Dictionaries
Aldhouse-Green, Miranda J. Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1992. Anthropology Library and Main BL980.I7.G65 1992
Bell, Robrt E. Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. Santa Barbara: AB-CLIO, 1991. Doe Reference and Main BL715.B445 1991
Briggs, Katharine M. A Dictionary of British Folk-tales in the English Language Incorporating the F.J. Norton Collection. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1970-71. 2 vols.
Doe Reference and Anthropology Library GR141 .B69
Craig, Robert D. Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology. New York: Greenwood, 1989. Anthropology Library Reference and Main BL2620.P6.C7 1989
Dictionary of Superstitions, edited by Iona Opie and Moira Tatem. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Anthropology Reference, Doe Reference, Main BF 1775 .D531 1989
Most of the superstitions are from England and Eire. Focus is on 18th-19th centuries.
Ellis, Peter Berresford. A Dictionary of Irish Mythology. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1989. NRLF BL980.I7.E451 1987
Dictionnaire des Mythes Féminins, sous la direction de Pierre Brunel avec la collaboration de Frédéric Mancier. Monaco: Rocher, 2002. Main BL325.W65.D53 2002
Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend, ed. by Marian Leach and Jerome Fried. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1972.
Anthropology Library Reference and Main GR35 .F82
Gerlach, Walter. Das neue Lexikon des Aberglaubens. Frankfurt am Main: Eichborn, c1998.
Main Stack BF 1775 .G47 1998
Gill, Sam D. and Irene F. Sullivan. Dictionary of Native American Mythology. Denver, Colo.: ABC-CLIO, 1992.
Doe Reference and Main E 98 .R3 .G46 1992
Covers 1,300 stories, characters, ceremonies, terms, themes, and symbols drawn from Native American mythology and ritual.
Grimal, Pierre. The Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Transl. A. R. Maxwell-Hyslop. Oxford: Blackwell, 1987. Doe Reference BL715.G7131 1987
Laurioz, Hubert. Dictionnaire des superstitions. Paris : Albin Michel, 1998.
Main Stack BF 1775 .L38 1998
Leeming, David Adams. A Dictionary of Asian Mythology. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Main Stack BL 1005 .L46 2001 Oxford ebook
MacKillop, James, Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. Main BL900.M445 1998 and ebook
The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs, rev. by F.P. Wilson. 3rd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970.
Doe Reference, Anthropology Reference and NRLF PN6421 .O9 1970
Sax, Boria. The Mythical Zoo: An Encyclopedia of Animals in World Myth, Legend, and Literature. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO , 2001.
Doe Reference GR 705 .S344 2001
Covers real and imaginary animals from world myth and legend. Comprehensive index.
Scheub, Harold. A Dictionary of African Mythology: The Mythmaker as Storyteller. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Doe Reference BL 2400 .S24 2000 Oxford ebook
Selection of 400 myths arranged by name of principle character. Extensive bibliography.
Simpson, Jacqueline and Steve Roud. A Dictionary of English Folklore. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Main GR 141 .S573 2000 Oxford ebook
1,250 entries about people, customs, animals, plants, minerals, legends, music, games, places, dates, dances, birds, numbers, gestures, life-cycle events, colors, and other subjects of folklore including modern phenomenon.
Smyth, Daragh. A Guide to Irish Mythology. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1988. Main and NRLF BL980.I7.S4 1988
Sykes, Egerton. Who's Who in Non-Classical Mythology. Rev. by Alan Kendall. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.