Mythology

The term mythology can refer to a body of myths or to any traditional story. A myth is a sacred narrative explaining how the world and humankind came to be in their present form. The main characters in myths are usually gods or supernatural heroes.

The study of myth began in ancient history. Rival classes of the Greek myths by Euhemerus, Plato and Sallustius were developed by the Neoplatonists and later revived by Renaissance mythographers. The nineteenth-century comparative mythology reinterpreted myth as a primitive and failed counterpart of science (Tylor), a "disease of language" (Müller),
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I, Medusa
Fallen City (Fallen City Duology, #1)
Xolo
The Things Gods Break (The Crucible, #2)
Never Ever After (Never Ever After, #1)
The Demon and the Light (The Floating World, #2)
The Women of Artemis
Lore Olympus: Volume Nine (Lore Olympus, #9)
For No Mortal Creature
Firstborn of the Sun
Chronicles of Ori: An African Epic
A Riddle of Thorns
The Beasts Beneath the Winds: Tales of Southeast Asia’s Mythical Creatures
Red Threads
Where the Hell Is Nirvana?
Bonds of Hercules (Villains of Lore, #2)
Wild Reverence
Every Spiral of Fate (This Woven Kingdom, #4)
The Shadow of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #1)
The Jasad Heir (The Scorched Throne, #1)
The Sun and the Star (The Nico di Angelo Adventures #1)
For Whom the Belle Tolls (Hell's Belles, #1)
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Bloodmarked (The Legendborn Cycle, #2)
Of Blades and Wings (Flame Cursed Fae, #1)
The Hunger of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #2)
The Fury of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga, #3)
Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)
Oathbound (The Legendborn Cycle, #3)
Lore Olympus: Volume Two (Lore Olympus, #2)
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Magical Creatures
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YA Mythology Challenge
318 books — 447 voters

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Best Books About Mythology
1,395 books — 2,218 voters
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Sarah J. Maas Clones
97 books — 375 voters

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Books that deserve to be on film
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Circe
The Song of Achilles
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
The Titan’s Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #3)
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
Norse Mythology
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
The Odyssey
The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, #2)
The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, #3)
The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus, #4)
Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1)
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