#mythology books

[decafgrace]

Book series that I read in middle school to fill the Percy Jackson mythology void but they get increasingly niche *

* according to my own perception as a middle schooler because I felt like the only one in the world to read some of these and I had limited internet and the fandoms for them felt nonexistent. Also I had to do some hard googling to remember the title for some of these.

[catrector]

So I Guess I'm An Author Now

The last time I made any substantial posts on this account, I wasn't even published yet. Since then, I've put out four books and am midway through publishing my first audiobook.

The Goddess of Nothing At All was what I was working on during my previous Tumblr days. It's a queer dark fantasy about Loki's wife Sigyn and finds ways to make you cry through Norse Mythology. It's a completed duology with a set of short stories on the side. Sigyn and Loki have been super well received, including winning second place in the Book Bloggers' Novel of the Year Award. Now the book is becoming an audiobook, which I've been running a Kickstarter for!

Actual link is here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gonaaaudiobook/the-goddess-of-nothing-at-all-gets-an-audiobook

The first chaper is already up on YouTube, and I'm so excited to be sharing it finally:

And of course, there's my newest baby book, This Too Shall Burn. This one is for all the witchy people who want to rage about women's health disparity, religious trauma, and witch burnings.

Those are my favourite comp titles :B

I guess that sums up the last few years, more or less. Now I can get back to reblogging BG3 posts and tracking down writing buddies XD

[sahararose-koeberl]

New world map

[home-ward]

Morgan Is My Name

[heather--moors]

my new book crush

[gremlinmysticaljournal]

Gremlin's Library

I'm still new to witchcraft and pagan religions, and know next to nothing about it outside my own personal views of magic and sacred. So my library right now is basically the result of me trying to learn about the different (and for now, more common) deities and paths I can take my craft and worship. I don't exactly know how good all those books are, but I'll read, learn and hopefully pave my own path on the way to explore the craft and my spirituality.

To Walk a Pagan Path: Practical Spirituality for Every Day - by Alaric Albertsson

The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes - Edited by Jackson Crawford

The Book of Hedge Druidry: A Complete Guide for the Solitary Seeker - by Joanna Van Der Hoeven

From the Cauldron Born: Exploring the Magic of Welsh Legend & Lore - by Kristoffer Hughes

The Book of Celtic Magic: Transformative Teachings from the Cauldron of Awen - by Kristoffer Hughes

The Path of Druidry: Walking the Ancient Green Way - by Penny Billington

Greek Mythology: A Concise Guide to Ancient Gods, Heroes, Beliefs and Myths of Greek Mythology - by Hourly History

Celtic Mythology: A Concise Guide to the Gods, Sagas and Beliefs - by Hourly History

Egyptian Mythology: A Concise Guide to the Ancient Gods and Beliefs of Egyptian Mythology - by Hourly History

Norse Mythology: A Concise Guide to Gods, Heroes, Sagas and Beliefs of Norse Mythology - by Hourly History

A Handbook of Saxon Sorcery & Magic: Wyrdworking, Rune Craft, Divination, and Wortcunning - by Alaric Albertsson

Collecting Rocks, Gems and Minerals: Identification, Values and Lapidary Uses - by Patti Polk

Traditional Witchcraft and the Pagan Revival: A Magical Anthropology - by Suzanne Ruthven

The Pagan Book of the Dead: Ancestral Visions of the Afterlife and Other Worlds - by Claude Lecouteux

The Big Book of Pagan Prayer and Ritual - by Ceisiwr Serith

A Pagan Ritual Prayer Book - by Ceisiwr Serith

Circle of the Sun: Rites and Celebrations for Egyptian Pagans and Kemetics - by Sharon LaBorde

The Witchcraft Collection Volume One: Dictionary of Satanism, Dictionary of Witchcraft, and Dictionary of Pagan Religions

Paganism: An Introduction to Earth-centered Religions - by Joyce Higginbotham and River Higginbotham

The Way of Fire and Ice: The Living Tradition of Norse Paganism - by Ryan Smith

Drawing Down the Moon - by Margot Adler

The Isles of the Many Gods: An A-Z of the Pagan Gods & Goddesses Worshipped in Ancient Britain During the First Millennium CE Through to the Middle Ages - by David Rankine and Sorita D'Este

The Herbal Alchemist's Handbook: A Complete Guide to Magickal Herbs and How to Use Them - by Karen Harrison

The Magick of Food: Rituals, Offerings & Why We Eat Together - by Gwion Raven

The Crooked Path: An Introduction to Traditional Witchcraft - by Kelden

The Element Encyclopedia of Witchcraft: The Complete A-Z for the Entire Magical World - by Judika Illes

The Witch's Book of Self-Care: Magical Ways to Pamper, Soothe, and Care for Your Body and Spirit - by Arin Murphy-Hiscock

Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses - by Judika Illes

Sigil Witchery: A Witch's Guide to Crafting Magick Symbols - by Laura Tempest Zakroff

The Witch's Altar: The Craft, Lore & Magick of Sacred Space - by Jason Mankey and Laura Tempest Zakroff

The House Witch: Your Complete Guide to Creating a Magical Space with Rituals and Spells for Hearth and Home - by Arin Murphy-Hiscock

The Green Witch: Your Complete Guide to the Natural Magic of Herbs, Flowers, Essential Oils, and More - by Arin Murphy-Hiscock

Moon Spells: How to Use the Phases of the Moon to Get What You Want - by Diane Ahlquist

Llewellyn's Complete Book of Astrology: The Easy Way to Learn Astrology - by Kris Brandt Riske

Practical Candleburning Rituals - by Raymond Buckland

Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities - by Charles Russell Coulter

Osiris - by Bojana Mojsov

Magical Alphabets: The Secrets and Significance of Ancient Scripts Including Runes, Greek, Ogham, Hebrew and Alchemical Alphabets - by Nigel Pennick

Paganism Explained, Part I: Thrymskvida - by Marie Cachet and Varg Vikernes

Paganism Explained, Part II: Little Red Riding Hood & Jack and the Beanstalk - by Marie Cachet and Varg Vikernes

Paganism Explained, Part III: The Cult of Mithra & Hymiskvida - by Marie Cachet and Varg Vikernes

Paganism Explained, Part IV: Valholl & Odinn in Yggdrasill - by Marie Cachet and Varg Vikernes

Norse Magic and Asatru: An Essential Guide to Norse Divination, Elder Futhark Runes, Paganism, and Heathenry for Beginners -by Mari Silva

The Crystal Bible - by Judy Hall

(September 17, 2022)

Water Witchcraft: Magic and Lore from the Celtic Tradition - by Annwyn Avalon

The Spirit of the Celtic Gods and Goddesses: Their History, Magical Power, and Healing Energies - by Carl McColman

Fairies: A Guide to the Celtic Fair Folk - by Morgan Daimler

The Celtic Golden Dawn: An Original & Complete Curriculum of Druidical Study - by John Michael Greer

Wild Magic: Celtic Folk Traditions for the Solitary Practitioner - by Danu Forest

Mythology: A Captivating Guide to Greek Mythology, Egyptian Mythology and Norse Mythology - by Matt Clayton

The Mammoth Book of Celtic Myths and Legends - by Peter Berresford Ellis

The Morrigan: Celtic Goddess of Magick and Might - by Courtney Weber

Celtic Tales: Fairy Tales and Stories of Enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales - by Kate Forrester

Celtic Myths and Legends - by T. W. Rolleston

Anam Cara - by John O'Donohue

Celtic Tree Magic: Ogham Lore and Druid Mysteries - by Danu Forest

Celtic Tree Rituals: Ceremonies for the Thirteen Moon Months and a Day - by Sharlyn Hidalgo

A Celtic Miscellany - by Kenneth H. Jackson

Brigid: History, Mystery, and Magick of the Celtic Goddess - by Courtney Weber

Tending Brigid's Flame: Awaken to the Celtic Goddess of Hearth, Temple, and Forge - by Lunaea Weatherstone

Tarot 101: Mastering the Art of Reading the Cards - by Huggens Kim

365 Tarot Spreads: Revealing the Magic in Each Day - by Sasha Graham

Practical Sigil Magic: Creating Personal Symbols for Success - by Frater U. D.

I'm pretty sure Z Library has all those books for free in a variety of formats for easy access (to those like me, that prefer reading a book before buying them).

[morgan1413]

just picked up a couple of new mythology books! 😁 I always love and cherish reading through books such as these, they give such a fascinating insight into the wonderful stories written by culture across the world, it's always so enthralling ☺️ I've already started reading the one on the left and it's so well written and packed full of lovely illustrations, maybe I'll give full reviews once I'm finished with them both 💖

[shadowpuppetteer]

The holy trinity of Mythology Nerd Books. If you read these books as a kid, come sit next to me.

[bespectacled-bookwyrm]

Finished One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. (It was pretty average to me, but that’s just my opinion.)

So now I'm going to start Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry!

Like a lot of my books, this had been sitting on my shelf for ages - I hope it's a good one!

[eldritchboop]

The Ancient Greece Collection - 36 Rare Books

The Lost Book Project charges $10 for this collection. If you found this roundup useful, please consider donating to the Internet Archive instead.

