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Chinese Mythology New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology. London: Hamlyn, Highly readable, well illustrated encyclopedia of the world's mythologies, with an introduction by Robert Graves. Contains a full account of Chinese mythology. Birrell, Anne. Chinese Mythology: An Introduction. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. Best English language introduction to early myths. Consists mainly of thematically arranged translations of sources with detailed comments. Mathieu, Rémi. Anthologie des Mythes et Légendes de la Chine Ancienne. Paris: Gallimard, 1989. Selection of mythological texts arranged according to topic and translated into French. Walters, Derek. An Encyclopaedia of Myth and Legend: Chinese Mythology. London: The Aquarian Press, 1992. Popular version of Werner above with short entries alphabetically arranged. Werner, E. T. C. A Dictionary of Chinese Mythology. Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, 1932. Most comprehensive reference work in English with alphabetically arranged entries.
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