The Golden Bough, Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, Mythology in English before Bulfinch
First edition (1890)
http://www.archive.org/details/goldenboughstudy01fraz (I)
http://www.archive.org/details/goldenboughstudy02fraz (II)
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Second edition (1900)
http://www.archive.org/details/goldenboughstudy01frazuoft (I)
http://www.archive.org/details/goldenboughstud02frazuoft (II)
http://www.archive.org/details/goldenboughstudy03frazuoft (III)
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Third edition (1906–15)
I The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings, part 1
http://www.archive.org/details/b22650829_0001 (1917)
http://www.archive.org/details/TheGoldenBough-Part1-TheMagicArtAndTheEvolutionOfKingsVol.1 (1920)
II The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings, part 2
http://www.archive.org/details/goldenboughstudy02frazuoft (1911)
http://www.archive.org/details/b22650829_0002 (1917)
III Taboo and the Perils of the Soul
http://www.archive.org/details/goldenboughstud03fraz (1911)
http://www.archive.org/details/b22650829_0006 (1914)
IV The Dying God
http://www.archive.org/details/goldenboughstudy04fraz (1911)
http://www.archive.org/details/b21356750 (1911)
http://www.archive.org/details/b22650829_0003 (1914)
V Adonis, Attis, Osiris, part 1
http://www.archive.org/details/goldenboughstudy05frazuoft (1914)
http://www.archive.org/details/b22650829_0004 (1914)
VI Adonis, Attis, Osiris, part 2
http://www.archive.org/details/goldenboughstudy06frazuoft (1914)
http://www.archive.org/details/b22650829_0005 (1914)
http://www.archive.org/details/AdonisAttisOsirisVolII (1914)
VII Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild, part 1
http://www.archive.org/details/goldenboughstudy07fraz (1912)
http://www.archive.org/details/b21356774_001 (1912)
http://www.archive.org/details/b22650829_0007 (1914)
VIII Spirits of the Corn and of the Wild, part 2
http://www.archive.org/details/goldenboughstudy08fraz (1912)
http://www.archive.org/details/b21356774_002 (1912)
http://www.archive.org/details/b22650829_0008 (1914)
IX The Scapegoat
http://www.archive.org/details/goldenboughstudy09fraz (1913)
http://www.archive.org/details/b21356786 (1913)
http://www.archive.org/details/b22650829_0009 (1914)
X Balder the Beautiful, part 1
http://www.archive.org/details/1913goldenboughs10fraz (1913)
http://www.archive.org/details/b21356798_001 (1913)
http://www.archive.org/details/b22650829_0010 (1914)
http://www.archive.org/details/goldenboughstudy10fraz (1919)
XI Balder the Beautiful, part 2
http://www.archive.org/details/goldenboughstudy11infraz (1913)
http://www.archive.org/details/goldenboughstudy11fraz (1913)
http://www.archive.org/details/b21356798_002 (1913)
http://www.archive.org/details/b22650829_0011 (1914)
XII Bibliography and general index
http://www.archive.org/details/b22650829_0012 (1918)
http://www.archive.org/details/goldenboughstudy12fraz (1920)
http://www.archive.org/details/goldenboughvolxi029849mbp (1935)
http://www.archive.org/details/b21356804 (1935)
Aftermath: A Supplement to the Golden Bough (not in the public domain in the US)
http://www.archive.org/details/aftermathasupple025677mbp (1936, 1976)
Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics
The encyclopedia is a work of the United Kingdom, so the year of death of an individual author must be checked to determine if an article by him is in the public domain.
