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The Cult of the Black Virgin by Ean Begg 9781630515096
RRP: $35.00$28.06Apologies 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 *... -
Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography by Stephen Knight
RRP: $42.88$37.42The only figure in the Dictionary of National Biography who is said never to have existed, Robin Hood has taken on an air of reality few historical figures achieve. His image in various guises has been put to use as a subject of ballads, nationalist... -
Tricking Power into Performing Acts of Love: How Tricksters Through History Have Changed the World by Shepherd Siegel 9781631957307
RRP: $27.20$24.39Comedian 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... -
Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore by Theresa Bane 9780786495054
RRP: $56.53$46.37The legendary heroes of our mythic past are only as great and memorable as the monsters they confronted and vanquished. This, the latest encyclopedic work by mythologist Theresa Bane contains more than twenty-two hundred entries of animal companions,... -
Egyptian Myth: A Very Short Introduction by Geraldine Pinch
RRP: $17.53$12.58The complex world of Egyptian myth is clearly illuminated in this fascinating new approach to ancient Egypt. Geraldine Pinch explores the cultural and historical background behind a wide variety of sources and objects, from Cleopatra's Needle and... -
Crow by Ted Hughes 9780571363162
RRP: $25.33$16.69This anniversary edition celebrates fifty years since the original publication of Crow (1970) - the vital, shape-shifting collectionby Ted Hughes. Its context, including the integral role of the American artist Leonard Baskin and the significance of... -
Handbook of Chinese Mythology by Lihui Yang 9780195332636
RRP: $41.91$29.80Every 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... -
Scottish Traditional Tales by Alan Bruford
RRP: $29.23$19.11All over the world traditional tales used to be told at the fireseide until their place came to be taken by books, newspapers, radio and television. This is an entertaining collection from Scotland, recorded and collected by researchers from the School... -
Sussex Folk Tales by Michael O'Leary 9780752474694
RRP: $25.33$18.76With screaming demons in Wealdon copses and dragons lurking in bottomless ponds, the folk tales of Sussex truly represent the diversity of the area. Meet knuckers and willocks, mawkins and marsh monsters, the Piltdown Man, Lord Moon of Amberley Swamp and... -
A Dictionary of Scottish Phrase and Fable by Ian Crofton
RRP: $68.25$47.64INCLUDES 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,... -
Tales of the Irish Hedgerows by Tony Locke
RRP: $25.33$18.76Traditional 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... -
Spirit of the Hare: in Folklore, Mythology & the Artist's Landscape by Karen Cater 9780955647536
RRP: $31.18$28.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955647536Author Karen CaterFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Hedingham FairPublisher Hedingham Fair -
The Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and Myths by William Hansen 9780691170152
RRP: $58.50$46.20The first anthology ever to present the entire range of ancient Greek and Roman stories--from myths and fairy tales to jokes Captured centaurs and satyrs, talking animals, people who suddenly change sex, men who give birth, the temporarily insane and... -
Tales of the German Imagination from the Brothers Grimm to Ingeborg Bachmann by Peter Wortsman
RRP: $25.33$19.11'It was a very momentous day, the day on which I was to be slaughtered' Bringing together tales of melancholy and madness, nightmare and fantasy, this is a new collection of the most haunting German stories from the past 200 years. Ranging from the... -
Jung on Mythology by C. G. Jung
RRP: $70.18$61.80At 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... -
The Dark Side of Japan: Ancient Black Magic, Folklore, Ritual by Antony Cummins
RRP: $31.18$21.16The Dark Side of Japan is a collection of folk tales, black magic, protection spells, monsters and other dark interpretations of life and death from Japanese folklore. Much of the information comes from ancient documents, translated into English here for... -
Ogam: The Celtic Oracle of the Trees: Understanding, Casting, and Interpreting the Ancient Druidic Alphabet by Paul Rhys Mountfort
RRP: $33.05$21.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892819195Author Paul Rhys MountfortFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Inner Traditions Bear and CompanyPublisher Inner Traditions Bear and... -
Almost Heaven: Tales from a Cathedral by Leslie Thomas 9781903071236
RRP: $25.33$17.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903071236Author Leslie ThomasFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Bene Factum Publishing LtdPublisher Bene Factum Publishing Ltd -
The Vampire: A New History by Nick Groom
RRP: $25.33$22.35An authoritative new history of the vampire, two hundred years after it first appeared on the literary scene Published to mark the bicentenary of John Polidori's publication of The Vampyre, Nick Groom's detailed new account illuminates the complex... -
Images and Symbols: Studies in Religious Symbolism by Mircea Eliade
RRP: $58.50$45.42Mircea Eliade--one of the most renowned expositors of the psychology of religion, mythology, and magic--shows that myth and symbol constitute a mode of thought that not only came before that of discursive and logical reasoning, but is still an essential... -
Sacred Symbols of the Dogon: The Key to Advanced Science in the Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs by Laird Scranton
RRP: $31.18$20.44In The Science of the Dogon, Laird Scranton demonstrated that the cosmological structure described in the myths and drawings of the Dogon runs parallel to modern science--atomic theory, quantum theory, and string theory--their drawings often taking the... -
On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears by Stephen T. Asma
