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Legend, Myth and History

Our Maverick English Teacher considers the relationship between myth and history, and comes up with 16 books that present core stories and 16 books that seriously examine the historical underpinnings of those stories. Lest anyone be offended, he defines myth as those stories that tell us who we are, and that, although perhaps based on something factual, have grown beyond mere fact into great metaphors. Some of these stories are clearly held to be metaphorical, while others, rightly or wrongly, are believed to be literal truth.
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Exodus
Exodus
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The Archaeology of the Bible (Magnusson)
The Archaeology of the Bible (Magnusson)
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Mythology (Edith Hamilton)
Mythology (Edith Hamilton)
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The World of Odysseus (M.I. Finley)
The World of Odysseus (M.I. Finley)
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The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad (Homer)
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In Search of the Trojan War (Wood)
In Search of the Trojan War (Wood)
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The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey (Homer)
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Ulysses Found (Bradford)
Ulysses Found (Bradford)
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The Oresteia (Aeschylus)
The Oresteia (Aeschylus)
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Mycenae (Schliemann)
Mycenae (Schliemann)
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Timaeus and Critias (Plato)
Timaeus and Critias (Plato)
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Voyage to Atlantis (Mavor)
Voyage to Atlantis (Mavor)
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Christianity - The Gospels
Christianity - The Gospels
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The Historical Jesus (Thiessen)
The Historical Jesus (Thiessen)
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The Acts of the Apostles (Anonymous)
The Acts of the Apostles (Anonymous)
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Archaeology of the New Testament (Finegan)
Archaeology of the New Testament (Finegan)
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Beowulf (Crossley-Holland)
Beowulf (Crossley-Holland)
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The Anglo-Saxons (James Campbell)
The Anglo-Saxons (James Campbell)
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The Prose Edda (Sturlulson)
The Prose Edda (Sturlulson)
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Gods and Myths of Northern Europe (H.R. Davidson)
Gods and Myths of Northern Europe (H.R. Davidson)
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The Vinland Sagas (Penguin Classics)
The Vinland Sagas (Penguin Classics)
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Vikings in America (Graeme Davis)
Vikings in America (Graeme Davis)
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Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
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The World of King Arthur (Snyder)
The World of King Arthur (Snyder)
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The Crusades (Lamb)
The Crusades (Lamb)
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The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Amin Maalouf)
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Amin Maalouf)
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Richard III (Shakespeare (Signet))
Richard III (Shakespeare (Signet))
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The Brothers York: An English Tragedy (Thomas Penn)
The Brothers York: An English Tragedy (Thomas Penn)
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The Alamo (Lon Tinkle)
The Alamo (Lon Tinkle)
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Forget the Alamo: the Rise and Fall of an American Myth (Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, Jason Stanford)
Forget the Alamo: the Rise and Fall of an American Myth (Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, Jason Stanford)
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Custer's Last Stand (Reynolds)
Custer's Last Stand (Reynolds)
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The Last Stand (Nathaniel Philbrick)
The Last Stand (Nathaniel Philbrick)
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