The
following is a list of the most useful reference books used to develop
Legendary Quest. Those listed in bold print provided us with the
most pertinent and/or extensive information. Truly exceptional books
are also italicized.
The Ancient City Life in Classical Athens & Rome by Peter Connolly and Hazel Dodge
Ancient Greece The Dawn of the Western World by Furio Durando
Arabian Nights anonymous
Arms and Armor of the Medieval Knight: An Illustrated History of Weaponry in the Middle Ages by David Edge & John Miles Paddock
Arthurian Myth & Legend: An A-Z of People and Places by Mike Dixon-Kennedy
Atlas of Ancient Archaeology by Jacquetta Hawkes
Atlas of Ancient Egypt by John Baines and Jaromir Malek
The Atlas of the Ancient World by Margaret Oliphant
An Atlas of Fantasy by J. B. Post
The Book of Werewolves by Sabine Baring-Gould
Celtic Myth & Legend: An A-Z of People and Places by Mike Dixon-Kennedy
Celtic Mythology by Prionsias Mac Cana
The Complete Valley of the Kings by Nicholas Reeves and Richard H. Wilkinson
The Dictionary of Ancient Egypt by Ian Shaw and Paul Nicholson
A Dictionary of Ghost Lore by Peter Haining
Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend by Andy Orchard
A Dictionary of Superstitions edited by Iona Opie and Moira Tatem
Dictionary of Symbolic & Mythological Animals by J. C. Cooper
Dictionary of World Folklore by Larousse
Dragons, A Natural History by Karl Shuker
Dragons and Dragon Lore by Ernest Ingersoll
Dragons, The Enchanted World by Time Life Books
The Druids by Stuart Piggott
An Encyclopedia of Fairies by Katharine Biggs
The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits by Rosemary Ellen Guiley
Encyclopedia of Gods by Michael Jordan
The Encyclopedia of Monsters by Daniel Cohen
Encyclopedia of Mysterious Places by Robert Ingpen & Philip Wilkinson
Encyclopedia of Occultism by Lewis Spence
Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were by Michael Page and Robert Ingpen
Faeries by Brian Froud and Alan Lee
Fairies and Elves, The Enchanted World by Time-Life Books
The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries by W.Y. Evans-Wentz
Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
A Field Guide to the Little People by Nancy Arrowsmith and George Moorse
Folktales of Germany edited by Kurt Ranke
Gems & Crystals from the American Museum of Natural History by Anna S. Sofianides and George E. Harlow
Ghosts, The Enchanted World by Time-Life Books
Great Figures of Mythology by Peter Clayton
Grimm’s Fairy Tales by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
A Guide to the Gods by Richard Carlyon
Guide to the Pyramids of Egypt by Alberto Siliotti
Harper’s Encyclopedia of Mystical & Paranormal Experience by Rosemary Ellen Guiley
A Hieroglyphic Vocabulary to the Book of the Dead by E. A. Wallis Budge
The History of Forts & Castles by Ian Hogg
The History of Mythology by Veronica Ions
The History of Pirates by Angus Konstam
The Holy Grail: It’s Origins, Secrets & Meaning Revealed by Malcolm Godwin
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Arthurian Legends by Ronan Coghlan
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & Legends by Arthur Cotterell
An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols by J. C. Cooper
Irish Folk & Fairytale Omnibus by Michael Scott
The Knight in History by Frances Gies
Legends of Valor, The Enchanted World by Time-Life Books
Life in Medieval Times by Marjorie Rowling
The Lore of Ships edited by Sam Svensson
The Lore of the Unicorn by Odell Shepard
Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult by Geoffrey Lamb
Maps and Map-Makers by R.V. Tooley
The New Guide to Mushrooms by Peter Jordan
New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology by Crescent Books
The Norse Myths by Kevin Crossley-Holland
The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Europe edited by George Holmes
Poems of the Elder Edda translated by Patricia Terry
The Roman World by John Boardman, Jasper Griffin, and Oswyn Murray
Signs & Symbols by Clare Gibson
A Treasury of Classical Mythology by A.R. Hope Moncrieff
Viking & Norse Mythology by H. R. Ellis Davidson
Warfare in the Middle Ages by Richard Humble
The Way of the Sacred by Francis Huxley
The Western Heritage Volume A, to 1527 by Donald Kagan, Steven Ozment, and Frank M. Turner
Who’s Who in Mythology A Classic Guide to the Ancient World by Alexander S. Murray
Witches and Witchcraft by Rosemary Ellen Guiley
The Woman’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets by Barbara G. Walker
The World of the Norsemen by Eric Oxenstierna