I: A–Art
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http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr01hast
II: Arthur–Bunyan
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr02hastuoft
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr02hast_0
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopdiareli00graygoog
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr02hast
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr002hast
III: Burial–Confessions
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr03hastuoft
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr03hast_0
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr003hast
IV: Confirmation–Drama
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr04hastuoft
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr04hast_0
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr04hast
V: Dravidian–Fichte
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr05hastuoft
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr05hast
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr05hast_0
VI: Fiction–Hyksos
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr06hast
VII: Hymns–Liberty
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr07hastuoft
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr07hast_0
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr07hast
VIII: Life and Death—Mulla
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr08hastuoft
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr08hast_0
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr08hast
IX: Mundas–Phrygians
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr09hastuoft
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr09hast_0
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X: Picts–Sacraments
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http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr10hast
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XI: Sacrifice–Sudra
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr11hast
XII: Suffering–Zwingli
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr12hastuoft
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr09hast
XIII: Index
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaindexhastuoft
http://www.archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr00hast
Mythology in English before Bulfinch
{There may be no public‐domain English translations of Genealogia deorum gentilium (On the Genealogy of the Gods of the Gentiles) (1360), by Giovanni Boccaccio, Historia de deis gentium (1548), by Lilio Gregorio Giraldi (Giglio Gregorio Giraldi), or Mythologiae (1567), by Natale Conti (Natalis Comes).}
The Fountaine of Ancient Fiction: Wherein Is Lively Depictured the Images and Statues of the Gods of the Ancients, with Their Proper and Perticular Expoſitions, by Richard Linche, 1599, a paraphrase of Vincenzo Cartari, Imagini colla sposizione degli dei degli antichi, 1556.
The Pantheon; Repreſenting the Fabulous Hiſtories of the Heathen Gods, and Moſt Illuſtrious Heroes …, later Tooke’s Pantheon of the Heathen Gods and Illuſtrious Heroes …, by François Pomey, 1698 (in English). (5th ed., 1709, Google Books) (20th ed., 1761, Internet Archive) (rev. ed., 1781, Internet Archive) (rev. ed., 1784, HathiTrust) (+ 1717, in Latin, HathiTrust)
An Hiſtorical Account of the Heathen Gods and Heroes, by William King, 1710. (2nd ed., 1711, HathiTrust)
A Critical History of the Celtic Religion and Learning …, by John Toland, 1726.
A New Pantheon: or, Fabulous History of the Heathen Gods, Heroes, Goddesses, &c. …, by Samuel Boyse, 1753. (Internet Archive) (HathiTrust)
The Gentleman and Lady’s Key, to Polite‐Literature; or A Compendious Dictionary of Fabulous History Containing the Characters, and Principal Actions, Aſcribed to the Heathen Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, &c. …, later A Key to Polite Literature, or Compendious Dictionary of Fabulous History, Containing the Characters and Principal Actions Ascribed to the Heathen Deities and Heroes …, anonymous, 1763. ([1765,] Google Books) (1783, Internet Archive) (IA, 6th ed.)
Encyclopædia Britannica, 1768. (See for example ….)
Bibliotheca classica, by John Lemprière, 1788. (2nd ed., 1792, HathiTrust)
Bell’s New Pantheon; or, Historical Dictionary of the Gods, Demi‐Gods, Heroes, and Fabulous Personages of Antiquity …, 1790.
A New Classical Dictionary, for the Use of Schools, Containing Under Its Different Heads, Every Thing Illustrative and Explanatory of the Mythology, Hiſtory, Geography, Manners, Cuſtoms, &c. Occurring in the Greek and Roman Authors …, later A Dictionary of Ancient Classical and Scriptural Proper Names: in Which Will Be Found a Correct Epitome of the History, Biography, and Religion of the Jews, the Greeks, and the Romans …, by Thomas Browne (fl. 1797–1811), 1797.
Historical and Miscellaneous Questions for the Use of Young People …, by Richmal Mangnall, 1798.
Elements of Mythology; or An Easy and Concise History of the Pagan Deities: Intended to Enable the Young Reader to Understand the Ancient Writers of Greece and Rome, later Elements of Mythology: Intended to Enable the Reader to Understand the Ancient Writers of Greece and Rome, by Abraham John Valpy, 1805.
