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Kinsella, Thomas. The Táin: From the Irish Epic Táin Bó Cúailnge. New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. A mixed prose and verse translation of the cycle of Irish heroic tales.

Leeming, David A. The World of Myth: An Anthology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990. A collection of myths, organized by theme (creation, heroes, etc.).

Leeming, David A. and Jake Page. The Mythology of North America. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1988. A collection of seventy-two representative myths from a variety of tribal groups, with commentary and introductions.

Littleton, C. Scott, general editor. Mythology: The Illustrated Anthology of World Myth and Storytelling. London: Duncan Baird, 2002. A large, heavily illustrated compendium of more than 300 myths from around the world.

Mascaró, Juan, translator. The Bhagavad-Gita. London: Penguin Books, 1962. An essential document of Hinduism, the conversation between the god Krishna and the warrior Rama before a great battle.

Mason, Herbert. Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1970. A widely read modern verse version of the ancient Babylonian epic, one of the oldest pieces of literature in human history. (Many other translations of Gilgamesh are also available.)

Mitchell, Stephen. Gilgamesh: A New English Version. New York: Free Press, 2004. Another modern translation with excellent historical and introductory notes.

Neihardt, John G. Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books, 1988. First published in 1932, the now-classic “as-told-to” account of a Native American wichasha wakon (holy man, priest) that encompasses both the myth and history of the Oglala Sioux who fought Custer and were later massacred at Wounded Knee.

Ogden, Daniel. Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2002. A scholarly translation of some of the lesser-known myths specifically involving magic.

Ovid, translated by A. D. Melville. Metamorphoses. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. The Roman poet’s collected accounts of transformations and changes presented in the Greek and Roman myths. (Other editions available.)

Pelikan, Jaroslav, editor. Sacred Writings, Volume 5. Hinduism: The Rig-Veda. New York: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1992.

Pelikan, Jaroslav, editor. Sacred Writings, Volume 6. Buddhism: The Dhammapada. New York: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1987.

Prabhavananda, Swami and Dr. Frederick Manchester, translators and editors. The Upanishads. New York: Signet, 1957. A collection of the principal holy writings of Hinduism.

Rosenberg, Donna. World Mythology: An Anthology of Great Myths and Epics (second edition). Lincolnwood, Illinois: NTC Publishing Group, 1994. An anthology of key myths in contemporary prose, divided by geographic region.

Rouse, W. H. D. Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece. New York: New American Library, 1957. A popular retelling of Greek myths by a scholar-teacher who told the tales to his students at Cambridge, England.

Spence, Lewis. The Myths of Mexico and Peru. New York: Dover, 1994. Reprint of a 1913 classic work on the myths of the Aztec, Inca, and other South and Central American groups.

Sproul, Barbara C. Primal Myths: Creation Myths Around the World. New York: Harper, 1979. A collection that cross-references various Creation stories from many cultures.

Sturluson, Snorri, translated and edited by Anthony Faulkes. Edda. North Clarendon, Vt.: Tuttle Publishing, 1987. The standard collection of Norse poetry, compiled in the 1200s by a poet and courtier later killed in a political intrigue. (Many other editions available.)

Tatar, Maria. The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales. New York: W. W. Norton, 2002. Although not about myths, this collection of twenty-six of the best-known children’s tales (Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel) illuminates some of the connections between mythic stories and familiar children’s tales—and they are not always about virtues!

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