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Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 317 times as myths)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,297,503 ratings — published 2018
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 267 times as myths)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,896,641 ratings — published 2011
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by (shelved 212 times as myths)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,361,505 ratings — published 2005
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 207 times as myths)
avg rating 4.10 — 339,626 ratings — published 2017
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
by (shelved 157 times as myths)
avg rating 4.26 — 155,267 ratings — published 2017
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
by (shelved 153 times as myths)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,329,962 ratings — published 2006
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
by (shelved 145 times as myths)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,188,443 ratings — published 2007
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
by (shelved 137 times as myths)
avg rating 4.55 — 1,123,611 ratings — published 2009
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
by (shelved 134 times as myths)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,195,171 ratings — published 2008
Ariadne (Hardcover)
by (shelved 130 times as myths)
avg rating 3.79 — 142,162 ratings — published 2021
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
by (shelved 127 times as myths)
avg rating 4.29 — 925,378 ratings — published 2010
A Thousand Ships (Hardcover)
by (shelved 111 times as myths)
avg rating 4.05 — 86,865 ratings — published 2019
The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, #2)
by (shelved 110 times as myths)
avg rating 4.40 — 655,720 ratings — published 2011
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as myths)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,165,442 ratings — published -700
The Mark of Athena (The Heroes of Olympus, #3)
by (shelved 102 times as myths)
avg rating 4.47 — 663,092 ratings — published 2012
Galatea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 100 times as myths)
avg rating 3.93 — 117,639 ratings — published 2013
The Silence of the Girls (Women of Troy, #1)
by (shelved 94 times as myths)
avg rating 3.90 — 108,630 ratings — published 2018
The Penelopiad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 94 times as myths)
avg rating 3.71 — 84,156 ratings — published 2005
The House of Hades (The Heroes of Olympus, #4)
by (shelved 92 times as myths)
avg rating 4.57 — 472,614 ratings — published 2013
The Iliad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 81 times as myths)
avg rating 3.93 — 498,642 ratings — published -800
Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 81 times as myths)
avg rating 4.03 — 59,228 ratings — published 1942
Elektra (Hardcover)
by (shelved 79 times as myths)
avg rating 3.66 — 54,001 ratings — published 2022
The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus, #5)
by (shelved 78 times as myths)
avg rating 4.43 — 381,695 ratings — published 2014
Stone Blind (Hardcover)
by (shelved 76 times as myths)
avg rating 3.79 — 72,981 ratings — published 2022
Clytemnestra (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as myths)
avg rating 4.22 — 52,635 ratings — published 2023
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths (Hardcover)
by (shelved 75 times as myths)
avg rating 4.22 — 25,594 ratings — published 2020
American Gods (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 75 times as myths)
avg rating 4.10 — 982,265 ratings — published 2001
The Red Pyramid (The Kane Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as myths)
avg rating 4.10 — 421,127 ratings — published 2010
Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #2)
by (shelved 71 times as myths)
avg rating 4.31 — 57,208 ratings — published 2018
The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo, #1)
by (shelved 67 times as myths)
avg rating 4.14 — 225,550 ratings — published 2016
Atalanta (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as myths)
avg rating 3.74 — 33,108 ratings — published 2023
The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #1)
by (shelved 62 times as myths)
avg rating 4.23 — 236,306 ratings — published 2015
The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles, #2)
by (shelved 59 times as myths)
avg rating 4.19 — 225,326 ratings — published 2011
The Witch's Heart (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as myths)
avg rating 4.04 — 59,765 ratings — published 2021
Troy (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #3)
by (shelved 51 times as myths)
avg rating 4.35 — 40,304 ratings — published 2020
The Power of Myth (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as myths)
avg rating 4.26 — 53,280 ratings — published 1988
The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, #3)
by (shelved 50 times as myths)
avg rating 4.27 — 178,255 ratings — published 2012
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as myths)
avg rating 3.75 — 115,146 ratings — published -1200
Metamorphoses (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as myths)
avg rating 4.10 — 76,876 ratings — published 8
Gods of Jade and Shadow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 46 times as myths)
avg rating 3.88 — 75,473 ratings — published 2019
The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo, #2)
by (shelved 46 times as myths)
avg rating 4.11 — 136,537 ratings — published 2017
The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #2)
by (shelved 45 times as myths)
avg rating 4.30 — 127,250 ratings — published 2016
Percy Jackson's Greek Gods (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 44 times as myths)
avg rating 4.43 — 96,401 ratings — published 2014
The Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #3)
by (shelved 42 times as myths)
avg rating 4.36 — 103,834 ratings — published 2017
The Children of Jocasta (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as myths)
avg rating 3.90 — 12,094 ratings — published 2017
The Women of Troy (Women of Troy, #2)
by (shelved 40 times as myths)
avg rating 3.83 — 27,640 ratings — published 2021
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as myths)
avg rating 4.13 — 44,393 ratings — published 1949
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as myths)
avg rating 4.41 — 19,893 ratings — published 1962
Lore Olympus: Volume One (Lore Olympus, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as myths)
avg rating 4.21 — 168,947 ratings — published 2021
“A Swedish minister having assembled the chiefs of the Susquehanna Indians, made a sermon to them, acquainting them with the principal historical facts on which our religion is founded — such as the fall of our first parents by eating an apple, the coming of Christ to repair the mischief, his miracles and suffering, etc. When he had finished an Indian orator stood up to thank him.
