction, Index and Glassary and Eight Pages in Photographic Facsimile (2 volumes; London: D. Nutt, 1894), by Raoul Lefèvre, ed. by H. Oskar Sommer, trans. by William Caxton
- The Seege or Batayle of Troye: A Middle English Metrical Romance (EETS original series #172; London: Pub for the Early English Text Society by H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1927), ed. by Mary Elizabeth Barnicle (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Lydgate's Troy Book, A.D. 1412-20: Edited From the Best Manuscripts, With Introduction, Notes, and Glossary (EETS extra series #97, 103, and 106; London: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., 1906-1910), by John Lydgate, ed. by Henry Bergen, contrib. by Frederick James Furnivall (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Sanchoniatho's Phoenician History: Translated from the First Book of Eusebius De Praeparatione Evangelica; With a Continuation of Sanchoniatho's History by Eratosthenes Cyrenaeus's Canon, which Dicaearchus Connects With the First Olympiad (London: Printed by W. B. for R. Wilkin, 1720), by Richard Cumberland, contrib. by Sanchuniathon, Squier Payne, Eratosthenes, and Eusebius of Caesarea (multiple formats at archive.org)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Mythology- The Universal Mystery-Language and Its Interpretation (revised edition, 1997), by Henry T. Edge (illustrated HTML at TUP)
- Myths and Their Meaning (Boston et al.: Allyn and Bacon, c1928), by Max J. Herzberg (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Ancient City: Discovery of the City That Cain Built and Discovery of the Most Ancient Site of the City of Thebes and the Lost Europa, the Princess of Tyre, and Origin of the Swiss Lake Dwellings (1911), by John Martin Woolsey
- Bulfinch's Mythology (see also The Age of Fable), by Thomas Bulfinch (Gutenberg text)
- Folklore and Mythology: Electronic Texts (continually updated anthology), ed. by D. L. Ashliman (HTML at Pitt)
- The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (first edition reprint, 2 volumes; New York and London: Macmillan, 1894), by James George Frazer
- The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (second edition, 3 volumes; London and New York: Macmillan, 1900), by James George Frazer
- The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (third edition, 12 volumes; Macmillan, c1906-1915), by James George Frazer (multiple formats at Google, archive.org, and HathiTrust)
- The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged edition: New York: Macmillan, 1922), by James George Frazer, ed. by Lady Frazer (HTML at Bartleby)
- The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged edition), by James George Frazer, ed. by Lady Frazer (Gutenberg text)
- An Introduction to Mythology (New York: Moffat Yard and Co., 1921), by Lewis Spence (Gutenberg text)
- Modern Mythology, by Andrew Lang (Gutenberg text)
- Myths and Dreams (second edition, revised; London: Chatto and Windus, 1891), by Edward Clodd
- Myths and Legends of All Nations: Famous Stories From the Greek, German, English, Spanish, Scandinavian, Danish, French, Russian, Bohemian, Italian, and Other Sources (Philadelphia: J. C. Winston Co., c1914), ed. by Logan Marshall (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
- The Natural Genesis (2 volumes; London: Williams and Norgate, 1883), by Gerald Massey
- The Original Garden of Eden Discovered, and the Final Solution of the Mystery of the Woman, the Tree and the Serpent: Being the Lunar Theory of Mythology and the Analysis and Satisfactory Explanation of the Ancient Mystical Lore (c1910), by John Martin Woolsey (page images at HathiTrust)
- Orpheus: Myths of the World, by Padraic Colum, illust. by Boris Artzybasheff (illustrated HTML at sacred-texts.com)
- The Celestial Ship of the North (2 volumes; ca. 1927), by Emma Valentia Straiton
- Demonology and Devil-Lore (2 volumes in 1; New York: H. Holt and Co., 1879), by Moncure Daniel Conway (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Devil of Darkness in the Light of Evolution, by Gerald Massey (HTML in the UK)
- Error's Chains: How Forged and Broken (New York: Standard Publishing House, c1883), by Frank S. Dobbins, contrib. by S. Wells Williams and Isaac H. Hall
- False Gods: or, The Idol Worship of the World (Philadelphia et al.: Hubbard Bros., ca. 1881), by Frank S. Dobbins, contrib. by S. Wells Williams and Isaac H. Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
- Gods and Devils of Mankind (c1897), by Frank S. Dobbins, contrib. by S. Wells Williams and Isaac H. Hall
- Myths and Myth-Makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology, by John Fiske (Gutenberg text)
- Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning, by Edward Carpenter (Gutenberg text)
- Pagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning (New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1920), by Edward Carpenter (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
- Anacalypsis (2 volumes; index, appendix, and illustrations omitted; originally published 1833-1836), by Godfrey Higgins (HTML at Tripod)
- Custom and Myth, by Andrew Lang (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Evolution of the Dragon (Manchester, the University Press; London et al.: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1919), by Grafton Elliot Smith
- Folk-Lore in the Old Testament: Studies in Comparative Religion, Legend, and Law (3 volumes; London: Macmillan, 1919), by James George Frazer
- Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom (2 volumes; London: John Murray, 1920), by Edward B. Tylor
- A Book of the Beginnings (2 volumes; London: Williams and Norgate, 1881), by Gerald Massey
- A Dissertation on the Mysteries of the Cabiri: or the Great Gods of Phenicia, Samothrace, Egypt, Troas, Greece, Italy, and Crete (2 volumes; Oxford: At the University press for the author, 1803), by George Stanley Faber (both volumes: page images at HathiTrust)
- The Origin of All Religious Worship (with a description of the zodiac of Dandarah; New Orleans, 1872), by Dupuis (page images at HathiTrust)
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