
Myths and Legends Audiobooks
This podcast presents complete audiobooks of classic myths, legends, and heroic sagas from many cultures. It draws on public-domain mythology books, folklore collections, epic poems, and classic retellings. Listeners can explore stories of Greek gods, Roman legends, Norse mythology, Celtic folklore, King Arthur, mythical creatures, and ancient civilizations. New mythology and legend audiobooks are added regularly.
Episodes

π‘ Violet Fairy Book (Full Audiobook) | Andrew Lang - Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of 2.Andrew Lang's Violet Fairy Book (1901) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. This was one of many other collections of fairy tales, collectively known as Andrew Lang's Fairy Books.Author: Andrew LangLength: 10 hours 4 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChapters:00:00 - Chapter 104:29 - Chapter 238:00 - Chapter 345:44 - C

π‘ Violet Fairy Book (Full Audiobook) | Andrew Lang - Part 1 of 2
Part 1 of 2.Andrew Lang's Violet Fairy Book (1901) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. This was one of many other collections of fairy tales, collectively known as Andrew Lang's Fairy Books.Author: Andrew LangLength: 10 hours 4 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChapters:00:00 - Chapter 104:29 - Chapter 238:00 - Chapter 345:44 - C

π‘ Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles (Alternative Reading) (Full Audiobook) | Pdraic Colum
This is Irish folklorist Padraic Colum's masterful retelling of many Greek myths, focusing on Jason and the Argonauts' quest to find the Golden Fleece. He also includes the stories of Atalanta, Heracles, Perseus, Theseus, and others.Author: Pdraic ColumLength: 7 hours 33 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Short StoriesChapters:00:00 - Chapter 112:50 - Chapter 216:00 - Chapter 324:21 -

π‘ Firelight Fairy Book (Full Audiobook) | Henry Beston
One pleasant summer day, as the fairy-tale lover sat reading a book beneath the low spreading branches of an oak tree, he heard a hum of wings, and looking up startled from his book, he discovered the Fairy Goldenwand standing close by. "Are you still seeking new fairy tales.Author: Henry BestonLength: 4 hours 15 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChapters:00:00 - Chapter 107:13 -

π‘ Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales (Full Audiobook) | Joseph Jacobs
A collection of folk and fairy tales from the Emerald Isle. There is an earlier version of this book - <a>Celtic Fairy Tales</a>, but this recording was done from a different book in Project Gutenberg.Author: Joseph JacobsLength: 5 hours 57 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChapters:00:00 - Chapter 109:25 - Chapter 215:06 - Chapter 344:42 - Chapter 451:26 - Chapter 556:56 -

π‘ Olive Fairy Book (Full Audiobook) | Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang's Olive Fairy Book (1907) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. This was followed by many other collections of fairy tales, collectively known as Andrew Lang's Fairy Books.Author: Andrew LangLength: 9 hours 26 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChapters:00:00 - Chapter 107:27 - Chapter 222:33 - Chapter 355:24 - Chapter 4

π‘ Algonquin Legends of New England or Myths and Folk Lore of the Micmacβ¦ (Full Audiobook) | Charles Godfrey Leland - Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of 2.This work, then, contains a collection of the myths, legends, and folk-lore of the principal Wabanaki, or Northeastern Algonquin, Indians; that is to say, of the Passamaquoddies and Penobscots of Maine, and of the Micmacs of New Brunswick. All of this material was gathered directly from Indian narrators, the greater part by myself, the rest by a few friends; in fact, I can give the nam

π‘ Algonquin Legends of New England or Myths and Folk Lore of the Micmacβ¦ (Full Audiobook) | Charles Godfrey Leland - Part 1 of 2
Part 1 of 2.This work, then, contains a collection of the myths, legends, and folk-lore of the principal Wabanaki, or Northeastern Algonquin, Indians; that is to say, of the Passamaquoddies and Penobscots of Maine, and of the Micmacs of New Brunswick. All of this material was gathered directly from Indian narrators, the greater part by myself, the rest by a few friends; in fact, I can give the nam

π‘ Iliad (Pope Translation) (Full Audiobook) | Homer - Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of 2.Homer's <i>Iliad</i> is the first great work of Western literature. Composed in twenty-four books of Greek hexameter poetry, it portrays the events of the last year of the Trojan War.Author: HomerLength: 19 hours 11 minutesGenre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), Historical Fiction, EpicsChapters:00:00 - Chapter 101:01:41 - Chapter 201:53:51 - Chapter 302:38:34 - Chap

π‘ Iliad (Pope Translation) (Full Audiobook) | Homer - Part 1 of 2
Part 1 of 2.Homer's <i>Iliad</i> is the first great work of Western literature. Composed in twenty-four books of Greek hexameter poetry, it portrays the events of the last year of the Trojan War.Author: HomerLength: 19 hours 11 minutesGenre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), Historical Fiction, EpicsChapters:00:00 - Chapter 101:01:41 - Chapter 201:53:51 - Chapter 302:38:34 - Chap

