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Books in Oxford Myths and Legends series

  • German hero-sagas and folk-tales,

    Barbara Leonie Picard

    Unknown Binding (Walck, March 15, 1959)
    None
  • Scandinavian legends and folk-tales,

    Gwyn Jones

    Hardcover (Oxford University Press, March 15, 1961)
    None
  • Gods and Men: Myths and Legends from the World's Religions

    John Bailey

    Hardcover (Oxford University Press, )
    None
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  • African Myths and Legends

    Kathleen Arnott

    Paperback (Demco Media, April 1, 1990)
    A collection of thirty-four tales from all areas of Africa south of the Sahara
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  • Armenian Folk-Tales and Fables

    Charles Downing

    Hardcover (Oxford Univ Pr, June 1, 1979)
    These folk-tales were told by simple people--vine-dressers, farm-laborers, millers--and were preserved by word of mouth, to be repeated for entertainment in the coffee-house, or at home during the long, hard winters. There are fables here, too, selected from the collections of medieval scholars and philosophers, while the expressive and often humorous proverbs show the ways of the world through shrewd Armenian eyes.
  • Middle Ages Myths and Legends

    H A Guerber

    Paperback (Guernseys, April 28, 1994)
    THE NEW LEGENDS OF THE PEOPLES WHO REPLACED THE ROMANS FROM BEOWULF TO THE HOLY GRAIL. 60 FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.
  • Stories from England

    James Reeves

    Paperback (Oxford University Press, USA, Aug. 1, 2013)
    'Oxford Children's Myths and Legends' bring you the greatest stories ever told, from around the world and long ago. Heroes and villains, witches and wizards, warriors and royalty - there's something here for everyone. This lively collection brings to life the very best English traditional fairy-tales and stories.
  • The Theft of Thor's Hammer

    Henrietta Branford, Dave Bowyer

    Library Binding (Rigby Interactive Library, June 1, 1996)
    The Norse gods Thor and Loki descend to earth in disguise to regain Thor's magic hammer that has been stolen by the frost giant Thrym.
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  • Swiss-Alpine Folk-Tales

    Fritz Muller-Guggenbuhl

    Hardcover (Oxford University Press, March 15, 1958)
    Swiss-Alpine Folk-tales (Oxford Myths and Legends Series)
  • Stories from Ireland

    Ita Daly

    Paperback (Oxford University Press, USA, Aug. 1, 2013)
    This collection is drawn from a long tradition of story-telling - tales that have been retold and passed down from generation to generation. Read about how the children of Lir were turned into swans, what happens to anyone who dares to look into King Balor's evil eye.
  • African Myths and Legends

    Kathleen Arnott

    Hardcover (Oxford University Press, Jan. 16, 1962)
    None
  • The Secret Name of Ra

    Anne Rowe, Donald Harley

    Library Binding (Rigby Interactive Library, June 1, 1996)
    Isis, the goddess of the dead, tricks Ra, the god of creation, into revealing his secret name so that she and her husband Osiris can become rulers of the earth.