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Mythology & Folklore, adaptations & retellings

6/16/2020

 
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The Wrath and the Dawn, Renee Ahdieh, YA AHD WRA 1 *ª
The Annotated African American Folktales ed. Gates & Tatar, 398.2089 ANN
The Arabian Nights, tr. Husain Haddawy, 398.22 ARA
The Norwegian Folktales of Asbjornsen and Moe, tr. Tiina Nunnally 398.2 ASB
Beowulf, trans. Seamus Heaney 829 BEO ª
Through the Woods, Emily Carroll GN CAR
The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer, retold Peter Ackroyd, 821 CHA
A Wild Swan, Michael Cunningham, F CUN *
​Malinche, Laura Esquivel, F ESQ
ODY-C, Matt Fraction GN FRA
American Gods, Neil Gaiman, F GAI *ª
Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman, F GAI *ª
Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, Philip Pullman, 398.20943 GRI
The Mere Wife, Maria Dahvana Headley F HEA
Dream Angus, Alexander McCall Smith, F MCC
Circe, Madeline Miller, F MIL *ª
Gods of Jade and Shadow, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, SF MOR *ª
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The Penguin Book of Mermaids, ed. Bacchilega and Brown, 398.21 PEN
Fearless Girls, Wise Women, & Beloved Sisters, Kathleen Ragan, 398.2082 RAG
The Cassandra, Sharma Shields, F SHI
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings, ed. Oh and Chapman, YA THO
House of Names, Colm Toibin, F TOI
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, J. R. R. Tolkien, SF TOL *
Trickster, Matt Dembicki, YA GN TRI *
A note from Laura: Humans have always told stories to explore and explain the world, so myths and tales often have roots in religious traditions. Inclusion on or exclusion from this list is not meant to promote or denigrate any cultural or religious tradition.
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