McLaughlin. Myths and Legends of the Sioux

Today's free book is Myths and Legends of the Sioux by Marie McLaughlin. You can find out more about this book in the Sioux Legends unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Sacred Texts Archive, Google Books and Hathi Books. There is also a free Kindle eBook from Amazon.

The Forgotten Ear of Corn

The Little Mice

The Pet Rabbit

The Pet Donkey

The Rabbit and the Elk

The Rabbit and the Grouse Girls

The Faithful Lovers

The Artichoke and the Muskrat

The Rabbit, and the Bear with the Flint Body

Story of the Lost Wife

The Raccoon and the Crawfish

Legend of Standing Rock

Story of the Peace Pipe

A Bashful Courtship

The Simpleton's Wisdom

Little Brave and the Medicine Woman

The Bound Children

The Signs of Corn

Story of the Rabbits

How the Rabbit Lost His Tail

Unktomi and the Arrowheads

The Bear and the Rabbit Hunt Buffalo

The Brave Who Went on the Warpath Alone and Won the Name of the Lone Warrior

The Sioux Who Married the Crow Chief's Daughter

The Boy and the Turtles

The Hermit, or the Gift of Corn

The Mysterious ButteThe Wonderful Turtle

The Man and the Oak

Story of the Two Young Friends

The Story of the Pet Crow

The "Wasna" (Pemmican Man) and the Unktomi (Spider)

The Resuscitation of the Only Daughter

The Story of the Pet Crane

White Plume

Story of Pretty Feathered Forehead

The Four Brothers or Inyanhoksila (Stone Boy)

The Unktomi (Spider), Two Widows and the Red Plums

Zitkala-Sa. Old Indian Legends

Today's free book is Old Indian Legends by Zitkala-Sa (1901). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. You can find out more at the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook Sioux unit.

Also available at: Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Sacred Texts, Hathi Trust, Google Books, and LibriVox. There is also a free Kindle ebook.

(Zitkala-Sa)

Table of Contents

IKTOMI AND THE DUCKS

IKTOMI'S BLANKET

IKTOMI AND THE MUSKRAT

IKTOMI AND THE COYOTE

IKTOMI AND THE FAWN

THE BADGER AND THE BEAR

THE TREE-BOUND

SHOOTING OF THE RED EAGLE

IKTOMI AND THE TURTLE

DANCE IN A BUFFALO SKULL

THE TOAD AND THE BOY

IYA, THE CAMP-EATER

MANSTIN, THE RABBIT

THE WARLIKE SEVEN

Bulfinch: Mythology: The Age of Fable.

Today's book is Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is also available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Sacred Texts, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox. Amazon has a free Kindle ebook.

(Some of these editions contain all three volumes: Age of Fable, Age of Chivalry, and Legends of Charlemagne.)

(LibriVox edition)

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I. Introduction.

CHAPTER II. Prometheus And Pandora.

CHAPTER III. Apollo And Daphne- Pyramus And Thisbe- Cephalus And Procris.

CHAPTER IV. Juno And Her Rivals, Io And Callisto- Diana And Actaeon- Latona And The Rustics.

CHAPTER V. Phaeton.

CHAPTER VI. Midas- Baucis And Philemon.

CHAPTER VII. Proserpine- Glaucus And Scylla.

CHAPTER VIII. Pygmalion- Dryope- Venus And Adonis- Apollo And Hyacinthus.

CHAPTER IX. Ceyx And Halcyone: Or, The Halcyon Birds.

CHAPTER X. Vertumnus And Pomona.

CHAPTER XI. Cupid And Psyche.

CHAPTER XII. Cadmus- The Myrmidons.

CHAPTER XIII. Nisus And Scylla- Echo And Narcissus- Clytie- Hero And Leander.

CHAPTER XIV. Minerva- Niobe.

CHAPTER XV. The Graeae And Gorgons- Perseus- Medusa- Atlas- Andromeda.

CHAPTER XVI. Monsters. Giants, Sphinx, Pegasus, And Chimaera, Centaurs, Griffin, And Pygmies.

CHAPTER XVII. The Golden Fleece- Medea

CHAPTER XVIII. Meleager And Atalanta.

CHAPTER XIX. Hercules- Hebe And Ganymede.

CHAPTER XX. Theseus- Daedalus- Castor And Pollux.

CHAPTER XXI. Bacchus- Ariadne.

CHAPTER XXII. The Rural Deities- Erisichthon- Rhoecus- The Water Deities- The Camenae- The Winds.

CHAPTER XXIII. Achelous And Hercules- Admetus And Alcestis- Antigone- Penelope.

CHAPTER XXIV. Orpheus And Eurydice- Aristaeus- Amphion- Linus- Thamyris- Marsyas- Melampus- Musaeus.

CHAPTER XXV. Arion- Ibycus- Simonides- Sappho.

CHAPTER XXVI. Endymion- Orion- Aurora And Tithonus- Acis And Galatea.

CHAPTER XXVII. The Trojan War.

CHAPTER XXVIII. The Fall Of Troy- Return Of The Greeks- Agamemnon, Orestes And Electra.

CHAPTER XXIX. Adventures Of Ulysses- The Lotus-eaters- Cyclopse- Circe -sirens- Scylla And Charybdis- Calypso.

CHAPTER XXX. The Phaeacians- Fate Of The Suitors.

CHAPTER XXXI. Adventures Of Aeneas- The Harpies- Dido- Palinurius.

CHAPTER XXXII. The Infernal Regions- The Sibyl.

CHAPTER XXXIII. Aeneas In Italy- Camilla- Evander- Nisus And Euryalus- Mezentius- Turnus.

CHAPTER XXXIV. Pythagoras- Egyptian Deities- Oracles.

