Category: Myth

Traditional story, involving supernatural beings or forces, which embodies and provides an explanation for something such as the early history of a society, a religious belief, or a natural phenomenon. (OED).

↑ Parent category Fantasy and Supernatural

Poems assigned to this category

Total poems: 37
Poem title Poet(s) Date Periodical id #
Hylas 1828 The Keepsake 2811
Diana and Endymion Φασν (pseudonym) 1835 Forget-Me-Not 15203
Lament for Eros Kortright, Frances Aikin 1859-08-27 Once a Week 210
The Palimpsest Hopkins, Manley 1859-12-03 Once a Week 241
A Musical Instrument Browning, Elizabeth Barrett 1860-07 The Cornhill Magazine 11946
Ariadne at Naxos Davidson, Thomas 1860-12 The Cornhill Magazine 11950
The Death of Œnone Moule, Horace 1860-12-29 Once a Week 422
Thorr’s Hunt for his Hammer 1861-01-26 Once a Week 543
Tannhäuser Duff-Gordon, Lucie 1861-08-17 Once a Week 842
The Three Statues of Ægina Thornbury, George Walter 1861-10-26 Once a Week 856
Evander Munby, Arthur J. 1861-12-21 Once a Week 866
Valkyrie and Raven Hornklofi, Þórbjǫrn 1862-08-02 Once a Week 911
Sea-Weeds 1862-09 Good Words 414
Endymion on Latmos Smith, R. N. 1863-01-03 Once a Week 457
Ulysses in Ogygia Paton, Joseph Noël 1864-01 The Cornhill Magazine 11993
Calypso Watkins, Morgan George 1864-02-06 Once a Week 558
Proserpine Mew, James 1864-02-20 Once a Week 559
Bacchus and the Water-Thieves Thornbury, George Walter 1864-06-04 Once a Week 592
Lost Syrinx (B.C. 100) Thornbury, George Walter 1864-10-08 Once a Week 699
Acontius and Cydippe W. G. (poet; Once a Week), Green, W. 1865-01-14 Once a Week 726
Iliad Ω. 692, ad fin Homer 1865-01-21 Once a Week 728
Narcissus Mew, James, J. M. (poet; Once a Week) 1865-10-14 Once a Week 967
The Epitaph of Adonis. An Idyl 1865-12-09 Once a Week 981
Cassandra Mew, James 1867-09-21 Once a Week 13549
The Victim Tennyson, Alfred 1868-01-01 Good Words 1888
Orpheus and Eurydice Graves, Alfred Perceval 1871-09 The Dark Blue 598
A Christmas Carol Image, Selwyn 1886-01 The Century Guild Hobby Horse 8756
Flower Fairies Marston, Philip Bourke 1887-10 Atalanta 1643
Lines Written in the Glen at Penkill Horne, Herbert P. 1887-10 The Century Guild Hobby Horse 8815
A Morning Song for Christmas Day. For Music Horne, Herbert P. 1888-01 The Century Guild Hobby Horse 8816
Dolly’s Garden Browne, Marie Hedderwick 1890-02 Atalanta 1971
“Yea, I Have A Goodly Heritage” Rossetti, Christina G. 1890-10 Atalanta 2047
Junes Long Fled Langbridge, Frederick 1890-11 Atalanta 2051
Singing to a Star. (His Mother’s Song) Piatt, Sarah M. B. 1891-03 Atalanta 2072
Love and Fame Marshall, M. T. 1892-05 Atalanta 2195
Pallas and the Centaur. After a Picture by Botticelli Moore, T. Sturge 1896 Pageant 1100
Penelope Japp, Alexander Hay 1896-07 Atalanta 2374