How to find your myth
The supply of encyclopedias on mythologies of the world is enormous. We have listed just a few here, roughly divided into general works; classical (Greek and Roman) myth; Celtic myth; and other mythologies from arounfd the world (from Native American to Russian).
We have also included a few bibliographies, research guides, and collections of core myth texts.
General
The Allborough new age guide: Biren Bonnerjea's A dictionary of superstition and mythology by
Call Number: BL303 .B6 1992 v.1ISBN: 1855710471Publication Date: 1992
The Encyclopedia of World Mythology by Call Number: BL303 .C67 2004ISBN: 0754814882Publication Date: 2004
The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend by Call Number: BL303 .M45 2004 v.1-2ISBN: 0816047081Publication Date: 2004
Encyclopedia of Creation Myths by Call Number: BL325.C7 L44 1994ISBN: 0874367395Publication Date: 1994
Legends of the Earth, Sea and Sky by Call Number: BL435 .A53 1998ISBN: 0874369630Publication Date: 1998
Dictionary of Jewish Lore and Legend by Call Number: BM50 .U582 1991ISBN: 0500110220Publication Date: 1991-07-17
A Dictionary of Christian Lore and Legend by Call Number: BR95 .M396 1983bISBN: 0500273731Publication Date: 1991Dictionary of Imaginary Places by
Call Number: GR650 .G8 1980ISBN: 0025793101Publication Date: 1980-10-01
The Mythical Zoo by Call Number: e-book; click title to connectISBN: 157607613XPublication Date: 2002
A Dictionary of Fabulous Beasts by Call Number: GR825 .B28 1996ISBN: 0851156851Publication Date: 2000
The Continuum Encyclopedia of Animal Symbolism in Art by Call Number: GR705 .W47 2004ISBN: 0826415253Publication Date: 2003
Classical
Dictionary of Classical Mythology by Call Number: BL715 .B44 1982ISBN: 0874363055Publication Date: 1980
Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology by Call Number: e-book; click title to connectISBN: 1576074889Publication Date: 2002
The Oxford classical Dictionary by Call Number: e-book; click title to connectPublication Date: 2002Place Names in Classical Mythology by
Call Number: DF16 .B45 1989ISBN: 0874365074Publication Date: 1988
Irish / Celtic
The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore by Call Number: BL900 .M66 2004ISBN: 0816045240Publication Date: 2003A Dictionary of Irish Mythology by
Call Number: BL980.I7 E45 1987ISBN: 0874365538Publication Date: 1989Myth, legend & romance : an encyclopaedia of the Irish folk tradition by
Call Number: GR153.5 .O16 1990ISBN: 1870805119Publication Date: 1990
Other Places
Dictionary of Native American Mythology by Call Number: e-book; click title to connectISBN: 0585024715Publication Date: 1992
Encyclopedia of Russian and Slavic Myth and Legend by Call Number: e-book; click title to connectISBN: 1576074870Publication Date: 2002-08-18
A Dictionary of African Mythology by Call Number: e-book; click title to connectISBN: 0195124561Publication Date: 2000
A Dictionary of Ancient near Eastern Mythology by Call Number: e-book; click title to connectISBN: 020302852XPublication Date: 1998The Encyclopedia of Middle Eastern Mythology and Religion by
Call Number: BL1060 .K58 1993ISBN: 1852304278Publication Date: 1993Who's Who in Egyptian Mythology by
Call Number: BL2428 .M47 1978ISBN: 0517534452Publication Date: 1978
The Mythology of the Americas by Call Number: E59.R38 J66 2000ISBN: 0754805670Publication Date: 2001
Handbook of Native American Mythology by Call Number: E98.R3 B26 2004ISBN: 1851095381Publication Date: 2004A Bibliography of Slavic Mythology by
Call Number: Z7836 .K85 1989ISBN: 0893572039Publication Date: 1989