CHAPTER XXXV. Origin Of Mythology- Statues Of Gods And Goddesses- Poets Of Mythology.

CHAPTER XXXVI. Modern Monsters- The Phoenix- Basilisk- Unicorn- -salamander.

CHAPTER XXXVII. Eastern Mythology- Zoroaster- Hindu Mythology- Castes- Buddha- Grand Lama.

CHAPTER XXXVIII. Northern Mythology- Valhalla- The Valkyrior.

CHAPTER XXXIX. Thor's Visit To Jotunheim.

CHAPTER XL. The Death Of Baldur- The Elves- Runic Letters- Skalds- Iceland.

CHAPTER XLI. The Druids- Iona.

Bleek-Lloyd. Bushman Folklore

Today's free book is Specimens of Bushman Folklore by W. H. I. Bleek and L. C. Lloyd. The San people (Bushmen) are hunter-gatherers who live in southern African; you can learn more about them at Wikipedia.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at the Internet Archive, Sacred Texts, and Hathi Trust.

The Mantis Assumes The Form Of A Hartebeest
!Gaunu-Tsaxau (The Son Of The Mantis), The Baboons, And The Mantis
The Story Of The Leopard Tortoise.
The Children Are Sent To Throw The Sleeping Sun Into The Sky.
The Origin Of Death; Preceded By A Prayer Addressed To The Young Moon.
The Moon Is Not To Be Looked At When Game Has Been Shot.
The Girl Of The Early Race, Who Made Stars.
The Great Star, !Gaunu, Which, Singing, Named The Stars.
What The Stars Say, And A Prayer To A Star.
!Ko-G!nuing-Tara, Wife Of The Dawn's-Heart Star, Jupiter.
The Son of the Wind.
The Wind.
#Kaga'Ra And !Haunu, Who Fought Each Other With Lightning.
The Hyena's Revenge. First Version.
The Hyena's Revenge. Second Version.
The Lion Jealous Of The Voice Of The Ostrich.
The Resurrection Of The Ostrich.
The Vultures, Their Elder Sister, And Her Husband.
Ddi-Xerreten, The Lioness, And The Children.
The Mason Wasp And His Wife.
The Young Man Of The Ancient Race, Who Was Carried Off By A Lion; When Asleep In The Field.
A Woman Of The Early Race And The Rain Bull.
The Girl's Story; The Frogs' Story.
The Man Who Ordered His Wife To Cut Off His Ears.
The #Nerru And Her Husband.
The #Nerru, As A Bird
The Death Of The Lizard.
The Cat's Song.
The Song of the Caama Fox.
The Songs of the Blue Crane.
The Old Woman's Song.
A Song Sung By The Star !Gaunu, And Especially By Bushman Women.
Sirius And Canopus.
The Song Of The Bustard.
The Song Of The Springbok Mothers.
||Kabbo's Song On The Loss Of His Tobacco Pouch.
The Broken String.
The Song Of !Nu!Numma-!Kwiten.
The Leopard And The Jackal.
Doings Of The Springbok.
Habits Of The Bat And The Porcupine.
The Saxicola Castor And The Wild Cat.
The Baboons And ||Xabbiten||Xabbiten.
A Lion's Story.
The Man Who Found A Lion In A Cave.
Certain Hunting Observances, Called !Nanna-Sse.
!Nanna-Sse, Second Part.
Treatment of Bones by the Narrator's Grandfather, Tsatsi.
How The Father-In-Law Of The Narrator Treated Bones.
Tactics in Springbok Hunting.
||Kabbo's Capture And Journey To Cape Town. First Account.
||Kabbo's Capture And Journey To Cape Town. Second Account.
||Kabbo's Journey In The Railway Train.
||Kabbo's Intended Return Home.
How |Hang#Kass'o'S Pet Leveret Was Killed.
The Thunderstorm.
Cutting Off The Top Of The Little Finger, And Piercing Ears And Nose.
Cutting Off The Top Of The Little Finger. Second Account
Bushman Presentiments
Doings And Prayers When Canopus And Sirius Come Out.
The Making Of Clay Pots.
The Bushman Soup Spoon.
The Shaped Rib Bone.
The Bushman Drum And Dancing Rattles.
How the Dancing Rattles are Prepared.
The Use of the !Going!Going, Followed by an Account of a Bushman Dance.
Preparation of the Feather Brushes Used in Springbok Hunting.
The Marking Of Arrows.
The Adhesive Substance Used By The Bushmen In Marking Arrows.
Mode Of Getting Rid Of The Evil Influence Of Bad Dreams.
Concerning Two Apparitions.
The Jackal's Heart Not To Be Eaten.
||Hara And Tto.
How Tto Is Obtained.
Signs Made By Bushmen In Order To Show In Which Direction They Have Gone.
A Bushman, Becoming Faint From The Sun's Heat When Returning Home, Throws Earth Into The Air, That Those At Home May See The Dust And Come To Help Him.
Death.
The Relations Of Wind, Moon, And Cloud To Human Beings After Death.
1. The Doings Of |Xue Are Many.
2. Further Changes Of Form.
3. |Xue As A ||Gui Tree And As A Fly.
4. |Xue As Water and As Other Things. In His Own Form, He Rubs Fire and Dies.
Prayer To The Young Moon.
The Treatment of Thieves.
The Four Pieces of Wood Called |Xu, Used for Divining Purposes.
To Beat The Ground (With A Stone).
Snakes, Lizards, And A Certain Small Antelope, When Seen Near Graves, To Be Respected.
A Certain Snake, Which, By Lying Upon Its Back, Announces A Death In The Family; And Which Must Not, Under These Circumstances, Be Killed.