RRP: $44.83$31.75Hailed as "a feast" (Washington Post) and "a modern-day bestiary" (The New Yorker), Stephen Asma's On Monsters is a wide-ranging cultural and conceptual history of monsters--how they have evolved over time, what functions they have served for us, and... -
The Mabinogion by Lady Charlotte E. Guest 9780486295411
RRP: $14.61$9.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486295411Author Lady Charlotte E. GuestFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Dracula: The Origins and Influence of the Legendary Vampire Count by Giles Morgan 9780857304438
RRP: $19.48$13.26Few fictional characters have proven to be as enduringly popular as the legendary Count Dracula. First published in 1897, Bram Stoker's gothic masterpiece thrilled and disturbed Victorian society with its dark and compelling themes of violence, lust,... -
The Eternal One by Dorothy Boux 9780856832192
RRP: $25.25$23.26Dorothy Boux has transcribed in calligraphy and illustrated an ancient account of the creation of the universe. Not much can be said about its origin, except that it came to the attention of H.P. Blavatsky during her extensive travels in India and Tibet... -
The Blood on Satan's Claw by David Evans-Powell 9781800348066
RRP: $44.83$40.40Widely regarded as one of the foundational 'Unholy Trinity' of folk horror film, The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) has been comparatively over-shadowed, if not maligned, when compared to Witchfinder General (1968) and The Wicker Man (1973). While those... -
Modern Witchcraft with the Greek Gods: History, Insights & Magickal Practice by Jason Mankey
RRP: $44.85$30.36From Zeus and Hephaestus to Hades and Persephone, this book reveals the origins of nearly thirty Greek gods and goddesses, how they've been worshipped across the centuries, and how you can work with them in your own practice. Jason Mankey and Astrea... -
New Orleans Vampires: History and Legend by Marita Woywod Crandle 9781540226396
RRP: $62.38$36.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540226396Author Marita Woywod CrandleFormat HardbackPage Count 130Imprint History Press Library EditionsPublisher History Press Library... -
Faeries, Elves and Goblins: The Old Stories and fairy tales by Rosalind Kerven
RRP: $29.23$20.7725 tales of faeries, elves and goblins, beautifully illustrated throughout Faeries, elves, goblins, leprechauns, brownies, spriggans and many other supernatural beings leap vividly off the page in this collection of 25 haunting stories and... -
Fermanagh Folk Tales by Doreen McBride 9781845888831
RRP: $25.33$18.76Fermanagh's culture, heritage, characters and stories set it apart from the rest of the world. Every mountain, tree, lake, stream, rock, stone and character tells a tale. There are the strange stories of mythical creatures, such as the Shining Folk that... -
Legends of the Nahanni Valley by Hammerson Peters 9780993955860
RRP: $58.40$49.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993955860Author Hammerson PetersFormat PaperbackPage Count 536Imprint Hammerson PetersPublisher Hammerson PetersWeight(grams) 776gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
A Treasury of Fantastic and Mythological Creatures: 1, 087 Renderings from Historic Sources by Richard Huber 9780486241746
RRP: $24.36$17.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486241746Author Richard HuberFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Edda by Snorri Sturluson
RRP: $17.53$12.77The only English translation to include the complete work - a must-have for all students of early Norse literature.Over a period of twenty years, Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose EDDA as a textbook for young poets who... -
The Natural History Of Unicorns by Chris Lavers 9781847081179
RRP: $17.53$11.86For centuries, unicorns have inspired, enchanted and eluded humanity. The beast appears in the Old Testament and there was a brisk trade in unicorn parts in medieval times, with travellers regularly reporting sightings into the modern era. But by the... -
Percy Maylam's The Kent Hooden Horse by Richard Maylam 9780752449975
RRP: $29.23$22.52In 1909, Canterbury antiquarian Percy Maylam published his research and remarkable photographs of the fascinating Kent tradition of the hooden horse. He caught the custom in its last traditional phase, but his work inspired a revival after the Second... -
Myth and Meaning by Claude Levi-Strauss 9780802063489
RRP: $23.38$22.23Ever since the rise of science and the scientific method in the seventeenth century, we have rejected mythology as the product of superstitious and primitive minds. Only now are we coming to a fuller appreciation of the nature and role of myth in human... -
Strange and Secret Peoples: Fairies and Victorian Consciousness by Carole G. Silver 9780195144116
RRP: $82.86$57.23Teeming with creatures, both real and imagined, this encyclopedic study in cultural history illuminates the hidden web of connections between the Victorian fascination with fairies and their lore and the dominant preoccupations of Victorian culture at... -
Arthurian Legends by Rosalind Kerven
$34.20The definitive book of stories from Arthurian legend. Delve into the enchanted world of Arthurian legends where you will meet the Knights of the Round Table, Wizard Merlin, King Arthur and Queen Guinevere. With plots full of romance, adventure and... -
The Impossible Zoo: An encyclopedia of fabulous beasts and mythical monsters by Leo Ruickbie
RRP: $33.13$22.50HERE BE DRAGONS! Here you will find the things that once made the woods wild and the nights to be feared; that made ancient map-makers write, 'Here be Dragons'. The Impossible Zoo is a biology of the supernatural - a study of the life of things that... -
Siren Land: A Celebration of Life in Southern Italy by Norman Douglas
RRP: $25.33$19.09Weaving the myths of the Sirens into the landscape and history of the island of Capri, Siren Land focuses on the legends and archaeology, folklore and daily life, patron saints, local ghosts, wine and the wind of the region. Norman Douglas, one of the...