π‘ Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know (Full Audiobook) | Hamilton Wright Mabie - Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of 2.This is a collection of well known fairy tales by various authors, including the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault and many others. (Summary by Elli).Author: Hamilton Wright MabieLength: 10 hours 55 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChapters:00:00 - Chapter 120:09 - Chapter 238:26 - Chapter 301:02:40 - Chapter 401:16:24 - Chapter 501:36:28 - Chapter 601:55:46 - Chapter 702:2

π‘ Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know (Full Audiobook) | Hamilton Wright Mabie - Part 1 of 2
Part 1 of 2.This is a collection of well known fairy tales by various authors, including the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault and many others. (Summary by Elli).Author: Hamilton Wright MabieLength: 10 hours 55 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChapters:00:00 - Chapter 120:09 - Chapter 238:26 - Chapter 301:02:40 - Chapter 401:16:24 - Chapter 501:36:28 - Chapter 601:55:46 - Chapter 702:2

π‘ Children of Odin (Full Audiobook) | Pdraic Colum
Master storyteller Padraic Colum's rich, musical voice captures all the magic and majesty of the Norse sagas in his retellings of the adventures of the gods and goddesses who lived in the Northern paradise of Asgard before the dawn of history. Here are the matchless tales of All-Father Odin, who crosses the Rainbow Bridge to walk among men in Midgard and sacrifices his right eye to drink from the

π‘ Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault (Full Audiobook) | Charles Perrault
This book is an early collection of ten well-known fairy tales. It is thought to have begun the genre of fairy tales.Author: Charles PerraultLength: 2 hours 51 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChapters:00:00 - Chapter 118:13 - Chapter 223:42 - Chapter 329:53 - Chapter 442:01 - Chapter 501:06:11 - Chapter 601:18:19 - Chapter 701:34:12 - Chapter 801:51:34 - Chapter 902:15:06 - Chapter 1

π‘ Fairy of the Snows (Full Audiobook) | Francis J. Finn, S.J.
Have you seen a human fairy. Meet Alice Morrow, the dainty fairy of the snows, who will dance her way right into your heart.Author: Francis J. Finn, S.J.Length: 4 hours 52 minutesGenre: Family, ReligionChapters:00:00 - Chapter 112:43 - Chapter 221:28 - Chapter 329:48 - Chapter 440:38 - Chapter 550:14 - Chapter 601:03:24 - Chapter 701:19:08 - Chapter 801:31:21 - Chapter 901:49:44 - Chapter 1002:06:

π‘ Grey Fairy Book (Full Audiobook) | Andrew Lang
The tales in the Grey Fairy Book are derived from many countries - Lithuania, various parts of Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other regions of the world. They have been translated and adapted by Mrs.Author: Andrew LangLength: 9 hours 51 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChapters:00:00 - Chapter 101:35 - Chapter 228:01 - Chapter 332:43 - Chapter 401:03:00 - Chapter 501:37:21 - Cha

π‘ Doctor Thorne (Full Audiobook) | Anthony Trollope - Part 3 of 3
Part 3 of 3.Doctor Thorne is the third of Trollope's Barsetshire novels, and unlike some of the others, has little to do with the politics and personalities of the Church of England, or politics on the national level (though there is lots of politicking in the mythical county of Barsetshire itself). The plot revolves around the illegitimate Mary Thorne, who has been lovingly raised by her uncle, a

π‘ Doctor Thorne (Full Audiobook) | Anthony Trollope - Part 2 of 3
Part 2 of 3.Doctor Thorne is the third of Trollope's Barsetshire novels, and unlike some of the others, has little to do with the politics and personalities of the Church of England, or politics on the national level (though there is lots of politicking in the mythical county of Barsetshire itself). The plot revolves around the illegitimate Mary Thorne, who has been lovingly raised by her uncle, a

π‘ Doctor Thorne (Full Audiobook) | Anthony Trollope - Part 1 of 3
Part 1 of 3.Doctor Thorne is the third of Trollope's Barsetshire novels, and unlike some of the others, has little to do with the politics and personalities of the Church of England, or politics on the national level (though there is lots of politicking in the mythical county of Barsetshire itself). The plot revolves around the illegitimate Mary Thorne, who has been lovingly raised by her uncle, a

π‘ Joe Tilden's Recipes for Epicures (Full Audiobook) | Joe Tilden
Major Joseph Tilden was in his time one of the most famous Bohemians and epicureans of the Pacific Coast. Ever since his death his many friends have been trying to learn the culinary secrets which made a repast of his devising so delicious.Author: Joe TildenLength: 1 hours 34 minutesGenre: CookingChapters:00:00 - Chapter 115:28 - Chapter 230:50 - Chapter 343:39 - Chapter 452:05 - Chapter 501:02:20