Shumway. The Nibelungenlied

Today's free book is The Nibelungenlied translated by Daniel B. Shumway. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Sacred Texts, Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!

Preface
Introductory Sketch
Adventure I
Adventure II: Of Siegfried.
Adventure III: How Siegfried Came to Worms.
Adventure IV: How He Fought with the Saxons.
Adventure V: How Siegfried First Saw Kriemhild.
Adventure VI: How Gunther Fared To Isenland for Brunhild.
Adventure VII: How Gunther Won Brunhild.
Adventure VIII: How Siegfried Fared To His Men-At-Arms, the Nibelungs.
Adventure IX: How Siegfried Was Sent To Worms.
Adventure X: How Brunhild Was Received At Worms.
Adventure XI: How Siegfried Journeyed Homeward With His Wife.
Adventure XII: How Gunther Bade Siegfried To The Feasting.
Adventure XIII: How They Journeyed To The Feasting.
Adventure XIV: How The Queens Reviled Each Other.
Adventure XV: How Siegfried Was Betrayed.
Adventure XVI: How Siegfried Was Slain.
Adventure XVII: How Kriemhild Mourned Her Husband And How He Was Buried.
Adventure XVIII: How Siegmund Journeyed Home Again.
Adventure XIX: How The Nibelung Hoard Was Brought to Worms.
Adventure XX: How King Etzel Sent To Burgundy For Kriemhild.
Adventure XXI: How Kriemhild Journeyed To The Huns.
Adventure XXII: How Etzel Made Kriemhild His Bride.
Adventure XXIII: How Kriemhild Thought To Avenge Her Wrongs.
Adventure XXIV: How Werbel And Swemmel Brought The Message.
Adventure XXV: How The Lords All Journeyed To The Huns.
Adventure XXVI: How Gelfrat Was Slain By Dankwart.
Adventure XXVII: How They Came To Bechelaren.
Adventure XXVIII: How The Burgundians Came To Etzel's Castle.
Adventure XXIX: How Hagen Would Not Rise For Kriemhild.
Adventure XXX: How They Kept The Watch.
Adventure XXXI: How They Went To Church.
Adventure XXXII: How Bloedel Was Slain.
Adventure XXXIII: How The Burgundians Fought The Huns.
Adventure XXXIV: How They Cast Out The Dead.
Adventure XXXV: How Iring Was Slain.
Adventure XXXVI: How The Queen Gave Orders To Burn the Hall.
Adventure XXXVII: How Margrave Rudeger Was Slain.
Adventure XXXVIII: How All Sir Dietrich's Warriors Were Slain.
Adventure XXXIX: How Gunther And Hagen And Kriemhild Were Slain.

Vinycomb. Fictitious and Symbolic Creatures

Today's free book is Fictitious and Symbolic Creatures in Art with Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry by John Vinycomb. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image. The links below are to the Sacred Texts edition of the book.

The book is available at Sacred Texts, Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!

Introduction
The Symbolism of Attitude or Position
The Heraldic Spirit—Effective decorative Quality essential in Heraldry

Celestial Beings
Angels
Mistaken Modern Conception of Angels
Mediæval Art Treatment of Angels
Cherubim and Seraphim in Heraldry
Cherubim & Seraphim of Scripture
Emblems of the Four Evangelists

Chimerical Creatures of the Dragon and Serpent kind
The Dragon
The Dragon in Christian Art
St. George and the Dragon
The Dragon in the Royal Heraldry of Britain
The Crocodile as the Prototype of the Dragon
The Heraldic Dragon
The Hydra
The Wyvern
The Chimera
The Lion-Dragon
The Gorgon
The Cockatrice
The Basilisk
The Mythical Serpent
The Scorpion

Other Chimerical Creatures and Heraldic Beasts
The Unicorn
Mediaeval Conception of the Unicorn
The Horn of the Unicorn
The Pegasus
Sagittary, Centaur, Sagittarius, Centaurus, Hippocentaur
The Griffin
The Male Griffin
Other Varieties of the Griffin
The Opinicus, or Epimacus
The Sphynx
The Phœnix Bird of the Sun
The Harpy
The Heraldic Pelican
The Martlet
The Alerion
The Liver (Cormorant)
The Heraldic Tigre or Tyger
The Royal Tiger
Leopard, or Panther, Felis Pardus, Lybbarde
The Panther Incensed
The Lynx
Cat-a-Mountain—Tiger Cat or Wild Cat
The Salamander
Heraldic Antelope
Heraldic Ibex
Bagwyn
The Camelopard, Camel-leopard
Musimon, Tityrus
The Enfield
Mantiger, Montegre or Manticora Satyral
Lamia or Emipusa
Baphomet
Apres
Stelliones

Fictitious Creatures of the Sea
Introductory Notes
Poseidon or Neptune
Merman or Triton
The Mermaid or Siren
The Sirens of Classical Mythology
The Dolphin of Legend and of Heraldry
The Dauphin of France
The Heraldic Dolphin
The Sea-Horse
Sea-lion
Sea-dog

Bray. A Peep at the Pixies

Today's free book is A Peep at the Pixies, or Legends of the West by Anna Eliza Bray. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Sacred Texts, Internet Archive, Hathi Trust, and Google Books.

Introduction
Pixy Gathon, or, the Tailor's Needle
The Three Trials, or, the Story of Crabby Cross
The Seven Crosses of Tiverton, or, The Pixy Picket
Background Notes on the Seven Crosses of Tiverton
Fontina, or, The Pixies' Bath
The Lady of the Silver Bell
The Belfry Rock, or, The Pixies' Revenge
Appendix: Notes

Brown. The Wisdom of the Egyptians

Today's free book is The Wisdom of the Egyptians, edited by Brian Brown. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Sacred Texts and Hathi Trust. The links below are to the Sacred Texts edition of the book.

