General Mythology

  • Acquainted With the Night by Christopher Dewdney (2004)
  • The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer (1890)
  • Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Augusta Gregory (1904)
  • The Hero with a Thousand Faces - by Joseph Campbell (1949) (comparative mythology)
  • The Hero's Journey by Joseph Campbell (1990) (comparative mythology)
  • In the Light of Truth: The Grail Message, by Oskar Ernst Bernhardt (1931)
  • Lemprière's Bibliotheca Classica, by John Lemprière (1788)
  • Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung (1960)
  • Mythology by Edith Hamilton (1942)
  • Myths and Reality by Mircea Eliade (translated from French) (1963)
  • Myths to Live By by Joseph Campbell (1972)
  • The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell (1988)
  • The White Goddess by Robert Graves (1948, expanded 1966)
  • Worlds in Collision by Immanuel Velikovsky (1950) (comparative mythology)

Derivative works:

  • American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2001)
  • Modern Disciples series by I.S. Anderson (2011) (Fiction Based on several different mythologies)

Australian Mythology

  • The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin (1987)

Celtic Mythology

  • The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales by Owen Jones (1801-7)
  • Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland by Thomas Crofton Croker (1825)
  • Mabinogion by Lady Charlotte Guest (1838)
  • The Four Ancient Books of Wales, by W. F. Skene (1858)
  • Popular Tales of the West Highlands by John Francis Campbell (1860)
  • A Bunch of Shamrocks by E. Owens Blackburne (1879)
  • Old Celtic Romances by Patrick Weston Joyce (1879)
  • Myths and Folk-lore of Ireland by Jeremiah Curtin (1890)
  • Folk and Hero Tales by James MacDougall (1891)
  • Silva Gadelica by Standish Hayes O'Grady (1892)
  • West Irish Folk Tales and Romances by William Larminie (1893)
  • Celtic Folklore by John Rhys (1901)
  • Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory (1905)
  • The Mythology of the British Islands by Charles Squire (1905)
  • Heroic Romances of Ireland by A. H. Leahy (1905)
  • The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch (1911)
  • The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. Evans-Wentz (1911)
  • Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. Rolleston (1911)
  • Ancient Irish Tales by Tom Peete Cross (1936)
  • Lebor Gabála Érenn by R.A. Stewart Macalister (1938-1956)
  • Irish Sagas by Myles Dillon (1968)
  • A Celtic Miscellany by Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson (1972)
  • Early Irish Myths and Sagas by Jeffrey Gantz (1982)
  • Tales of the Celtic Otherworld by John Matthews (1998)
  • Tales of the Elders of Ireland by Ann Dooley (2008)
  • Celtic Mythology by Philip Freeman (2017)

Chinese Mythology

Derivative works:

  • Where The Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (2009)
  • Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan (2022)

Egyptian Mythology

Derivative works:

  • The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan (2010-2012)
  • The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White (2013)

Greek Mythology

  • The Greek Myths by Robert Graves (1955)
  • Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece by Gustav Schwab (1837)
  • Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece by W. H. D. Rouse (1934)
  • Bulfinch's Mythology (originally published as three volumes) by Thomas Bulfinch (1855)
  • Mythology by Edith Hamilton (1942)
  • Myths of the Ancient Greeks by Richard P. Martin (2003)
  • The Penguin Book of Classical Myths by Jenny March (2008)
  • The Gods of the Greeks by Károly Kerényi (1951)
  • The Heroes of the Greeks by Károly Kerényi (1959)
  • A Handbook of Greek Mythology by H. J. Rose (1928)
  • The Complete World of Greek Mythology by Richard Buxton (2004)
  • Metamorphoses by Ovid, published ca. 8 AD
  • Theogony by Hesiod, published 7-8th century BC
  • The Iliad by Homer, written 7-8th century BC
  • The Odyssey by Homer, written 7-8th century BC
  • The Homeric Hymns by Anonymous, written 4-7th century BC

Derivative works:

  • Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1853)
  • Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1852)
  • Goddess of Yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney (2002)
  • Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan (2005-2009)
  • The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood (2005)
  • The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan (2010-2014)
  • Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini (2011)
  • The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (2011)
  • Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan (2016-2020)
  • Circe by Madeline Miller (2018)
  • The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker (2018)
  • A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes (2019)
  • Lore by Alexandra Bracken (2021)
  • Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe (2021)
  • Percy Jackson and The Olympians by Rick Riordan (2015-)

Hindu Mythology

  • Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend by Anna L. Dallapiccola (2002)
  • Mahabharata A modern retelling by Ramesh Menon
  • Ramayana by Ramesh Menon

Derivative works:

  • The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi (2010)
  • The Day of Brahma by Stefania Dimitrova (2017)
  • Pandava Quintet by Roshani Chokshi (2018-2022)

Japanese Mythology

Derivative works:

  • The Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa (2018)

Korean Mythology

Derivative works:

  • Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Le (2019)

Mayan Mythology

Derivative works:

  • The Storm Runner by J. C. Cervantes (2018)
  • Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2019)

Mandaean Mythology

  • Ginza Rabba
  • Mandaean Book of John

Meitei Mythology

  • And That Is Why . . . Manipuri Myths Retold
  • The Tales of Kanglei Throne

Norse Mythology

  • Poetic Edda,"collection", 13th century
  • Prose Edda, Snorri Sturluson, 13th century
  • Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (2017)

Derivative works:

  • The Blackwell Pages Trilogy by K.L. Armstrong and M.A. Marr (2013-2015)
  • Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan (2015-2017)
  • The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec (2021)

Roman Mythology

  • Aenid by Virgil

Derivative works:

  • Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin (2008)
  • The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan (2010-2014)

Turkish Mythology

  • Book of Dede Korkut (9th century)

United States Mythology

  • Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods
  • Native American Legends of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley

Internet web resources

  • Encyclopedia Mythica (internet encyclopedia)

See also

  • List of world folk-epics