The library
The books themselves
Every claim in the atlas descends, in the end, to a line in a book. This shelf holds all 338 public-domain source texts, complete and rights-cleared, from 107 traditions. Each opens as a quiet reading page; evidence links from the motif pages land directly on the passage they cite.
hindu
- A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam tr. Manmatha Nath Dutt
- Hindu Philosophy: The Sankhya Karika of Iswara Krishna tr. John Davies
- Maha-bharata tr. Romesh Chunder Dutt
- Maha-bharata tr. Romesh Chunder Dutt
- Sri Vishnu Sahasranaamam
- The Hymns of the Rigveda, Complete 2 Volumes tr. Ralph T. H. Griffith
- The Laws of Manu (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 25) tr. Georg Bühler
- The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 tr. Kisari Mohan Ganguli
- The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2: Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 tr. Kisari Mohan Ganguli
- The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3: Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 tr. Kisari Mohan Ganguli
- The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4: Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 tr. Kisari Mohan Ganguli
- The Markandeya Purana tr. F. Eden Pargiter
- The Ramayan of Valmiki tr. Ralph T. H. Griffith
- The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse tr. Ralph T. H. Griffith
- The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita tr. Sir Edwin Arnold
- The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gîtâ (from the Mahâbhârata) tr. Edwin Arnold
- The Upanishads tr. Swami Paramananda
- The Upanishads, Part I (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 1) tr. F. Max Muller
- The Upanishads, Part II (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 15) tr. F. Max Muller
- The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: The Book of the Spiritual Man tr. Charles Johnston
- Thirty Minor Upanishads tr. K. Narayanasvami Aiyar
- Vedic Hymns, Part I (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 32) tr. F. Max Müller
- Vedic Hymns, Part II (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 46) tr. Hermann Oldenberg
buddhist
- Buddhism in Translations (Harvard Oriental Series, Vol. 3) tr. Henry Clarke Warren
- Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 tr. T. W. Rhys Davids and Robert Caesar Childers
- Buddhist Mahayana Texts (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 49) tr. E. B. Cowell, F. Max Muller, J. Takakusu
- Buddhist Suttas (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 11) tr. T. W. Rhys Davids
- Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses tr. F. Max Muller
- Dhammapada, a Collection of Verses; Being One of the Canonical Books of the Buddhists tr. F. Max Müller
- Jataka tales tr. Ellen C. Babbitt
- More Jataka Tales tr. Ellen C. Babbitt
- The Diamond Sutra (Chin-Kang-Ching) or Prajna-Paramita tr. William Gemmell
- The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India tr. W. H. D. Rouse
- The Jataka; or, Stories of the Buddha's Former Births, Vol. I tr. Robert Chalmers
- The Jataka; or, Stories of the Buddha's Former Births, Vol. III tr. H. T. Francis and R. A. Neil
- The Jataka; or, Stories of the Buddha's Former Births, Vol. VI tr. E. B. Cowell and W. H. D. Rouse
- The Mahavamsa, or The Great Chronicle of Ceylon tr. Wilhelm Geiger, assisted by Mabel Haynes Bode
- The Questions of King Milinda, Part I (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 35) tr. T. W. Rhys Davids
- The Questions of King Milinda, Part II (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 36) tr. T. W. Rhys Davids
- The Saddharma-Pundarika, or The Lotus of the True Law (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 21) tr. H. Kern
- The Sutta-Nipata (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 10, Part II) tr. V. Fausboll
- Vinaya Texts, Part I: The Patimokkha, The Mahavagga I-IV (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 13) tr. T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg
- Vinaya Texts, Part II: The Mahavagga V-X, The Kullavagga I-III (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 17) tr. T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg
- Vinaya Texts, Part III: The Kullavagga IV-XII (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 20) tr. T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg
greek
- Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes tr. Theodore Alois Buckley
- Aesop's Fables; a new translation tr. V. S. Vernon Jones
- Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica tr. Hugh G. Evelyn-White
- Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion: A Study in Survivals
- Pausanias's Description of Greece, Volume I, Translated with a Commentary by J. G. Frazer tr. James George Frazer
- Phaedrus tr. Benjamin Jowett
- Plutarch's Morals tr. A. R. Shilleto
- Symposium tr. Benjamin Jowett
- The Argonautica tr. R. C. Seaton
- The Bacchae of Euripides tr. Gilbert Murray
- The Extant Odes of Pindar tr. Ernest Myers
- The Homeric Hymns tr. Andrew Lang
- The House of Atreus; Being the Agamemnon, the Libation Bearers, and the Furies tr. E. D. A. Morshead
- The Iliad tr. Alexander Pope
- The Library, Volume I (Apollodorus), with an English Translation by James George Frazer tr. James George Frazer
- The Odyssey tr. Samuel Butler
- The Republic tr. Benjamin Jowett
native american plains
- Blackfoot Lodge Tales tr. George Bird Grinnell
- Gros Ventre Myths and Tales tr. Alfred L. Kroeber
- Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians tr. Clark Wissler
- Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians tr. Robert H. Lowie
- Teton Sioux Music tr. Frances Densmore
- The Assiniboine tr. Robert H. Lowie
- The Omaha Tribe tr. Alice C. Fletcher
- The Pawnee - Mythology (Part I) tr. George A. Dorsey
- Traditions of the Arapaho tr. George A. Dorsey
- Traditions of the Arikara tr. George A. Dorsey
- Traditions of the Caddo tr. George A. Dorsey
- Traditions of the Skidi Pawnee tr. George A. Dorsey
egyptian
- Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt
- Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life tr. E. A. Wallis Budge
- Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri: First Series, IVth to XIIth Dynasty tr. F. Ll. Griffith
- Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri: Second Series, XVIIIth to XIXth Dynasty tr. F. Ll. Griffith
- Legends of the Gods: The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations tr. E. A. Wallis Budge
- The Book of the Dead tr. E. A. Wallis Budge
- The Egyptian Heaven and Hell, Volume I: The Book of the Am-Tuat tr. E. A. Wallis Budge
- The Gods of the Egyptians; or, Studies in Egyptian Mythology, Volume I tr. E. A. Wallis Budge
- The Gods of the Egyptians; or, Studies in Egyptian Mythology, Volume II tr. E. A. Wallis Budge
- The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians tr. E. A. Wallis Budge
- The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia
sufi
- Bird Parliament tr. Edward FitzGerald
- Masnavi i Ma'navi: Teachings of Rumi tr. E. H. Whinfield
- Mystics and Saints of Islam tr. Claud Field
- Poems from the Divan of Hafiz tr. Gertrude Lowthian Bell
- The Confessions of Al Ghazzali tr. Claud Field
- The Mesnevi tr. Sir James W. Redhouse
- The Mystics of Islam
- The Persian Mystics: Jalálu'd-dín Rúmí tr. F. Hadland Davis
- The Persian Mystics: Jámí tr. F. Hadland Davis
- The Sufism of the Rubáiyát, or, the Secret of the Great Paradox tr. Norton F. W. Hazeldine
- The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam tr. E. H. Whinfield and others
celtic
- Celtic Fairy Tales
- Cuchulain of Muirthemne tr. Lady Augusta Gregory
- Gods and Fighting Men tr. Lady Augusta Gregory
- More Celtic Fairy Tales
- Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race
- Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Volume 1 tr. John Francis Campbell
- Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Volume 2 tr. John Francis Campbell
- The Mabinogion tr. Lady Charlotte Guest
- The Mythology of the British Islands
norse
- Corpus Poeticum Boreale, Volume 1 tr. Gudbrand Vigfusson and F. York Powell
- Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway tr. Samuel Laing
- Laxdaela Saga tr. Muriel A. C. Press
- Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas
- The Poetic Edda tr. Henry Adams Bellows
- The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga tr. G. A. Hight
- The Story of Burnt Njal: From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga tr. George Webbe Dasent
- The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga); with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda tr. Eiríkr Magnússon and William Morris