‘What you have told us,’ says he, ‘is all very good. It is indeed bad to eat apples. It is better to make them all into cider. We are much obliged by your kindness in coming so far to tell us those things which you have heard from your mothers. In return, I will tell you some of those we have heard from ours.
‘In the beginning, our fathers had only the flesh of animals to subsist on, and if their hunting was unsuccessful they were starving. Two of our young hunters, having killed a deer, made a fire in the woods to boil some parts of it. When they were about to satisfy their hunger, they beheld a beautiful young woman descend from the clouds and seat herself on that hill which you see yonder among the Blue Mountains.
‘They said to each other, “It is a spirit that perhaps has smelt our broiling venison and wishes to eat of it; let us offer some to her.” They presented her with the tongue; she was pleased with the taste of it and said: “Your kindness shall be rewarded; come to this place after thirteen moons, and you will find something that will be of great benefit in nourishing you and your children to the latest generations.” They did so, and to their surprise found plants they had never seen before, but which from that ancient time have been constantly cultivated among us to our great advantage. Where her right hand had touched the ground they found maize; where her left had touched it they found kidney-beans; and where her backside had sat on it they found tobacco.’
The good missionary, disgusted with this idle tale, said: ‘What I delivered to you were sacred truths; but what you tell me is mere fable, fiction, and falsehood.’
The Indian, offended, replied: ‘My brother, it seems your friends have not done you justice in your education; they have not well instructed you in the rules of common civility. You saw that we, who understand and practise those rules, believed all your stories; why do you refuse to believe ours?”
― Remarks Concerning the Savages
‘What you have told us,’ says he, ‘is all very good. It is indeed bad to eat apples. It is better to make them all into cider. We are much obliged by your kindness in coming so far to tell us those things which you have heard from your mothers. In return, I will tell you some of those we have heard from ours.
‘In the beginning, our fathers had only the flesh of animals to subsist on, and if their hunting was unsuccessful they were starving. Two of our young hunters, having killed a deer, made a fire in the woods to boil some parts of it. When they were about to satisfy their hunger, they beheld a beautiful young woman descend from the clouds and seat herself on that hill which you see yonder among the Blue Mountains.
‘They said to each other, “It is a spirit that perhaps has smelt our broiling venison and wishes to eat of it; let us offer some to her.” They presented her with the tongue; she was pleased with the taste of it and said: “Your kindness shall be rewarded; come to this place after thirteen moons, and you will find something that will be of great benefit in nourishing you and your children to the latest generations.” They did so, and to their surprise found plants they had never seen before, but which from that ancient time have been constantly cultivated among us to our great advantage. Where her right hand had touched the ground they found maize; where her left had touched it they found kidney-beans; and where her backside had sat on it they found tobacco.’
The good missionary, disgusted with this idle tale, said: ‘What I delivered to you were sacred truths; but what you tell me is mere fable, fiction, and falsehood.’
The Indian, offended, replied: ‘My brother, it seems your friends have not done you justice in your education; they have not well instructed you in the rules of common civility. You saw that we, who understand and practise those rules, believed all your stories; why do you refuse to believe ours?”
― Remarks Concerning the Savages
“You call a star a star, and say it is just a ball of matter moving on a mathematical course. But that is merely how you see it. By so naming things and describing them you are only inventing your own terms about them. And just as speech is invention about objects and ideas, so myth is invention about truth.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
― J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
