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The Power of Myth
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
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Man's Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of Race
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The Masks of God, Volume 1: Primitive Mythology
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4.27 avg rating — 4,308 ratings
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The Masks of God, Volume 4: Creative Mythology
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4.30 avg rating — 1,751 ratings
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Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale
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3.71 avg rating — 1,228 ratings
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Much Depends on Dinner: The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Meal
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3.88 avg rating — 854 ratings
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Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art
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The Masonic Myth: Unlocking the Truth About the Symbols, the Secret Rites, and the History of Freemasonry
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3.54 avg rating — 235 ratings
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The New Golden Bough
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4.19 avg rating — 48 ratings
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From Ritual to Romance
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3.73 avg rating — 662 ratings
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The Myth of the Eternal Return
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4.22 avg rating — 3,348 ratings
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The Wisdom of the Myths: How Greek Mythology Can Change Your Life (Learning to Live, #2)
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3.87 avg rating — 510 ratings
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The Discovery of King Arthur
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3.80 avg rating — 610 ratings
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Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies
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3.75 avg rating — 668 ratings
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Goddess of the North
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3.43 avg rating — 70 ratings
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Good and Evil In Myth and Legend
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3.59 avg rating — 41 ratings
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The Masks of God, Volume 2: Oriental Mythology
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4.28 avg rating — 2,441 ratings
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The Mythology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
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4.07 avg rating — 1,283 ratings
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Guinevere
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3.58 avg rating — 125 ratings
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The Masks of God, Volume 3: Occidental Mythology
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4.33 avg rating — 1,863 ratings
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The Goddess: Myths of the Great Mother
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2.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Halflings, Hobbits, Warrows & Weefolk
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3.37 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The Ecstasy of Being: Mythology and Dance
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3.95 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Heroines: Demigoddess, Prima Donna, Movie Star
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Breath on the Mirror: Mythic Voices and Visions of the Living Maya
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4.03 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Parallel Myths
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3.78 avg rating — 1,012 ratings
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Transformations of Myth Through Time
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4.21 avg rating — 739 ratings
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Seduction and the Secret Power of Women: The Lure of Sirens and Mermaids
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3.86 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Sacred Narrative: Readings in the Theory of Myth
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3.77 avg rating — 104 ratings
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The Story of World Mythologies: From Indigenous Tales to Classical Legends
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3.33 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Virgin Land: The American West as Symbol and Myth
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3.72 avg rating — 303 ratings
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The Sun Goddess: Myth, Legend and History
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A Short History of Myth
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3.69 avg rating — 6,454 ratings
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Women in Celtic Myth: Tales of Extraordinary Women from the Ancient Celtic Tradition
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3.94 avg rating — 266 ratings
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Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle: Myth and Metaphor in the Discovery of Geological Time
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3.91 avg rating — 465 ratings
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No Go, the Bogeyman: Scaring, Lulling, and Making Mock
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4.03 avg rating — 259 ratings
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Peasant Customs and Savage Myths: Selections from the British Folklorists. TWO VOLUMES
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Off with Their Heads! Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood
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The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion
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4.19 avg rating — 1,309 ratings
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Hamlet's Mill: An Essay Investigating the Origins of Human Knowledge and Its Transmission Through Myth
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4.22 avg rating — 842 ratings
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When Dreams Came True: Classical Fairy Tales and Their Tradition
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3.93 avg rating — 92 ratings
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Myth and Meaning: Cracking the Code of Culture
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3.76 avg rating — 2,535 ratings
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The Witch Must Die: The Hidden Meaning of Fairy Tales
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3.91 avg rating — 712 ratings
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The Myth of the Eternal Return or, Cosmos and History
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4.22 avg rating — 3,348 ratings
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Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology
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3.72 avg rating — 691 ratings
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The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth
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4.02 avg rating — 625 ratings
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The White Goddess
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4.03 avg rating — 3,633 ratings
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The Myths and Gods of India: The Classic Work on Hindu Polytheism from the Princeton Bollingen Series
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4.01 avg rating — 136 ratings
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Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization
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4.27 avg rating — 398 ratings
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John Brown in Memory and Myth
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4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Mythic Image
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4.39 avg rating — 506 ratings
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The Search for the Giant Squid: The Biology and Mythology of the World's Most Elusive Sea Creature
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3.70 avg rating — 622 ratings
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The Time Falling Bodies Take To Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture
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4.34 avg rating — 176 ratings
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Western Rivermen, 1763–1861: Ohio and Mississippi Boatmen and the Myth of the Alligator Horse
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The Earth: From Myths to Knowledge
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Greek Mythic History
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Gods in Print: Masterpieces of India's Mythological Art
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Egyptian Myth: A Very Short Introduction
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The Wild Man: Medieval Myth and Symbolism
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The Griffin and the Dinosaur: How Adrienne Mayor Discovered a Fascinating Link Between Myth and Science
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Romance of the Grail: The Magic and Mystery of Arthurian Myth
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The Phoenix: An Unnatural Biography of a Mythical Beast
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3.48 avg rating — 33 ratings
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“All the Real Indians Died Off”: And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans
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Myths and Modern Man
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Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in Modern Mythology
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Souvenirs of the Old South: Northern Tourism and Southern Mythology
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Bear: Myth, Animal, Icon
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The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History
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Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, the American Story
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The Forge and the Crucible: The Origins and Structure of Alchemy
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The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion
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Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy
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4.21 avg rating — 2,652 ratings
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Siva: The Erotic Ascetic (Galaxy Books)
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3.83 avg rating — 116 ratings
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The Implied Spider: Politics & Theology in Myth
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3.63 avg rating — 121 ratings
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Erotic Spirituality and the Kamasutra
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Other Peoples' Myths: The Cave of Echoes
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The Woman Who Pretended to Be Who She Was: Myths of Self-Imitation
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3.76 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Splitting the Difference: Gender and Myth in Ancient Greece and India
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Dreams, Illusion, and Other Realities
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The Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology (Hermeneutics (Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions) (Volume 6)
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3.29 avg rating — 41 ratings
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The Ring of Truth: And Other Myths of Sex and Jewelry
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Women, Androgynes, and Other Mythical Beasts
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Asceticism and Eroticism in the Mythology of Śiva
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What Reason Promises: Essays on Reason, Nature and History
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Beyond Dharma: Dissent in the Ancient Indian Sciences of Sex and Politics
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2.95 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Against Dharma: Dissent in the Ancient Indian Sciences of Sex and Politics (The Terry Lectures Series)
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2.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Tales of Sex and Violence: Folklore, Sacrifice, and Danger in the Jaiminiya Brahmana
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2.87 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Notes from a Mandala: Essays in the History of Indian Religions in Honor of Wendy Doniger
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Karma and Rebirth in Classical Indian Traditions
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2.90 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Jewels of Authority: Women and Textual Tradition in Hindu India
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Bringing the Gods to Mind: Mantra and Ritual in Early Indian Sacrifice
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Authority, Anxiety, and Canon: Essays in Vedic Interpretation
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Myth as Argument: The Brhaddevata as Canonical Commentary
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The Vampire: A Casebook
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Holy Writ as Oral Lit: The Bible as Folklore
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Cinderella: A Casebook
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Little Red Riding Hood: A Casebook
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Interpreting Folklore
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International Folkloristics: Classic Contributions by the Founders of Folklore
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