Mythology

• General

  • Ann, Martha. Goddesses in World Mythology, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1993. 655p.
  • Bently, Peter, ed. The Hutchinson Dictionary of World Myth. Oxford: Helicon, 1995, 240p.
  • Brunel, Pierre. Companion to Literary Myths
  • Jackson, Guida M. Encyclopedia of Traditional Epics, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1994. 732p.
  • Leeming, David Adams and Margaret Adams Leeming. Encyclopedia of Creation Myths. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1994. 330p.
  • McLeish, Kenneth. Myth: Myths and Legends of the World Explored. New York: Facts on File, 1996. 736p. A one-volume dictionary of world myth.
  • Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. Voyages in Classical Mythology, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1994. 478p.
  
  

• Celtic

  • Davidson, Hilda Ellis. The Lost Beliefs of Northern Europe. New York: Routledge, 1993. 181p.
  • Ellis, Peter Berresford. Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1992. 232p.
  • Green, Miranda J. Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1992. 238p.
  
  

• Egyptian

  • Mercatante, Anthony S. Who's Who in Egyptian Mythology, 2nd ed. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1995. 231p.
  
  

• Irish

  • Smyth, Daragh. A Guide to Irish Mythology. Dublin, Ireland: Irish Academic Press, 1996, 2nd ed. 201p. A one-volume encyclopedia of Irish mythology.
  
  

• Near East

  • Leick, Gwendolyn. A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology. New York: Routledge, 1991. 199p, plus 22 pages of illustrations at the end.
  
  

• Norse

  • Ellis, Hilda Roderick. The Road to Hel: A Study of the Conception of the Dead in Old Norse Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1943. 208p.
  • Simek, Rudolf. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. Translated by Angela Hall. Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 1993. 424p.
  
  

• Roman

  • Adkins, Lesley and Roy A. Adkins. Dictionary of Roman Religion. New York: Facts on File, 1996. 288p.