π‘ Iliad of Homer (Full Audiobook) | Homer - Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of 2."The Iliad is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set in the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of Ilium, by a coalition of Greek States, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles.Author: HomerLength: 15 hours 40 minutesGenre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), EpicsChapters

π‘ Iliad of Homer (Full Audiobook) | Homer - Part 1 of 2
Part 1 of 2."The Iliad is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set in the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of Ilium, by a coalition of Greek States, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles.Author: HomerLength: 15 hours 40 minutesGenre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity), EpicsChapters

π‘ Stories from the Faerie Queene (Full Audiobook) | Mary Macleod
The object of this volume is to excite interest in one of the greatest poems of English literature, which for all its greatness is but little read and known--to excite this interest not only in young persons who are not yet able to read "The Faerie Queene," with its archaisms of language, its distant ways and habits of life and thought, its exquisite melodies that only a cultivated ear c

π‘ Legends of Charlemagne (Full Audiobook) | Thomas Bulfinch
Bulfinch (July 15, 1796 - May 27, 1867) explains the his work is "an attempt tell the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amusement. We have endeavored to tell them correctly, according to the ancient authorities, so that when the reader finds them referred to he may not be at a loss to recognize the reference.Author: Thomas BulfinchLength: 9 hours 10 minutesGenr

π‘ Faerie Queene Books 6 & 7 (Full Audiobook) | Edmund Spenser
'The Sixth Book of the Faerie Queene contayning the Legende of S, Calidore or of Cvrtesie. ' Apart from Books 1-6, the only surviving section of the Faerie Queene is a short isolated fragment known as the Mutabilitie Cantos (traditionally numbered Book 7, cantos 6-8); this fragment is also included in the present recording.Author: Edmund SpenserLength: 5 hours 32 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends &

π‘ Crimson Fairy Book (Full Audiobook) | Andrew Lang - Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of 2.The Crimson Fairy Book contains thirty-six stories collected from around the world and edited by Andrew Lang. Many tales in this book are translated, or adapted, from those told by mothers and nurses in Hungary; others are familiar to Russian nurseries; the Servians are responsible for some; a rather peculiarly fanciful set of stories are adapted from the Roumanians; others are from th

π‘ Crimson Fairy Book (Full Audiobook) | Andrew Lang - Part 1 of 2
Part 1 of 2.The Crimson Fairy Book contains thirty-six stories collected from around the world and edited by Andrew Lang. Many tales in this book are translated, or adapted, from those told by mothers and nurses in Hungary; others are familiar to Russian nurseries; the Servians are responsible for some; a rather peculiarly fanciful set of stories are adapted from the Roumanians; others are from th

π‘ Age of Chivalry (Full Audiobook) | Thomas Bulfinch - Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of 2.Thomas Bulfinch explains the his work is "an attempt to tell the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amusement. We have endeavored to tell them correctly, according to the ancient authorities, so that when the reader finds them referred to he may not be at a loss to recognize the reference.Author: Thomas BulfinchLength: 10 hours 32 minutesGenre: Myths

π‘ Age of Chivalry (Full Audiobook) | Thomas Bulfinch - Part 1 of 2
Part 1 of 2.Thomas Bulfinch explains the his work is "an attempt to tell the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amusement. We have endeavored to tell them correctly, according to the ancient authorities, so that when the reader finds them referred to he may not be at a loss to recognize the reference.Author: Thomas BulfinchLength: 10 hours 32 minutesGenre: Myths

π‘ Green Fairy Book (Full Audiobook) | Andrew Lang - Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of 2.Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources, who had collected them originally (with the notable exception of Madame d'Aulnoy), made them an immensely influential collection, especially as

π‘ Green Fairy Book (Full Audiobook) | Andrew Lang - Part 1 of 2
Part 1 of 2.Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources, who had collected them originally (with the notable exception of Madame d'Aulnoy), made them an immensely influential collection, especially as

π‘ Popular Tales from the Norse (Full Audiobook) | Sir George Webbe Dasent - Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of 2.The most careless reader can hardly fail to see that many of the Tales in this volume have the same groundwork as those with which he has been familiar from his earliest youth. They are Nursery Tales, in fact, of the days when there were tales in nurseries--old wives' fables, which have faded away before the light of gas and the power of steam.Author: Sir George Webbe DasentLength: 17

π‘ Popular Tales from the Norse (Full Audiobook) | Sir George Webbe Dasent - Part 1 of 2
Part 1 of 2.The most careless reader can hardly fail to see that many of the Tales in this volume have the same groundwork as those with which he has been familiar from his earliest youth. They are Nursery Tales, in fact, of the days when there were tales in nurseries--old wives' fables, which have faded away before the light of gas and the power of steam.Author: Sir George Webbe DasentLength: 17