- The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda tr. Rasmus Björn Anderson
roman
- Aeneidos
- Fasti
- On the Nature of Things tr. William Ellery Leonard
- The Aeneid of Virgil tr. J. W. Mackail
- The Georgics tr. James Rhoades
- The Golden Asse tr. William Adlington
- The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII tr. Henry T. Riley
- The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV tr. Henry T. Riley
- The Mysteries of Mithra tr. Thomas J. McCormack
biblical
- The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 25: Wisdom tr. Douay-Rheims translators, revised by Richard Challoner
- The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus tr. Douay-Rheims translators, revised by Richard Challoner
- The Bible, King James Version, Book 18: Job tr. King James Version translators
- The Bible, King James Version, Book 19: Psalms tr. King James Version translators
- The Bible, King James Version, Book 23: Isaiah tr. King James Version translators
- The Bible, King James Version, Book 26: Ezekiel tr. King James Version translators
- The Bible, King James Version, Book 27: Daniel tr. King James Version translators
- The Bible, King James Version, Book 66: Revelation tr. King James Version translators
confucian
- The Analects of Confucius tr. James Legge
- The Four Books: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, and The Works of Mencius tr. James Legge
- The Li Ki, Books I-X (The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part III; Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 27) tr. James Legge
- The Li Ki, Books XI-XLVI (The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part IV; Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 28) tr. James Legge
- The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part I - The Shu King, the Religious Portions of the Shih King, the Hsiao King (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 3) tr. James Legge
- The Sayings of Confucius tr. Lionel Giles
- The Yi King (I Ching) (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 16) tr. James Legge
- 論語
native american northwest coast
- Chinook Texts tr. Franz Boas
- Ethnology of the Kwakiutl, Part 1 tr. Franz Boas
- Ethnology of the Kwakiutl, Part 2 tr. Franz Boas
- Haida Texts and Myths: Skidegate Dialect tr. John R. Swanton
- The Mythology of the Bella Coola Indians tr. Franz Boas
- Tlingit Myths and Texts tr. John R. Swanton
- Tsimshian Mythology tr. Franz Boas
- Tsimshian Texts tr. Franz Boas
native american southwest
- Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights: Being the Myths and Legends of the Pimas of Arizona tr. Edward Hubert Wood
- Jicarilla Apache Texts tr. Pliny Earle Goddard
- Myths and Tales from the San Carlos Apache tr. Pliny Earle Goddard
- The Mountain Chant: A Navajo Ceremony tr. Washington Matthews
- The Pima Indians tr. Frank Russell
- The Sia tr. Matilda Coxe Stevenson
- The Zuñi Indians: Their Mythology, Esoteric Fraternities, and Ceremonies tr. Matilda Coxe Stevenson
- Tusayan Migration Traditions tr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
arctic inuit
- Across Arctic America: Narrative of the Fifth Thule Expedition tr. Knud Rasmussen
- Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory tr. Lucien M. Turner
- The Eskimo about Bering Strait tr. Edward William Nelson
- The Eskimo of Baffin Land and Hudson Bay, Part I tr. Franz Boas
- The Eskimo of Baffin Land and Hudson Bay, Part II tr. Franz Boas
- The Labrador Eskimo tr. Ernest William Hawkes
- The People of the Polar North: A Record tr. G. Herring
germanic
- Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem tr. Francis B. Gummere
- Household Tales by Brothers Grimm tr. Margaret Hunt (Mrs. Alfred William Hunt)
- Teutonic Mythology, Volume 1 tr. James Steven Stallybrass
- Teutonic Mythology, Volume 2 tr. James Steven Stallybrass
- Teutonic Mythology, Volume 3 tr. James Steven Stallybrass
- Teutonic Mythology, Volume 4 tr. James Steven Stallybrass
- The Nibelungenlied tr. G. H. Needler
mesopotamian
- An Old Babylonian Version of the Gilgamesh Epic tr. Albert T. Clay
- Assyrian and Babylonian Literature: Selected Translations tr. various (edited by Robert Francis Harper)
- Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament tr. Robert William Rogers