Introduction
Chapter I: The Story of Egypt
Chapter II: Religion of Ancient Egypt
Chapter III: The Ptah-Hotep And The Ke'gemni: The Oldest Books In The World
Chapter IV: The Book of the Dead
Chapter V: Hermes Trismegistus
Chapter VI: Egyptian Magic
Chapter VII: The Vision of Hermes
Chapter VIII: The Story of the Book of Thoth

Colum. Orpheus: Myths of the World

Today's free book is Orpheus: Myths of the World by Padraic Colum with illustrations by Boris Artzybasheff. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Sacred Texts and Hathi Trust.

Table of Contents

Egyptian
Osiris and Isis
Rê, His Going-Down and Uprising

Babylonian
In the Beginning
Gilgamish
The Story of Uta-Napishtim and of the Deluge that Destroyed All that was on the Earth
Ishtar's Descent into the World Below

Persian
Jamshīd the Resplendent

Jewish Post-Christian Period
The Angels and the Creation and Fall of Man
The Confounding of the Angel of Death

Greek
In the Beginning
Prometheus
Pandora
Demeter
Orpheus
Dionysos
Apollo
Herakles, Part I
Herakles, Part II

Roman
The Children of Mars, Part I
The Children of Mars, Part II
Numa the Law-Giver
The Sibyl
Pomona and Vertumnus
Cupid and Psyche. Part I
Cupid and Psyche, Part II

Irish
Midir and Etain
The Death of Conaire Mór, the King of Ireland, Part I
The Death of Conaire Mór, the King of Ireland, Part II
The Voyage of Bran to the Land of the Immortals

Welsh
Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed and His Visit to Annwfn, the Realm of Faërie
Math, the Son of Mathonwy: Part I. The Treachery of Gwydion and Gilvaethwy
Math, the Son of Mathonwy: Part II. The Transformations of Gwydion and Gilvaethwy
Math, the Son of Mathonwy: Part III. Gwydion and Arianrhod
Math, the Son of Mathonwy: Part IV. The Maiden Made of Flowers

Finnish
Lemminkainen, His Destruction and His Restoration to Life

Icelandic
In the Beginning
The Building of the Wall
Mimir
Baldr
Loki's Punishment
The Children of Loki
Ragna Rök, the Fate of the Gods

Indian
The Heavenly Nymph and her Mortal Husband
The Churning of the Ocean
The Birth of the Ganges
Sāvitrī and the Lord of the Dead
Damayantī's Choice

Buddhist
Gotama's Attainment

Chinese
In the Beginning
The Weaver Maiden and the Herdsman

Japanese
The Sun Goddess and the Storm God and the Strife there was Between Them
The First People

Polynesian
In the Beginning
How Ma-Ui Strove to Win Immortality For All Creatures
Pe-le, Hawaii's Goddess Of Volcanic Fire, Part I
Pe-le, Hawaii's Goddess Of Volcanic Fire, Part II
Pe-le, Hawaii's Goddess Of Volcanic Fire, Part III

Peruvian
Viracocha
The Llama-Herder and the Virgin of the Sun

Central American and Mexican
In the Beginning
The Twin Heroes and the Lords of Xibalba
Quetzalcoatl
Quetzalcoatl's Enemy
The Gods of the Azteca
The Azteca

Zuñi

Paíyatuma and the Maidens of the Corn

Apuleius. Golden Ass (Adlington, trans.)

Today's free book is The Golden Asse by Lucius Apuleius translated by William Adlington. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Sacred Texts, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!

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Table of Contents

THE FIRST BOOKE

THE FIRST CHAPTER: How Apuleius riding in Thessaly, fortuned to fall into company with two strangers, that reasoned together of the mighty power of Witches.

THE SECOND CHAPTER: How Apuleius told to the strangers, what he saw a jugler do in Athens.

THE THIRD CHAPTER: How Socrates in his returne from Macedony to Larissa was spoyled and robbed, and how he fell acquainted with one Meroe a Witch.

THE FOURTH CHAPTER: How Meroe the Witch turned divers persons into miserable beasts.

THE FIFTH CHAPTER: How Socrates and Aristomenus slept together in one Chamber, and how they were handled by Witches.

THE SIXTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius came unto a city named Hipate, and was lodged in one Milos house, and brought him letters from one Demeas of Corinth.

THE SEVENTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius going to buy fish, met with his companion Pythias.

THE SECOND BOOKE

THE EIGHTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius fortuned to meet with his Cousin Byrrhena.

THE NINTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius fell in love with Fotis.

THE TENTH CHAPTER: How Byrrhena sent victuals unto Apuleius, and how hee talked with Milo of Diophanes, and how he lay with Fotis.

THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius supped with Byrrhena, and what a strange tale Bellephoron told at the table.

THE THIRD BOOKE

THE TWELFTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius was taken and put in prison for murther.

THE THIRTEENTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius was accused by an old man, and how he answered for himselfe.

THE FOURTEENTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius was accused by two women, and how the slaine bodies were found blowne bladders.

THE FIFTEENTH CHAPTER: How Fotis told to Apuleius, what witchcraft her mistresse did use.

THE SIXTEENTH CHAPTER: How Fotis brought Apuleius to see her Mistresse enchant.

THE SEVENTEENTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius thinking to be turned into a Bird, was turned into an Asse, and how he was led away by Theves.

THE FOURTH BOOKE

THE EIGHTEENTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius thinking to eat Roses, was cruelly beaten by a Gardener, and chased by dogs.

THE NINETEENTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius was prevented of his purpose, and how the Theeves came to their den.