π‘ Fairy Ring (Full Audiobook) | Nora Archibald Smith - Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of 2.<i>The Fairy Ring</i>, originally published in 1910, is a collection of 63 fairy tales from around the globe. It includes such well-known favorites as "History of Jack the Giant-Killer", "The Frog Prince","Rumpel-stilts-ken", and "Snow-white and Rose-red", among many others.Author: Nora Archibald SmithLength: 17 hours 35 minutesGenre:

π‘ Fairy Ring (Full Audiobook) | Nora Archibald Smith - Part 1 of 2
Part 1 of 2.<i>The Fairy Ring</i>, originally published in 1910, is a collection of 63 fairy tales from around the globe. It includes such well-known favorites as "History of Jack the Giant-Killer", "The Frog Prince","Rumpel-stilts-ken", and "Snow-white and Rose-red", among many others.Author: Nora Archibald SmithLength: 17 hours 35 minutesGenre:

π‘ Grimm Tales Made Gay (Full Audiobook) | Guy Wetmore Carryl
A comic rendering in verse of well-loved Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, each ending with a moral and full of puns. The titles of the tales themselves make another verse.Author: Guy Wetmore CarrylLength: 1 hours 6 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, Humorous Fiction, PoetryChapters:00:00 - Chapter 102:31 - Chapter 205:30 - Chapter 308:35 - Chapter 411:35 - Chapter 514:36 - Chapter 6

π‘ Celtic Fairy Tales (Full Audiobook) | Joseph Jacobs
Celtic Fairy Tales is a collection of 25 folk and fairy stories collected from Ireland and Scotland. At what I imagine is the Frontispiece, or the dedication page, is the phrase: _SAY THIS /Three times, with your eyes shut_/ Mothuighim boladh an ireannaigh bhinn bhreugaigh faoi m'fhidn dthaigh.Author: Joseph JacobsLength: 6 hours 27 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChapters:00:00 - Ch

π‘ Yellow Fairy Book (Full Audiobook) | Andrew Lang - Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of 2."Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources (who had collected them originally), made them an immensely influential collection, especially as he used foreign-language sources, giving many of

π‘ Yellow Fairy Book (Full Audiobook) | Andrew Lang - Part 1 of 2
Part 1 of 2."Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources (who had collected them originally), made them an immensely influential collection, especially as he used foreign-language sources, giving many of

π‘ Old Indian Legends (Full Audiobook) | Zitkala-Sa
Fourteen Old Indian Legends by Native American (Dakota) Author Zitkala-sa. These Legends feature the exploits of Iktomi the Native American Trickster god.Author: Zitkala-SaLength: 2 hours 50 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy TalesChapters:00:00 - Chapter 117:28 - Chapter 226:06 - Chapter 335:12 - Chapter 444:24 - Chapter 559:10 - Chapter 601:19:23 - Chapter 701:37:31 - Chapter 801:47:05 - C

π‘ Counterpane Fairy (Full Audiobook) | Katharine Pyle
A little boy, recuperating from a lengthy illness, is entertained by visits from the Counterpane Fairy, who treats him to stories associated with each of the squares in the counterpane (quilt) on his sickbed. She has him concentrate on one of the squares until it turns into something like a doorway into the story.Author: Katharine PyleLength: 2 hours 44 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy Tal

π‘ Lilac Fairy Book (Full Audiobook) | Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources (who had collected them originally), made them an immensely influential collection, especially as he used foreign-language sources, giving many of these tales their

π‘ Iliad (Full Audiobook) | Homer - Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of 2.The Iliad, together with the Odyssey, is one of two ancient Greek epic poems traditionally attributed to Homer. The poem is commonly dated to the 8th or 7th century BC, and many scholars believe it is the oldest extant work of literature in the Greek language, making it the first work of European literature.Author: HomerLength: 14 hours 29 minutesGenre: EpicsChapters:00:00 - Chapter 13

π‘ Faerie Queene Book 1 (Full Audiobook) | Edmund Spenser
"The First Book of the Faerie Queene Contayning The Legende of the Knight of the Red Crosse or Holinesse". The Faerie Queene was never completed, but it continues to be one of the most beautiful and important works of literature ever written.Author: Edmund SpenserLength: 5 hours 22 minutesGenre: Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales, PoetryChapters:00:00 - Chapter 103:15 - Chapter 238:26 - Chapter 301:

π‘ Divine Comedy (Full Audiobook) | Dante Alighieri - Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of 2.The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened "Divina" by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes

π‘ Divine Comedy (Full Audiobook) | Dante Alighieri - Part 1 of 2
Part 1 of 2.The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened "Divina" by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A culmination of the medieval world-view of the afterlife, it establishes
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