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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
1
The Archaeology of the Bible (Magnusson)
The Archaeology of the Bible
2
Magnusson
Mythology (Edith Hamilton)
Mythology
3
Edith Hamilton
The World of Odysseus (M.I. Finley)
The World of Odysseus
4
M.I. Finley
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
5
Homer
In Search of the Trojan War (Wood)
In Search of the Trojan War
6
Wood
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
7
Homer
Ulysses Found (Bradford)
Ulysses Found
8
Bradford
The Oresteia (Aeschylus)
The Oresteia
9
Aeschylus
Mycenae (Schliemann)
Mycenae
10
Schliemann
Timaeus and Critias (Plato)
Timaeus and Critias
11
Plato
Voyage to Atlantis (Mavor)
Voyage to Atlantis
12
Mavor
Christianity - The Gospels
Christianity - The Gospels
13
The Historical Jesus (Thiessen)
The Historical Jesus
14
Thiessen
The Acts of the Apostles (Anonymous)
The Acts of the Apostles
15
Anonymous
Archaeology of the New Testament (Finegan)
Archaeology of the New Testament
16
Finegan
Beowulf (Crossley-Holland)
Beowulf
17
Crossley-Holland
The Anglo-Saxons (James Campbell)
The Anglo-Saxons
18
James Campbell
The Prose Edda (Sturlulson)
The Prose Edda
19
Sturlulson
Gods and Myths of Northern Europe (H.R. Davidson)
Gods and Myths of Northern Europe
20
H.R. Davidson
The Vinland Sagas (Penguin Classics)
The Vinland Sagas
21
Penguin Classics
Vikings in America (Graeme Davis)
Vikings in America
22
Graeme Davis
Le Morte D'Arthur (Sir Thomas Malory)
Le Morte D'Arthur
23
Sir Thomas Malory
The World of King Arthur (Snyder)
The World of King Arthur
24
Snyder
The Crusades (Lamb)
The Crusades
25
Lamb
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes (Amin Maalouf)
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
26
Amin Maalouf
Richard III (Shakespeare (Signet))
Richard III
27
Shakespeare (Signet)
The Brothers York: An English Tragedy (Thomas Penn)
The Brothers York: An English Tragedy
28
Thomas Penn
The Alamo (Lon Tinkle)
The Alamo
29
Lon Tinkle
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
30
Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, Jason Stanford
Custer's Last Stand (Reynolds)
Custer's Last Stand
31
Reynolds
The Last Stand (Nathaniel Philbrick)
The Last Stand
32
Nathaniel Philbrick
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