Myths
Lore of Proserpine
If a thing is not sensibly true it may be morally so. If it is not phenomenally true it may be so substantially. And it is possible that one…
Merrimeg
This is a charming fairy story by renowned author William Bowen. Merrimeg is a kind, helpful and obedient little girl. But after finishing h…
A Drama of Exile
In writing her 'Drama of Exile', Barrett's subject was 'the new and strange experience of the fallen humanity, as it went forth from Paradis…
Maori Folk-Tales of the Port Hills
In this little book I have endeavoured to interweave with descriptions of the most picturesque parts of the Canterbury Port Hills some of th…
The New Colossus
The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus is a powerful sonnet that redefines the image of America as a welcoming refuge for immigrants. Written in 1…
The Iceberg Express
This is the third tale in the Little Journeys to Happy Land series by David Cory author of the Little Jack Rabbit series of children's books…
The Magic Umbrella
David Cory who gave us the tales of Little Jack Rabbit, Puss in Boots, Jr., and Billy Bunny takes us on another journey with his Magic Umbre…
Tristram and Iseult
Tristam & Iseult is a narrative poem containing strong romantic and tragic themes: and was first published in 1852 by Matthew Arnold. Th…
Folklore of the Santal Parganas
This is an intriguing collection of folklore from the Santal Parganas, a district in India located about 150 miles from Calcutta. As its pre…
The Iliad of Homer
"The Iliad is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set in the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of Iliu…
Beth Gêlert, or the Grave of the Greyhound
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Beth Gêlert, or the Grave of the Greyhound by William Robert Spencer. This was the Fort…
Shakespeare's Ovid
Ovid represents his work as a celebration of mutability in the form of a history of the world's notable transformations. It is a compendium …
The Mabinogion
This is the second of three volumes of The Mabinogion, a collection of some of the earliest tales from the British Isles. Lady Charlotte Gue…
The Tangle-Coated Horse
The Fionn Saga is one of the oldest, strangest of Gaelic Sagas: it is also one of the best remembered, for to this day in Gaelic-speaking Sc…
The Mahabharata
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. Traditionally, the authorship of the Mahabharata is attributed to V…
The Ramayan
The Ramayan(a) is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon (smṛti…
The Red Feathers
Be taken to a fantastic land by a story of remarkable adventures of when the world was young; a world inspired by the mythology of the indig…
African Myths
Story-telling in Africa is almost an institution. Certain persons, largely old omen, specialize in telling the youth interesting stories. He…
The Myths of the North American Indians
At its core, the book presents an effort to synthesize and explain the diverse and profound ways in which Native American cultures have expr…