- The Babylonian Legends of the Creation tr. L. W. King
- The Epic of Gilgamish tr. R. Campbell Thompson
- The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria tr. Morris Jastrow
australian aboriginal
- Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies tr. K. Langloh Parker
- More Australian Legendary Tales tr. K. Langloh Parker
- The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia tr. K. Langloh Parker
- The Native Tribes of Central Australia
- The Northern Tribes of Central Australia
jewish christian
- Deuteronomy tr. World English Bible contributors
- Exodus tr. World English Bible contributors
- Genesis tr. World English Bible contributors
- Leviticus tr. World English Bible contributors
- Numbers tr. World English Bible contributors
native american great lakes
- Chippewa Music tr. Frances Densmore
- Chippewa Music II tr. Frances Densmore
- Fox Texts tr. William Jones
- Social Life and Ceremonial Bundles of the Menomini Indians tr. Alanson Skinner
- The Ritual and Significance of the Winnebago Medicine Dance tr. Paul Radin
slavic
- Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen tr. Emily J. Harding
- Myths and Folk-tales of the Russians, Western Slavs, and Magyars tr. Jeremiah Curtin
- Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore tr. William Ralston Shedden Ralston
- Sixty Folk-Tales from Exclusively Slavonic Sources tr. Albert Henry Wratislaw
- The Epic Songs of Russia tr. Isabel Florence Hapgood
african bantu
- The Ila-Speaking Peoples of Northern Rhodesia, Vol. I tr. Edwin W. Smith
- The Ila-Speaking Peoples of Northern Rhodesia, Vol. II tr. Edwin W. Smith
- The Life of a South African Tribe, Vol. I (The Social Life) tr. Henri A. Junod
- The Life of a South African Tribe, Vol. II (The Psychic Life) tr. Henri A. Junod
celtic irish
- Gods and Fighting Men tr. Lady Gregory
- Heroic Romances of Ireland tr. Arthur Herbert Leahy
- The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge tr. Joseph Dunn
- The Voyage of Bran, Son of Febal, to the Land of the Living tr. Kuno Meyer
guiana amerindian
- Among the Indians of Guiana: Being Sketches Chiefly Anthropologic from the Interior of British Guiana
- An Inquiry into the Animism and Folk-Lore of the Guiana Indians tr. Walter E. Roth
- Legends and Myths of the Aboriginal Indians of British Guiana tr. William Henry Brett
- The Central Caribs tr. William Curtis Farabee
melanesian
persian
- Persian Literature, Volume 1 tr. James Atkinson; Herman Bicknell; Edward FitzGerald
- The Persian Literature, Volume 2, The Gulistan tr. James Ross
- The Shahnama of Firdausi, Vol. I tr. Arthur George Warner and Edmond Warner
- The Shahnama of Firdausi, Vol. II tr. Arthur George Warner and Edmond Warner
siberian
- Aboriginal Siberia - A Study in Social Anthropology
- Chukchee Mythology tr. Waldemar Bogoras
- Koryak Texts tr. Waldemar Bogoras
- Tales of Yukaghir, Lamut, and Russianized Natives of Eastern Siberia tr. Waldemar Bogoras
taoist
zoroastrian
- Pahlavi Texts, Part I: The Bundahis, Bahman Yast, and Shayast la-Shayast tr. E. W. West
- The Zend-Avesta, Part I: The Vendidad tr. James Darmesteter
- The Zend-Avesta, Part II: The Sirozahs, Yasts, and Nyayis tr. James Darmesteter
- The Zend-Avesta, Part III: The Yasna, Visparad, Afrinagan, Gahs, and Miscellaneous Fragments tr. L. H. Mills
finnic
inca
- First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas, Vol. II tr. Clements R. Markham
- Narratives of the Rites and Laws of the Yncas tr. Clements R. Markham
- Narratives of the Rites and Laws of the Yncas tr. Clements R. Markham
inuit
- Eskimo Folk-Tales tr. W. Worster
- Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo tr. Henry Rink
- The Central Eskimo tr. Franz Boas
korean
- Corea, the Hermit Nation
- Korean Folk Tales - Imps, Ghosts and Fairies tr. James Scarth Gale
- Korean Tales tr. Horace Newton Allen
malay
mongol
- Gessar Khan tr. Ida Zeitlin
- Sagas from the Far East tr. Rachel Harriette Busk
- The Mongols - A History
native american northeast woodlands
- Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa tr. Frank G. Speck
- Notes on the Eastern Cree and Northern Saulteaux tr. Alanson Skinner
- Seneca Fiction, Legends, and Myths tr. Jeremiah Curtin and J. N. B. Hewitt
native american plateau
- Myths of the Modocs tr. Jeremiah Curtin