A History of the Heathen Mythology; or, The Fables of the Ancients Elucidated from Historical Records …, by M. l’abbé de Tressan, 1806 (in English).
The Pantheon: or Ancient History of the Gods of Greece and Rome …, by Edward Baldwin [William Godwin], 1806.
The Mythology and Rites of the British Druids …, by Edward Davies, 1809.
A View of the History, Literature, and Mythology of the Hindoos …, by William Ward, 1818.
An Analysis of the Egyptian Mythology …, by James Cowles Prichard, 1819.
A Christian Wreath for the Pagan Deities: or, An Introduction to the Greek and Roman Mythology, by Frances Arabella Rowden, 1820.
Conversations on Mythology, anonymous, 1827. (IA)
Fairy Mythology …, by Thomas Keightley, 1828. Includes Persian, Arab, Jewish.
Mythological Fictions of the Greeks and Romans …, by Charles Philip Moritz [Karl Philipp Moritz], 1830 (in English).
The Mythology of Ancient Greece and Italy …, by Thomas Keightley, 1831.
Researches into the Nature and Affinity of Ancient and Hindu Mythology, by Vans Kennedy, 1831.
Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology …, by Charles K. Dillaway, 1831.
A Catechism of Mythology; Containing a Compendious History of the Heathen Gods and Heroes …, by William Darlington, 1832.
Manual of Classic Literature …, by Johann Joachim Eschenburg, 1836 (in English).
The New Pantheon; or, An Introduction to the Mythology of the Ancients …, by William Jillard Hort, 1836. Includes Near Eastern and Indian.
Mythological Fables …, trans. John Dryden, Alexander Pope, William Congreve, Joseph Addison, et al., 1837.
Universal Mythology …, by Henry Christmas, 1838.
A Manual of Scandinavian Mythology …, by Grenville Pigott, 1839.
Synchronology: Being a Treatise on the History, Chronology, and Mythology of the Ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Phœnicians, …, by Charles Crosthwaite, 1839.
Tales About the Mythology of Greece and Rome, by Peter Parley [Samuel Griswold Goodrich], 1839.
A Classical Dictionary …, by Charles Anthon, 1841. A continuation of Lemprière. (HathiTrust)
Heathen Mythology …, anonymous, 1842. (IA)
History of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands …, by James Jackson Jarves, 1843.
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology …, 3 vol., by William Smith, 1844.
Introduction to a Scientific System of Mythology, by C. O. Müller [Karl Otfried Müller], 1844 (in English).
A Manual of Classic Mythology or A Companion to the Greek and Latin Poets …, by Thomas Swinburne Carr, 1846.
Stories from Heathen Mythology and Greek History …, by John Mason Neale, 1847.
Grecian and Roman Mythology, by Mary Ann Dwight, 1848.
Compendium of Heathen Mythology …, by E. A. Gilbert, 1849.
A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography …, by William Smith, 1850.
The Hebrew People: or, The History and Religion of the Israelites …, by George Smith, 1850.
A Wonder‐Book for Girls and Boys, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1851.
Northern Mythology …, 3 vol., by Benjamin Thorpe, 1851.
Olympus and Its Inhabitants …, by Agnes Smith [Lewis], 1851.
Handbook of the Religion and Mythology of the Greeks …, by Henry William Stoll [Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll], 1852 (in English).
Tanglewood Tales, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1853.
The Gentile Nations: or, The History and Religion of the Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes, Persians, Greeks, and Romans …, by George Smith, 1853.
Epitome of Greek and Roman Mythology …, by John S. Hart, 1853.
Mythology Related to Children, by Jules Raymond Lamé Fleury, 1853 (in English). Includes Egyptian, Persian and Indian.
The Religion of the Northmen, by Rudolph Keyser, 1854 (in English).
Fiends, Ghosts, and Sprites, by John Netten Radcliffe, 1854.
New Pantheon; or Mythology of All Nations …, by George Crabb, 1854.