Folklore & Mythology

More than 100,000 copies sold in France A fascinating new journey through Greek mythology that explains the myths' timeless lessons and meaning Heroes, gods, and mortals. The Greek myths are the founding narratives of Western civilization: to...

Cunning, seductive, monstrous, virtuous - whether in divine or mortal form, women shape the foundations of ancient Greek mythology, but have long been eclipsed by their male counterparts. Now, it's time for their stories to be told.Heroines of Olympus...

'Fans of Anne Carson, rejoice!... Carson's depth of knowledge about Greek mythology coupled with her poetic sensibility and illustrations is sure to breathe new life into this oft-told story.' Lit HubH of H Playbook is an explosion of thought, in...

In 1987 the Great Storm that ravaged southern England felled millions of trees, and prompted a reappraisal of the arboreal in our lives. In Beechcomings Richard Mabey set out to uncover our relationship with trees, and specifically the beech, their...

A collection of some of the oldest African tales, selected by Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, which presents such themes as cunning animals, magic spells, and people who change forms.Book InformationISBN 9780393326246Author Nelson...

A collection of some of the oldest African tales, selected by Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, which presents such themes as cunning animals, magic spells, and people who change forms.Book InformationISBN 9780393326246Author Nelson...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781445521459Author Wirt SikesFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Read BooksPublisher Read BooksWeight(grams) 187g

A comprehensive look at the history and practices of rural English witchcraft * Explores witch's familiars and fetches, animal magic, and the forms of witchcraft practiced by rural tradespeople, such as blacksmiths, herbalists, and artisans * Offers...

In the tradition of his books On Beauty and On Ugliness and The Infinity of Lists, Umberto Eco presents an enthralling illustrated tour of the fabled places that have awed and eluded us through the ages."Eco is one of the most influential thinkers of our...

"Scottish Myths and Legends" is an entertaining taste of the feast of stories that Scotland has to offer. Fairy folk, witches, giants, monsters, tales of heroic princes, magic and miraculous feats - all are the stuff of the myths and legends of Scotland...

This is the first book that presents the eclectic history, modern culture, and magic of La Santa Muerte's mystery school to the non-Spanish-speaking world. As the patron saint of lost causes, the LGBT community, addicts, and anyone who has been...

INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF NEW AND EXPANDED ENTRIES From 'Aald Rock' to 'Zeenty-teenty', A Dictionary of Scottish Phrase and Fable is an unputdownable gallimaufry of curious items embracing sayings, put-downs, insults, mottos, traditions, legends, folklore,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780919123779Author Marie-Louise Von FranzFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Inner City BooksPublisher Inner City BooksWeight(grams) 227g

Do you believe in magic? Even if you don't, you probably 'think magically' sometimes. We touch wood to stop bad things happening, or take a lucky object to a job interview or exam in an irrational attempt to influence the outcome. Spellbound: Magic,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934389836Author Joe LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint For BeginnersPublisher For Beginners

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994125866Author Brian a O'SullivanFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Irish Imbas BooksPublisher Irish Imbas BooksWeight(grams) 152g

Once upon a time in the city of Tunis, a flirtatious young girl was drawn into Lilith's dangerous web by glancing repeatedly at herself in the mirror. It seems that a demon daughter of the legendary Lilith had made her home in the mirror and would soon...

Retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land.AwardsWinner of Caldecott Medal 1985 and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780919123694Author James HollisFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Inner City BooksPublisher Inner City BooksWeight(grams) 204g

A complete guide to the theory, practice, and history of Mazdan magic, the first organized system of magic * Provides a complete curriculum of magical study and initiation centered on exercises keyed to the sacred Zoroastrian calendar * Details advanced...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608683246Author Joseph CampbellFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425241370Author Nathan Robert BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 244g

Much of Scottish mythology was imported by settlers arriving from across the Irish Sea, and so Scottish mythology in large part shares its characters and tales with the mythology of Ireland, from the Ulster Cycle featuring Conchobar mac Nessa, king of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592210480Author Joseph Brahim SeidFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Africa Research & PublicationsPublisher Africa World PressWeight(grams) 126g

The first comprehensive edition and translation of Old English writings on health and healing in more than 150 years.Unlike elsewhere in Europe, vernacular writings on health and healing had a major place in early medieval England. These texts-unique...

From Abbotts Ann and the Maiden's Garlands to the Tichborne Dole and St Swithun's forty days of rain, Folklore of Hampshire looks at the county as never before. Hampshire is proud host to traditions, customs and legends that may seem strange to the...

Shortlisted for the Andre Simon Food & Drink Book Award 2022 An intoxicating interconnected history of booze and medicine, from one of the world's foremost cocktail writers. Consider the Negroni. The...

Stories of the Serbian people are both poetic and strident, reflecting their proud heritage as Southern Slavs, who, in the years after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, swept South, taking over the lands of the once great Ancient Greeks, the Latins...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394730905Author Alexsandr Afanas'EvFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Pantheon BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 831g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955823138Author Melanie ReinhartFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Starwalker PressPublisher Starwalker Press

Every year, at the Wa Huang Gong temple in Hebei Province, China, people gather to worship the great mother, Nuwa, the oldest deity in Chinese myth, praising her for bringing them a happy life. It is a vivid demonstration of both the ancient reach and...

This dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. An engrossing guide to English folklore...

This reference work should help to rejuvenate the imagination through documenting the mythological expression of an age-old desire to interpret and control the natural phenomena of the earth, sea and sky. In more than 350 entries, the connections between...

An entrancing new telling of ancient Greek myths"This book is a triumph! . . . [A] magnificent retelling of the Greek myths."-Alexander McCall Smith, author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series"Move over, Edith Hamilton! Sarah Iles Johnston has...

At least three major questions can be asked of myth: what is its subject matter? What is its origin? What is its function? Theories of myth may differ in the answers they give to any of these questions, but more basically they may also differ on which of...

Traditional hedgerows are rapidly vanishing from our countryside. With their disappearance, we lose not only their flora and fauna but also the tales and folklore that have always surrounded them. This book records these stories before they disappear...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781630515096Author Ean BeggFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Chiron PublicationsPublisher Chiron PublicationsWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Comedian Richard Pryor narrated the George Floyd murder in 1979, forty years before it occurred. A murder no one is laughing about. Yet when Pryor tells the story in very raw terms, and with his comic talent, the audience laughs. As a time-traveling...

In this book William Mackenzie records a world of local legend, folklore and superstition, and charts the changes he saw in his lifetime in agriculture, education, the Church and, of course, emigration. He recounts the history of the leading families of...