THE TWENTIETH CHAPTER: How Thrasileon was disguised in a Beares skin, and how he was handled.

THE TWENTY-FIRST CHAPTER: How the Theeves stole away a Gentlewoman, and brought her to their den.

THE MARRIAGE OF CUPID AND PSYCHES

THE TWENTY-SECOND CHAPTER: The most pleasant and delectable tale of the marriage of Cupid and Psyches.

THE SIXTH BOOKE

THE TWENTY-THIRD CHAPTER: How Apuleius carried away the Gentlewoman, and how they were taken againe by the theeves, and what a kind of death was invented for them.

THE SEVENTH BOOKE

THE TWENTY-FOURTH CHAPTER: How hee that was left behinde at Hippata did bring newes concerning the robbery of Miloes house, came home and declared to his Company, that all the fault was laid to one Apuleius his charge.

THE TWENTY-FIFTH CHAPTER: How the death of the Asse, and the Gentlewoman was stayed.

THE TWENTY-SIXTH CHAPTER: How all the Theeves were brought asleepe by their new companion.

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH CHAPTER: How the Gentlewoman was carried home by her husband while the theeves were asleepe, and how much Apuleius was made of.

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius was made a common Asse to fetch home wood, and how he was handled by a boy.

THE TWENTY-NINTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius was accused of Lechery by the boy.

THE THIRTIETH CHAPTER: How the boy that lead Apuleius to the field, was slaine in the wood.

THE THIRTY-FIRST CHAPTER: How Apuleius was cruelly beaten by the Mother of the boy that was slaine.

THE EIGHTH BOOKE

THE THIRTY-SECOND CHAPTER: How a young man came and declared the miserable death of Lepolemus and his wife Charites.

THE THIRTY-THIRD CHAPTER: How Apuleius was lead away by the Horsekeeper: and what danger he was in.

THE THIRTY-FOURTH CHAPTER: How the shepheards determined to abide in a certaine wood to cure their wounds.

THE THIRTY-FIFTH CHAPTER: How a woman killed her selfe and her child, because her husband haunted harlots.

THE THIRTY-SIXTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius was cheapned by divers persons, and how they looked in his mouth to know his age.

THE NINTH BOOKE

THE THIRTY-SEVENTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius saved himselfe from the Cooke, breaking his halter, and of other things that happened.

THE THIRTY-EIGHTH CHAPTER: Of the deceipt of a Woman which made her husband Cuckold.

THE THIRTY-NINTH CHAPTER: How the Priests of the goddesse Siria were taken and put in prison, and how Apuleius was sold to a Baker.

THE FORTIETH CHAPTER: How Apuleius was handled by the Bakers wife, which was a harlot.

THE FORTY-FIRST CHAPTER: How Barbarus being jealous over his wife, commanded that shee should be kept close in his house, and what happened.

THE FORTY-SECOND CHAPTER: How Apuleius after the Baker was hanged, was sold to a Gardener, and what dreadfull things happened.

THE FORTY-THIRD CHAPTER: How Apuleius was found by his shadow.

THE TENTH BOOKE

THE FORTY-FOURTH CHAPTER: How the souldier drave Apuleius away, and how he came to a Captaines house, and what happened there.

THE FORTY-FIFTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius was sold to two brethren, whereof one was a Baker, and the other a Cooke, and how finely and daintily he fared.

THE FORTY-SIXTH CHAPTER: How a certaine Matron fell in love with Apuleius, how hee had his pleasure with her, and what other things happened.

THE ELEVENTH BOOKE

THE FORTY-SEVENTH CHAPTER: How Apuleius by Roses and prayer returned to his humane shape.

THE FORTY-EIGHTH CHAPTER: How the parents and friends of Apuleius heard news that he was alive and in health.

Beckwith. Hawaiian Mythology

Today's free book is Hawaiian Mythology by Martha Beckwith. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

This book is available at Sacred Texts, and the links below are to that online edition of the book.

Part One: The Gods
I. Coming of the Gods
II. Ku Gods
III. The God Lono
IV. The Kane Worship
V. Kane and Kanaloa
VI. Mythical Lands of the Gods
VII. Lesser Gods
VIII. Sorcery Gods
IX. Guardian Gods
X. The Soul After Death

Part Two: Children of the Gods
XI. The Pele Myth
XII. The Pele Sisters
XIII. Pele Legends
XIV. Kamapua‘a
XV. Hina Myths
VI. Maui the Trickster
XVII. Aikanaka-Kaha‘i Cycle
XVIII. Wahieloa-Laka Cycle
XIX. Haumea

Part Three. The Chiefs
XX. Papa and Wakea
XXI. Genealogies
XXII. Era of Overturning
XXIII. Mu and Menehune People
XXIV. Runners, Man-Eaters, Dog-Men
XXV. The Moikeha-La‘a Migration
XXVI. Hawaiiloa and Paao Migrations
XXVII. Ruling Chiefs
XXVIII. Usurping Chiefs

Part Four. Heroes and Lovers in Fiction
XXIX. Kupua Stories
XXX. Trickster Stories
XXXI. Voyage to the Land of the Gods
XXXII. Riddling Contests
XXXIII. The Kana Legend
XXXIV. The Stretching-Tree Kupua
XXXV. Romance of the Swimmer
XXXVI. Romance of the Island of Virgins
XXXVII. Romances of Match-Making
XXXVIII. Romances of the Dance
XXXIX. Wooing Romances

Boyajian. Armenian Legends

Today's free book is Armenian Legends and Poems by Zabelle C. Boyajian (1916). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available to read online at Sacred Texts (I have not checked other online sources).