Other roundups here

The Iliad by Homer (1598)

The Age of Fable, or, Beauties of Mythology by T. Bullfinch (1894)

The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato (2001)

The Republic by Plato (375 BC)

The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy - P. Colum (1918)

India in Greece, or, Truth in Mythology - E. Pococke (1852)

The Persian Expedition by Xenophon (401 BC)

Hellenic History - G. Botsford (1921)

History of Alexander the Great - J. Abbott (1848)

Stories of Old Greece and Rome - E. K. Baker (1913)

Medea by Euripides (431 BC)

Old Greek Stories - J. Baldwin (1895)

Crete, the Forerunner of Greece - C. Hawes (1921)

The Ancient City - A Study on the Religion, Laws and Institutions of Greece and Rome - F. de Coulanges (1877)

Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion - A Study in Survivals - J. C. Lawson (1910)

Aristotle and Ancient Educational Ideals - T. Davidson (1892)

Stories of Greek Gods, Heroes and Men - a primer of the mythology and history of the Greeks - C. H. Harding (1897)

Greek Pictures - J. Mahaffy (1890)

The Heroes or, Greek Fairy Tales for my Children - C. Kingsley (1901)

Greek Religious Thought from Homer to The Age of Alexander - F. Cornford (1921)

A History of Ancient Greek Literature - G. Murray (1897)

A Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography by W. Smith (1899)

A General History of Greece from the Earliest Period to the Death of Alexander the Great - G. Cox (1890)

Greek and Roman Mythology - J. M. Tatlock (1917)

Beeton's classical dictionary. A cyclopaedia of Greek and Roman biography, geography, mythology, and antiquities by S. O. Beeton (1871)

Minoan Mycenaean Religion and its survival in Greek religion - M. Nilsson (1921)

Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology Vol. 1 - W. Smith (1850)

Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology Vol. 2 - W. Smith (1850)

Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology Vol. 3 - W. Smith (1850)

Rhodes in Ancient times - C. Torr (1885)

The legend of Perseus a study of tradition in story custom and belief Vol. 1 - E. S. Hartland (1894)

Tales of Troy and Greece - A. Lang (1907)

Greece in the times of Homer, an account of the life, customs, and habits of the Greeks during the Homeric period - T. Timayenis (1885)

The Story of Troy - M. Clarke (1897)

Manual of Mythology - Greek and Roman, Norse, and Old German, Hindoo and Egyptian mythology - A. S. Murray (1874)

[eggcatsreads]

𝔼𝕡𝕚𝕔 𝕠𝕗 ℍ𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕒 by MJ Pankey

🏺🏺⚔️🏺🏺/5

Pub Date: October 1st, 2023

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘖𝘭𝘺𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘺...

If you love Greek myth retellings and novels, I cannot recommend this book enough! This book took me on a rollercoaster of emotions and I finished it in one sitting as I could not put it down.

It’s a fresh take on Greek mythology retellings, in that the author has created her own mythos within the story - and yet, it fits perfectly into any other Greek myth retelling. It honestly felt more like reading a mythology retelling that I was unfamiliar with, and less like a brand new original story, as everything fit together into established Greek mythology so well.

At times I found it difficult to distinguish which parts were wholly original, and which were created for the story. Even when I finished the book, a part of me felt like I’d simply missed an epic by Homer somewhere and I could go read it to discover what happens next - rather than waiting on the next book.

Reading this book provided similar feelings to when I had read The Odyssey or The Iliad years ago. And the ending absolutely lends itself to the feeling that this is the first step to an epic journey that will stretch for years and have many twists and turns throughout it - just like the epic poems by Homer.

If you love reading Greek myth retellings, but you feel like you know them almost too well to enjoy novels on them - this is the book for you!

Thank you to the author, Netgalley, and Victory Editing/Muse and Quill Press for providing me this arc in exchange for an honest review.

[Also posted to Instagram and Goodreads.]

[quinlin14]

I'm going to be writing a book based on my favorite couple in greek mythology; Apollo and Hyacinthus!!

I'm very excited, and I probably will begin posting more about that, like little headcanons and random things about As Flowers Turn To The Sun

Very hyped, so excited :D

[deadrosessociety]

"a GOT type show for mahabharat" idk if you are familiar with the book but i just read son of darkness by gourav mohanty and it gave me big GOT type story except it's a retelling of the mahabharat - i wouldn't know what a show would look like but i did enjoy the book a lot.

Waitt- I just googled it and the premise of the book looks promising. I am adding it to my tbr and thank you so much for this recommendation <33

[ihavetosays-blog]

Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen (Skin of the Sea #1)

SYNOPSIS Simidele (Simi) is a Mami Wata, mermaid, daughter of Yemoja, her creator. Her purpose is to follow slave ships, and gather the souls of the fallen so Yemoja can bless their spirits’ on their return to the ultimate Creater, Olodumare. Against the wishes of Yemoja, Simi likes to be on land because in her human form her memories from before slowly return to her. Simi is scolded by another…

[belovedapollo]

some of the books I’ve read this month (or am reading), pls do not repost

[aworldinpages]

Mythology Book Tag

Whilst scrolling bookstagram, I came across this mythology-inspired tag by @bookishlykendra, and as a nerd who loves mythology retellings, I thought I'd give it a go.

Click here to read my answers!