Weeks ago some friends and I ventured out to New York City to watch the Broadway musical, Hadestown. It’s a modernized retelling of the tragic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. I love Roman and Greek mythology so I was already sold on the musical even before I read the raving reviews.
Love this list. We have the Myth Atlas and a DK World Myths, which organises myths across regions by theme (origin myths, etc). Other favourites are D'Aulaire's Norse Myths, and another very 1980s viking myths, which is beautifully written, and now the author is escaping me.
We also really enjoyed the "Who Let the Gods Out" series on audio, until book 3, when the mum started to really decline and my sensitive kiddo had to tap out. They were very funny.
Thanks, Coree! I remember you mentioning your son was really into Norse mythology. Thanks for the recommendations for the other books. I'll keep an eye out for them. If you remember the 1980s viking myths, please let me know what the title is. I'd love to check it out!
The Saga of Erik the Viking is a children's novel written by the Welsh comedian Terry Jones, illustrated by Michael Foreman, and published by Pavilion in 1983.
We borrowed a few of your recs from the library after reading this post, and my 7 year old loved them so much that were starting on a unit study about Greek mythology in our homeschooling now! Thanks again for the thoughtful book suggestions!
Love this post! Fellow Latin nerd here so the Roman Empire is my "Roman Empire". I fell in love with Greek and Roman Mythology at a really young age and it stuck through all my schooling. I was an art history major so had some introduction to various Asian country's mythology but didn't do a deep dive, as it wasn't my specialty. As an adult reader I've dipped my toes in some novels that focus on Celtic mythology and that feels like a nice nod to my heritage! Thanks for these recs, as always!
Stories about the Morrigan and Cailleach are interesting. I love that mythology across cultures focuses on nature, especially women as a Mother Earth/creator and destroyer trope.
Sri, this is outstanding. I really love how you focused on mythology outside the West. That's an area of my own education that is certainly lacking (though I do okay with Indigenous North American mythology in addition to Roman, Greek, and Norse). 10/10 on this one, my friend!
Thank you, Sarah! Yes, I'm pretty comfortable with Western mythology but don't know nearly enough about other mythologies from around the world. This was fun to research, read, and write about.
Love this list. We have the Myth Atlas and a DK World Myths, which organises myths across regions by theme (origin myths, etc). Other favourites are D'Aulaire's Norse Myths, and another very 1980s viking myths, which is beautifully written, and now the author is escaping me.
We also really enjoyed the "Who Let the Gods Out" series on audio, until book 3, when the mum started to really decline and my sensitive kiddo had to tap out. They were very funny.
Thanks, Coree! I remember you mentioning your son was really into Norse mythology. Thanks for the recommendations for the other books. I'll keep an eye out for them. If you remember the 1980s viking myths, please let me know what the title is. I'd love to check it out!
Found it...
The Saga of Erik the Viking is a children's novel written by the Welsh comedian Terry Jones, illustrated by Michael Foreman, and published by Pavilion in 1983.
We borrowed a few of your recs from the library after reading this post, and my 7 year old loved them so much that were starting on a unit study about Greek mythology in our homeschooling now! Thanks again for the thoughtful book suggestions!
You have made my year! Thank you and I’m so thrilled you found something you enjoyed reading!
Saving this one! I have a big mythology fan in my house.
Woot! I hope they enjoy!
Love this post! Fellow Latin nerd here so the Roman Empire is my "Roman Empire". I fell in love with Greek and Roman Mythology at a really young age and it stuck through all my schooling. I was an art history major so had some introduction to various Asian country's mythology but didn't do a deep dive, as it wasn't my specialty. As an adult reader I've dipped my toes in some novels that focus on Celtic mythology and that feels like a nice nod to my heritage! Thanks for these recs, as always!
Any recs for the Celtic myths? I’ve seen a few but most of my knowledge is scraps from here and there.
Stories about the Morrigan and Cailleach are interesting. I love that mythology across cultures focuses on nature, especially women as a Mother Earth/creator and destroyer trope.
Oh that sounds delightful! I'm definitely looking into this more!
Sri, this is outstanding. I really love how you focused on mythology outside the West. That's an area of my own education that is certainly lacking (though I do okay with Indigenous North American mythology in addition to Roman, Greek, and Norse). 10/10 on this one, my friend!
Thank you, Sarah! Yes, I'm pretty comfortable with Western mythology but don't know nearly enough about other mythologies from around the world. This was fun to research, read, and write about.