(Founding of Van)

Table of Contents

Armenia's Love To Shakespeare
Reproaches
A Trial of Orthodoxy
The Exile's Song
The Apple Tree
My Heart is Turned Into a Wailing Child
O Night, Be Long
Black Eyes
Yesternight I Walked Abroad
Vahagn, King of Armenia
Huntsman, That on the Hills Above
Liberty
I Beheld My Love This Morning
The Fox, the Wolf, and the Bear
Incense
The Little Lake
Spring
Cradle Song
Ara and Semiramis
Lament Over the Heroes Fallen in the Battle of Avarair
The Song of the Stork
Ye Mountain Bluebells
The Sun Went Down
Birthday Song
Morning
The Founding of Van
I Have a Word I Fain Would Say
The Song of the Partridge
The Lily of Shavarshan
Cradle Song
The Wind is Howling Through the Winter Night
The Armenian Poet's Prayer
The Chragan Palace
The Dream
The Sorrows of Armenia
Artashes and Satenik
My Death
The Eagle's Love
Concerning the Rose and the Nightingale
The Arrival of the Crusaders
Like an Ocean is This World
The Rock
The Crane
The Hawk and the Dove
Artavasd
Charm Verses
The Tears of Araxes
The Eve of Ascension Day
''Thy Voice is Sweet''
Christ and Abgarus
Araxes Came Devouringly
The Parrot's Song
Earth and Sky
O’er the Mountains High He Went
Complaints
A Day After
Without Thee What Are Song and Dance to Me?
The Lake of Van
Spring
The Fox
The Tale of Rosiphelee
The Song of the Vulture
Dance Song
Ballad
No Bird Can Reach the Mountain's Crest
The Nightingale of Avarair
Thou Art So Sweet
The Wandering Armenian to the Swallow
The Christ-Child
The Castle of Anoush
Happiness
Concerning Death
Love One Another
Pasqua Armena
''Io Vidi''
Armenia: Its Epics, Folk-Songs, and Mediaeval Poetry
Introduction
Armenian Paganism
Armenian Epics
Moses of Khorene
Adoption of Christianity
Golden Age of Armenian Literature
Middle Ages
Bagratuni Dynasty
The Crusades
Silver Age of Armenian Literature
End of Armenian Kingdom
Renaissance
Eighteenth Century and onward
Characteristics of Armenian Poetry
Russian Era

Budge. Book of the Dead

Today's free book is The Book of the Dead: The Papyrus of Ani by E. A. Wallis Budge (1895). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available to read online at Sacred Texts (I have not checked other online sources).

Table of Contents

The Versions Of The Book Of The Dead.
The Legend Of Osiris.
The Doctrine Of Eternal Life.
The Egyptians' Ideas Of God.
The Legend Of Ra And Isis.
The Abode Of The Blessed.
The Gods Of The Book Of The Dead.
The Principal Geographical And Mythological Places In The Book Of The Dead.
Funeral Ceremonies.
The Papyrus Of Ani.
Translation

Bottrell. Stories of West Cornwall

Today's free book is Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall by William Bottrell (1870-1880). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust and Sacred Texts; see links below for the individual volumes (I have not checked for other online sources).

Table of Contents

Volume 1
Legends of the West-Country Giants
The Giants of Towednack
The Giants of Carn Galva
The Giants of Trecrobben and the Mount
The Giant Wrath of Portreath
The Giant Bolster, of Saint Ann's
The Piskey-Led Commercial Traveller's Ride over the Hills
Uter Bosence and the Piskey
The Old Wandering Droll-Teller of the Lizard, and his Story of the Mermaid and the Man of Cury
The White Witch, or Charmer of Zennor
The Sailors History
Annual Visit of the West-Country Folks to the Pellar of Helston, to have their Protection Renewed
The Pellar and Tom Treva's Cows
The Ghost of Stythians
The Ghost-Layer
Betty Toddy and her Gown; A St. Just Droll
Sketches In Penzance
The Old Market-House, and its Surroundings
The Self-Taught Architect of the Land's-End
The School-Days and Home of Pellew
Parson Spry and his Wooden Horse
Cornish Pulpit Retorts, Forty Years Ago
The Ghosts of Chapel-Street and St. Mary's Chapel-Yard
Newlyn
A Legend of Tolcarn
Newlyn; Our Jan's Brath; and the Particular Lodger
Mousehole
Nancy Trenoweth, the Fair Daughter of the Miller of Alsia
Sequel
Sarah Polgrain
The Dwelling of Chenance
Lamorna Cove: The Dwelling of Chenance: Joan's Trip to Penzance on Christmas Eve
The Dwelling of Chenance, Part II
Bosava: The Demon Mason; and Lenine the Cobbler
Trewoof and the Old Mansion of the Levelis
The Haunted Chamber and the Maltsman
The Gardens of Trewoof
The Haunted Mill-Pool of Trove; and the Crusaders

