Folklore & Mythology

For many centuries the people of Scotland have told stories of their ancestors, a mysterious tribe called the Picts. This ancient Celtic-speaking people, who fought off the might of the Roman Empire, are perhaps best known for their Symbol Stones -...

With 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...

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528709750Author Franz HartmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Read BooksPublisher Read BooksWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 17mm

When we search within, we inevitably find the underworld - lost connections, failed enterprises, haunting memories, insecurities and buried secrets. This book unites self-discovery with mythology, returning the underworld to its rightful place - a...

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...

The sagas of the ancient Narts are to the Caucasus what Greek mythology is to Western civilization. This book presents, for the first time in the West, a wide selection of these fascinating myths preserved among four related peoples whose ancient...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992843014Author Doreen ValienteFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Doreen Valiente FoundationPublisher Doreen Valiente FoundationWeight(grams)...

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 9781941136577Author Ben WaggonerFormat PaperbackPage Count 752Imprint TrothPublisher TrothWeight(grams) 989gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 38mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905723607Author Andy RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 167gDimensions(mm) 156mm * 234mm * 5mm

The Druids used the ancient Ogham Tree Alphabet to work magic and honor the dead, surrounding each letter with medicinal and spiritual lore. Poets and bards created a secret sign language to describe the letters, each of which is named for a tree or a...

In this highly giftable volume, the best-loved legends of the Emerald Isle come to life. Discover the magic of Ireland's most treasured stories with Irish Folk and Fairy Tales. William Butler Yeats' charming storytelling style captures the spirit of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486414416Author Marie-Louise SjoestedtFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

There is something about a shapeshifter - a person who can transform into an animal - that captures our imagination; that causes us to want to howl at the moon, or flit through the night like a bat. Werewolves, vampires, demons, and other weird creatures...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874219050Author Lynne S. McNeillFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Utah State University PressPublisher Utah State University PressWeight(grams) 271g

How dangerous were fairies? In the late seventeenth century, they could still scare people to death. Little wonder, as they were thought to be descended from fallen angels, and to have the power to destroy the world itself. Despite their modern image as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570626739Author Edward EdingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams) 320g

'The Tomb of the Mili Mongga lives up to its magnificent billing' DAILY TELEGRAPH - A fossil expedition becomes a thrilling search for a mythical beast deep in the Indonesian forest - and a fascinating look at how fossils, folklore, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909488571Author Lars ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 363g

Available for the first time in paperback, this anthology of 50 folktales is an excellent introduction to the rich oral tradition of Finnish folktales for both the general reader and for students of folklore. Storytelling as a living tradition was...

In this practical training guide, Don Webb lays out a detailed step-by-step program for building and sustaining a magical practice. Based not on Eliphas Levi's correspondence system but on an older form of Egyptian magic, as well as drawing on Chaos...

Have you ever seen a pixie? Really? How about a nixie? Where would you find a brownie? And who exactly is Puck? Hiding in the woods, meadows, lakes and caves of these green and pleasant lands are a multitude of little-studied folk who have evaded...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578459882Author Joshua FreeFormat PaperbackPage Count 406Imprint Joshua FreePublisher Joshua FreeWeight(grams) 621gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 23mm

From Arthurian legend to tales of ancient China, horses have traversed the world alongside humans for centuries, and their heroic adventures are gathered here in this one-of-a-kind little encyclopedia . . . Beloved for their grace, strength, and untamed...

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...

The 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...

A HAUNTING COLLECTION OF STORIES THAT WEAVES HAWAIIAN MYTHOLOGY WITH A RICH SENSE OF PLACE This wrenching and sensational debut story collection follows a cast of mixed native Hawaiian and Japanese women through a contemporary landscape thick with...

* Explores the schools of Solomonic magic around the world and works such as The Greater and Lesser Keys of Solomon the King and The Hygromancy of Solomon * Examines Solomon's magical possessions, including his famous ring that gave him command over...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999873790Author Wulfric ThorssonFormat HardbackPage Count 396Imprint Temple of TreesPublisher Temple of TreesWeight(grams) 603gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

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...

What buried secret lies beneath the stones of one of England's greatest former churches and shrines, the Benedictine Abbey of Bury St Edmunds? The search for the final resting place of King Edmund has led to this site, beneath which Francis Young argues...

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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...

Eighty percent of Americans have no British ancestors. According to David Hackett Fischer, however, their day-to-day lives are profoundly influenced by folkways transplanted from Britain to the New World with the first settlers. Residual, yet persistent,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805209952Author Martin BuberFormat PaperbackPage Count 736Imprint Schocken BooksPublisher Schocken BooksWeight(grams) 601gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 132mm *...

Gaining insight into our deeper selves through the use of divination tools to help decide future actions has preoccupied mankind since ancient times. In Europe, cards which became known as Tarot have been used to map the soul and predict the future since...

These lively and entertaining folk tales from one of Britain's most diverse counties are vividly retold by writer, storyteller and poet Jennie Bailey and storyteller, writer, psychotherapist and shamanic guide David England. Take a fantasy journey around...

The fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial life-and even invented real automated machines The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos. This wondrous machine was created not by MIT...