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 Golem and the Jinni
Apollyon (Covenant, #4)
Unnatural Creatures
The Sweetest Dark (The Sweetest Dark, #1)
Vengeance Bound
Darkness, Kindled (Fire Spirits, #4)
Furious
The Crane Wife
Rogue Descendant (Nikki Glass, #3)
Breath (Riders of the Apocalypse, #4)
Timespell
Destiny Gift (Everlast, #1)
The Sinners and the Sea: The Untold Story of Noah's Wife
Pheme the Gossip (Goddess Girls, #10)
Pawn (Nightmares #1)

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  • If I Should Die (Revenants, #3)
    Sweet Peril (The Sweet Trilogy, #2)
    Days of Blood & Starlight (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #2)
    Apollyon (Covenant, #4)
    Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin, #2)
    The Grimoire of the Lamb (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #0.4)
    Boundless (Unearthly, #3)
    The Scorpio Races
    Shadow's Claim (The Dacians, #1)
    The Collector (Dante Walker, #1)
    Starcrossed (Starcrossed, #1)
    The Secret of the Nagas (Shiva Trilogy #2)
    Of Poseidon (Of Poseidon, #1)
    Chantress (Chantress, #1)
    The Demonologist
    The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Son of Neptune by Rick RiordanThe Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick RiordanThe Goddess Test by Aimee CarterThe Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
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    Beowulf by UnknownThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteTransformation by Rab Swannock Fulton12 Books in 1 by Andrew Lang
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    123 books — 27 voters
    The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Odyssey by HomerThe Sea of Monsters by Rick RiordanMythology by Edith HamiltonThe Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
    Best Books About Mythology
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    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 Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5)
    The Odyssey
    The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, #2)
    The Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles, #1)
    Mythology
    The Iliad
    The Mark of Athena (The Heroes of Olympus, #3)
    American Gods
    The Throne of Fire (Kane Chronicles, #2)
    Starcrossed (Starcrossed, #1)
    The Power of Myth
    Everneath (Everneath, #1)

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    Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble.
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