Volume 2
Duffy and the Devil (An Old Christmas Play)
Celtic Monuments Of Boleigh And Rosemodrass
Boleigh or Boleit
Menheres
Holed Stones, &c
The Last Cardew, of Boskenna, and the Story of Nelly Wearne
Story of Nelly Wearne
The Witch of Burian Church-Town
The Story of Madam Noy
A Modern Sancreed Witch
A Queen's Visit to Baranhual
The Small People's Cow
Tom of Chyannor, the Tin-Streamer
The Fairy Dwelling on Selena Moor
The I’an's House of Treen
The I’ans Quit Treen
Unexpected Visitors
The Proud Pendars
The I’an's Ghosts
Castle Treen and its Legends
The Key of the Castle
Giants of Castle Treen
Dan Dynas
The Small People (Fairies)
St. Levan Witches
Traditions of Pacurno
Legends of St. Levan
St. Levan and His Sister
Johanna's Garden
The St. Levan Stone
Parchapel Well
A Legend of Pargwarra
An’ Pee Tregeer's Trip to Market on Hallan Eve
Pendeen of Old
An Overseer and a Parish Clerk of St. Just about sixty years ago
The Fairy Master, or Bob o’ the Carn
A Tinner's Fireside Stories
The Knockers of Ballowal
Tom and the Knackers
Old Songs and Nicknames
An Excursion to Chapel Uny Well
The Changeling of Brea Vean
Betty Stogs's Baby
How a Morvah Man Bought Clothes for his Wife
How A Zennor Man Choked Himself, but had his Will in his Pocket
The Smugglers of Penrose
Tregagle
West Country Superstitions
Devil's Money
The Slighted Damsel of Gwinear
The Wreck of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovel
A Night's Ride to Scilly
Ancient Bridal Customs
Madron Well
The Crick-Stone, or Men-an-tol
Charms
The Fairy Tribes
Mermaids and the Hooper
The Wrecker and the Death Ship
The Sun Never Shines on Those Who Have Sworn Away A Life
A Legend of Pengersec
Notes, Illustrative Anecdotes
Miracle Plays, Christmas Plays, &c.
The Levelis, of Trewoof
Duffy and the Devil
Pendre and Baranhual
The Danes Landing on the Cornish Coast for Plunder
St. Levan's Path
A Ghostly Ship's-Bell
Brea and Pendeen, in St. Just
The Burning of Vellan-Dreath
The Men-an-tol, Constantine Tolmen
Divination by Rushes and Ivy-Leaves
Recent Ill-Wishing
Midsummer Bonfire
The Mermaid of Zennor

Volume 3

Legends of Ladock 
The Prize Wrestler and Demon
The Feathered Fiend 
The Ghosts of Kenegie 
Laying Wild Harris's Ghost
Cornish Castles 
The Haunted Lawyer 
Hallantide
Mill Stories
A Poor Tinner's Feast 
An old Droll about a Poor Tinner's Feast 
A Madron Feast of fifty years ago 
Zennor Hearthside Stories 
The Seaman's Ghost
The Old Woman's Ghost
The Mutton Feast of St. Ives
The Witch of Kerrow
Fairies on the Eastern Green
The last Threatened Invasion 
Mai Treloare and Sandry Kemp 
The Earl of Stairs' Son
From Penzance to Carn Galva 
Madron 
Madron Well
Madron Chapel 
Lanyon Quoit
Lanyon Town Place and House 
The Crick-stone 
Men Scryfa 
The Pour Parishes
The Giant of Cam Galva 
The Penzance of our Grandfathers
The Old Market-House 
The Self taught Architect
The Bustle of a Market Day
Madam Trezillian's Head-Dress 
The Ancient Fish-Women pf Penzance 
The School -days and Home of Pellew 
The Western Approach to Penzance
Parson Spry and his Wooden Horse and Dog
The Rev. James Bevan
Old Christmas Carols
Ancient mode of conducting Funerals
Former means of information among the people 
The Astrologers of the West
Conjurors and their Spoils 
Old Justice Jones
Tho Vingoos of Treville 
Pellew and his Cornish crow 
Ancient Games 
Old methods of Conveyance— Riding Pillion 
Popular Songs
Green Lanes and Footpaths
Pack-Saddles
Going to Town on Market-day 
Early part of this Century 
An old-fashioned greeting 
The Ghosts of Chapel-street and St. Mary's Chapel-yard 
Local Nicknames 
A Cornish Droll : Betty Toddy and her Gown
The Ghost-layer
Cornish Dialogue between two old men
A Dialogue between Gracey Penrose and Mally Trevisky
Christmas Carols
Ancient Midsummer Customs
The"Hilla"
The Ancient Cornish Language in the Colonies
Cornish observances with regard to the Sun and Moon
Cornish Conjurors' Charms against Witchcraft
All on one side, like Smoothy's wedding
Piskies 
Old Cornish Words 

Lover. Legends and Stories of Ireland

Today's free book is Legends and Stories of Ireland by Samuel Lover (1834). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Hathi Trust and Sacred Texts (I have not checked for other online sources).

Table of Contents

King O'Toole and St Kevin
Lough Corrib
A Legend of Lough Mask
The White Trout
The Battle of the Berrins; or, the Double Funeral
Father Roach
The Priest's Story
The King and the Bishop
Jimmy the Fool
The Catastrophe
The Devil's Mill
The Gridiron; or Paddy Mullowney's Travels in France
Paddy the Piper
The Priest's Ghost
New Potatoes
Paddy the Sport
The White Horse of the Peppers
The Legend of the Little Weaver of Duleek Gate
Conclusion of the White Horse of the Peppers
The Curse of Kishogue
The Fairy Finder

Dasent. Popular Tales From the Norse.

Today's free book is Popular Tales From the Norse (1904) by George Webbe Dasent. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

This book is available at Baldwin Project, Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Sacred Texts, Hathi Trust, Google Books, and LibriVox. There is also a free Kindle ebook.