- Traditions of the Thompson River Indians of British Columbia tr. James Teit
- Wishram Texts tr. Edward Sapir
tibetan buddhist
andamanese
comparative
daoist
- Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer tr. Herbert A. Giles
- The Tao Teh King, or the Tao and its Characteristics tr. James Legge
georgian
- Georgian Folk Tales tr. Marjory Scott Wardrop
- The Man in the Panther's Skin tr. Marjory Scott Wardrop
gnostic
- Fragments of a Faith Forgotten tr. G. R. S. Mead
- Pistis Sophia tr. G. Horner
hermetic
- Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. I: Prolegomena tr. G. R. S. Mead
- Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. II: Sermons (Corpus Hermeticum) tr. G. R. S. Mead
islamic
- The Koran (Al-Qur'an) tr. J. M. Rodwell
- The Koran (Al-Qur'an) tr. George Sale
jain
japanese
- Japanese Fairy Tales tr. Yei Theodora Ozaki
- Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things tr. Lafcadio Hearn
jewish pseudepigrapha
- The Book of Enoch tr. R. H. Charles
- The Book of Jubilees, or, The Little Genesis tr. R. H. Charles
malagasy
maori
micronesian
- The Caroline Islands: Travel in the Sea of the Little Lands tr. F. W. Christian
- The Island of Stone Money: Uap of the Carolines tr. William Henry Furness
native american california
- Creation Myths of Primitive America tr. Jeremiah Curtin
- Yana Texts tr. Edward Sapir
shinto
aboriginal australian
african akan
- Ashanti tr. R. S. Rattray
afro caribbean
ainu
- Aino Folk-Tales tr. Basil Hall Chamberlain
akan
- West African Folk-Tales tr. W. H. Barker and Cecilia Sinclair
armenian
- Armenian Legends and Poems tr. Zabelle C. Boyajian
arthurian
- The High History of the Holy Graal tr. Sebastian Evans
basque
- Basque Legends tr. Wentworth Webster
burmese
buryat mongol
- A Journey in Southern Siberia, the Mongols, Their Religion and Their Myths tr. Jeremiah Curtin
caucasian
- Caucasian Folk-Tales tr. Adolf Dirr (German); Lucy Menzies (English)
celtic welsh
- The Mabinogion tr. Lady Charlotte Guest
chaco amerindian
christian
- Διδαχή των Δώδεκα αποστόλων = Teaching of the Twelve Apostles tr. Roswell D. Hitchcock and Francis Brown (English portion)
christian apocrypha
estonian
ethiopian christian
- The Queen of Sheba and Her Only Son Menyelek (Kebra Nagast) tr. E. A. Wallis Budge
fijian
- Tales from Old Fiji tr. Lorimer Fison
filipino
- Philippine Folk Tales tr. Mabel Cook Cole
finnish karelian
- Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland tr. John Martin Crawford
fjort
- Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort (French Congo) tr. Richard Edward Dennett
greek roman
hausa
- Hausa Superstitions and Customs: An Introduction to the Folk-Lore and the Folk tr. Arthur John Newman Tremearne
hawaiian
- Hawaiian Folk Tales: A Collection of Native Legends tr. various (including native Hawaiian contributors)
hopi
- The Traditions of the Hopi tr. H. R. Voth
indigenous australian
islamicate folklore
- The Arabian Nights Entertainments tr. Andrew Lang
khoekhoe
- Reynard the Fox in South Africa; or, Hottentot Fables and Tales tr. Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek
khoisan south african
- South-African Folk-Tales tr. James A. Honey
kimbundu
mangaian
- Myths and Songs from the South Pacific tr. William Wyatt Gill
maya
- The Maya Chronicles tr. Daniel G. Brinton
maya quiche
- The Popol Vuh tr. Lewis Spence
nahua
- Rig Veda Americanus: Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans tr. Daniel G. Brinton
nahua maya inca
native american southeast
- Myths of the Cherokee tr. James Mooney
navajo
- Navaho Legends tr. Washington Matthews
oceanic
romanian
- Roumanian Fairy Tales tr. J. M. Percival
samoan
- Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before tr. George Turner
san
- Specimens of Bushman Folklore tr. W. H. I. Bleek and Lucy C. Lloyd
shan
- Shans at Home, With Two Chapters on Shan History and Literature tr. Leslie Milne
sikh
- The Sikh Religion: Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, Vol. 1 tr. Max Arthur Macauliffe
temne
- Cunnie Rabbit, Mr. Spider and the Other Beef: West African Folk Tales tr. Florence M. Cronise
tongan
- Tongan Myths and Tales tr. Edward Winslow Gifford
vietnamese
- Stories and Legends of Annam tr. E. M. Smith-Dampier
xhosa
zulu
- Nursery Tales, Traditions, and Histories of the Zulus, in Their Own Words tr. Henry Callaway
zuni
- Zuni Folk Tales tr. Frank Hamilton Cushing