The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend (2nd edition)

This second edition of the Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend is in two volumes that are small enough to be easy to read and total 1,096 pages. There are 3,269 entries, covering myths and legends from around the world. Entries vary in length from a paragraph to a couple of pages. Each has an entry number, the name (called the headword), variant spellings if applicable, a translation of the headword if available, a definition with detail, a list of art or literature that references the name, and cross‐references. The list of art or literature with which the myth is...