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Table of Contents

True and Untrue
Why the Sea Is Salt
The Old Dame and Her Hen
East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon
Boots Who Ate a Match with the Troll
Hacon Grizzlebeard
Boots Who Made the Princess Say, ''That's A Story.''
The Twelve Ducks
The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body
The Fox as Herdsman
The Mastermaid
The Cat on the Dovrefell
Princess on the Glass Hill
How One Went Out to Woo
The Cock and Hen
The Master-Smith
The Two Step-Sisters
Buttercup
Taming the Shrew
Shortshanks
Gudbrand on the Hill-side
The Blue Belt
Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed
Not a Pin to Choose Between Them
One's Own Children Are Always Prettiest
The Three Princesses of Whiteland
The Lassie and Her Godmother
The Three Aunts
The Cock, the Cuckoo, and the Blackcock
Rich Peter the Pedlar
Gertrude's Bird
Boots and the Troll
Goosey Grizzel
The Lad Who Went to the North Wind
The Master Theif
The Best Wish
The Three Billy-Goats Gruff
Well Done and Ill Paid
The Husband Who Was to Mind the House
Dapplegrim
Farmer Weathersky
Lord Peter
The Seven Foals
The Widow's Son
Bushy Bride
Boots and His Brothers
Big Peter and Little Peter
Tatterhood
The Cock and Hen That Went to the Dovrefell
Katie Woodencloak
Thumbikin
Doll i' the Grass
The Lad and the Deil
The Cock and Hen a-Nutting
The Big Bird Dan
Soria Moria Castle
Bruin and Reynard
Tom Totherhouse
Little Annie the Goose-Girl

Appendix: Ananzi Stories from the West Indies
* Dasent knew of these stories because of his family ties to St. Vincent in the Caribbean; more in this Memoir.

Why the Jack-Spaniard's Waist Is Small
Ananzi and the Lion
Ananzi and Quanqua
The Ear of Corn and the Twelve Men
The King and the Ant's Tree
The Little Child and the Pumpkin Tree
The Brother and His Sisters
The Girl and the Fish
The Lion, The Goat, and The Baboon
Ananzi and Baboon
The Man and the Doukana Tree
Nancy Fairy
The Dancing Gang

Kingsley. The Heroes: Or, Greek Fairy Tales

Today's free book is The Heroes: Or, Greek Fairy Tales by Charles Kingsley. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

This was a popular book in many editions; this edition has illustrations by T. H. Robinson.

The book is available at the Baldwin Project, Project Gutenberg, Internet Archive, Sacred Texts, Hathi Trust, and Google Books. There is also a free audiobook at LibriVox. You can get a free Kindle ebook from Amazon too!

STORY I.—Perseus
Part I. How Perseus and His Mother Came to Seriphos
Part II. How Perseus Vowed a Rash Vow
Part III. How Perseus Slew the Gorgon
Part IV. How Perseus Came to the Aethiops
Part V. How Perseus Came Home Again

STORY II.—The Argonauts
Part I. How the Centaur Trained the Heroes on Pelion
Part II. How Jason Lost His Sandal in Anauros
Part III. How They Built the Ship Argo in Iolcos
Part IV. How the Argonauts Sailed to Colchis
Part V. How the Argonauts Were Driven into the Unknown Sea
Part VI. What Was the End of the Heroes

STORY III.—Theseus
Part I. How Theseus Lifted the Stone
Part II. How Theseus Slew the Devourers of Men
Part III. How Theseus Slew the Minotaur
Part IV. How Theseus Fell By His Pride

Ellis. Yoruba-Speaking Peoples

Today's free book is Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa by A. B. Ellis (1894). One chapter of the book contains folktales, and I listed the tales at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Sacred Texts and at Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).

(Yorubaland)

Table of Contents

The Little Girl and the Goblin
A Poor Young Woman and the Aranran Bird
Why the Ajao Bat Remained Unburied
The King and the Kini-Kini Bird
Sigo and the Tortoise
Tortoise and the King's Mute Daughter
The Tortoise and the Elephant
The Woman Named Adun and Tortoise
Tortoise and the Slender Maiden
Tortoise and Lizard

Beckwith. Hawaiian Creation Chant

Today's free book is The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant translated with commentary by Martha Warren Beckwith. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at the Sacred Texts Archive. The links below are to that online edition.

IntroductionThe Prose Note
Rank in Hawaii
The First-born Son and the Taboo
Lono of the Makahiki
Captain Cook as Lono
Two Dynasties
The Master of Song
Prologue to the Night World
The Refrain of Generation
Birth of Sea and Land Life
The World of Infancy
Winged Life
The Crawlers
The Night-Digger
The Nibblers
The Dog Child
The Dawn of Day
The Woman Who Sat Sideways
The Flood
The Woman Who Bore Children through the Brain
Papa and Wakea
Maui the Usurper
The Dedication
The Genealogies
Hawaiian Accounts of Creation
Other Polynesian Accounts of Creation
Ceremonial Birth Chants in Polynesia
Conclusion
The Kalakaua Text
Textual Notes
References

Lang. King Arthur

Today's free book is King Arthur: Tales of the Round Table by Andrew Lang, illustrated by H. J. Ford. You can find out more about this book in the King Arthur unit of the Myth-Folklore UnTextbook.

For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at the Internet Archive, Sacred Texts, Hathi Books, and Google Books. There's also a free audiobook from LibriVox.

King Arthur

The Drawing of the Sword

The Questing Beast

The Sword Excalibur

The Story of Sir Balin

How the Round Table Began

The Passing of Merlin

How Morgan le Fay Tried to Kill King Arthur

What Beaumains Asked of the King

The Quest of the Holy Graal

I: How The King Went on Pilgrimage, and his Squire was Slain in a Dream

II: The Coming of the Holy Graal

The Adventure of Sir Galahad

IV: How Sir Lancelot Saw a Vision, and Repented of His Sins

V: The Adventure Of Sir Percivale

VI: An Adventure of Sir Lancelot

VII: An Adventure of Sir Gawaine

VIII: The Adventure of Sir Bors

IX: Adventure of Sir Galahad

X: Sir Lancelot Meets Sir Galahad, and They Part For Ever

XI: How Sir Galahad Found The Graal And Died Of That Finding

The Evil Days of Arthur

The Fight for the Queen

The Fair Maid of Astolat

Lancelot and Guenevere

The End of it All