While I'm on the subject of books

[prince_eric]

So, I'm ordering a copy of the Mabinogion, to get an overview of the Welsh mythos. I've also got a copy of Edith Hamilton's Mythology, which covers the Greek/Roman gods pretty well, as well as copies of The Illiad and The Odyssey, and I'm also pretty sure that I've got something on the Arthurian stuff somewhere.

At this point, though, I seem to have a pretty good gap on just about everything else. Anyone have any recommendations? I'm also interested in if anyone has any info on good versions of things like the Bible (King James?), Koran, Torah, etc. I'm more interested in good, general references that cover all of a particular mythos, then in retellings of specific bits (i.e. a good, overall covering of the Norse gods and heroes, then something that covers one story in detail).

Comments

[montoya.livejournal.com]

Norse Mythology for Dummies is a great book. (I think I'm kidding, but you never know.)