Bierlein, J.F. Parallel Myths. New York, Ballantine Books, 1994.
Bruchac, Joseph. Iroquois Stories: Heroes and Heroines Monsters and Magic. Trumansburg, New York, The Crossing Press, 1985.
Bruchac, Joseph. Native American Animal Stories. Golden, Colorado, Fulcrum Publishing, 1992.
Bryan, Ashley. Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum. New York, Atheneum, 1980.
Burton, Richard F. Phoenix Re-Born. London, Hutchinson, 1962.
Chafetz, Henry. Thunderbird and Other Stories. New York, Pantheon Books, 1964.
Courlander, Harold. A Treasury of African Folklore. New York, Marlowe and Company, 1998.
David A. Leeming, Margareth A. Leemming. A Dictionary of Creation Myths. New York, Oxford University Press, 1995.
Ferguson, John C. Chinese Mythology. Boston, Archeological Institute, 1932.
Lurie, Alison. The Heavenly Zoo. New York, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 1979.
Mode, Heinz. Fabulous Beasts and Demons. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1975.
Mooney, James. Cosmogonic Myths. Myths of the Cherokee. New York, Dover Publications. 1995.
Pilling, Ann. Realms of Gold Myths and Legends From Around the World. New York, Kingfisher books, 1993.
Rosenberg, Donna. Folklore, Myth and Legends: A World Perspective. Lincolnwood, Ill., NTC Pub. Group, 1997.
Seton, Julia M. Indian Creation Stories. Santa Fe, New Mexico, Seton Village Press, 1952.
South, Malcolm. Mythical and Fabulous Creatures. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1987.
Stein, Diane. Creation and Creation Goddesses. The Women’s Spirituality Book. St. Paul, Minnesota, Llewellyn Publications. 1995.
Van Den Broek R. . The Myth of the Phoenix According to Classical and Early Christian Traditions. Leiden, Brill, 1972
Willis, Roy, Ed. World Mythology. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1993.