Folklore & Mythology

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...

Inspired new translations of the work of one of the world's greatest fabulistsTold in an elegant style, Jean de la Fontaine's (1621-95) charming animal fables depict sly foxes and scheming cats, vain birds and greedy wolves, all of which subtly express...

Up to now, there has been no complete English-language version of the Russian folktales of A. N. Afanas'ev. This translation is based on L. G. Barag and N. V. Novikov's edition, widely regarded as the authoritative Russian-language edition. The present...

Presents more than 600 magical prescriptions for healing and protection from both pagan and Christian sources * Examines the practice of diagnosing illness through magic and explores ancient beliefs about curses and other evil spells and about devils,...

The 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,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570626098Author Marie-Louise von FranzFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Folklore of Northumbria is a comprehensive survey, drawing on a wide range of printed, manuscript and oral material and it places the folklore of Northumbria in its historical, cultural, religious and social context. It is richly illustrated and covers a...

If there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout the world, it is the fairy tale. Yet we still have great difficulty understanding how it originated, evolved, and spread--or why so many people cannot...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905297641Author Sorita D'EsteFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint AvaloniaPublisher AvaloniaWeight(grams) 408g

Ever 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...

'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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956562838Author Rionach Ui OgainPage Count 200Imprint Comhairle Bhealoideas EireannPublisher Comhairle Bhealoideas Eireann

Around the world, people looked to the skies to tell them when to sow and harvest their crops, and when the rains would come. The 'sailing stars' have guided explorers and endless migrations of people. In Old Europe, among the Ainu of Japan and in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911405955Author Jacob & Wilhelm GrimmFormat PaperbackPage Count 506Imprint Aziloth BooksPublisher Aziloth Books

Folklore: The Basics is an engaging guide to the practice and interpretation of folklore. Taking examples from around the world, it explores the role of folklore in expressing fundamental human needs, desires, and anxieties that often are often not...

WELCOME TO THE INCREDIBLE WORLD OF MILDRED! Mildred's life took a turn for the surreal when a stranger arrived unexpectedly at her home. The stranger presented her with a cat to keep; but there were conditions attached, including she joined the local...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912368181Author Wirt SikesFormat PaperbackPage Count 434Imprint Cockatrice BooksPublisher Cockatrice Books

Ireland is an island nation, inextricably linked with and dependent upon the sea which surrounds us. From earliest times, ships from distant lands have brought goods, ideas, invaders, influencers. Our legends, and particularly the imramma or magical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781848513129Author Cerys MatthewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Pont BooksPublisher Gomer PressDimensions(mm) 250mm * 200mm * 10mm

An emotionally-charged contemporary fantasy of love, sacrifice and ancient enchantments as Polish folklore thrives in today's Chicago, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divergent, Chosen Ones and Arch-Conspirator. Step into a city where...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143455288Author Bhanumathi NarasimhanFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaDimensions(mm) 200mm * 130mm * 20mm

The 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528772716Author Wyrd BooksFormat HardbackPage Count 50Imprint Read BooksPublisher Read BooksWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 6mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912634729Author John ReppionFormat HardbackPage Count 140Imprint Liminal 11Publisher Liminal 11

Over 1000 people a year in the UK report seeing 'big cats', possibly pumas or panthers. Have these animals escaped from zoos? Are they the descendants of pets released into wild? Or is there another solution to the mystery? In this extraordinary book,...

No matter how savvy the reader is, they are sure to find stories they believed to be true in this collection. Professor Jan Harold Brunvand is the authority on urban legends and Too Good to Be True is his most complete anthology. Whether the reader wants...

Saints and sorcerers, haunted caves and bloody battles, fairy mounds and forsaken harpers - Argyll is teeming with folk tales. The region has played a key part in the history of Scotland since prehistoric times. From the Irishsettlers who established the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738769707Author Virginia ChandlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Llewellyn Publications,U.S.Publisher Llewellyn Publications,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585429080Author Linda S. GodfreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 0g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906833589Author Immanuel VelikovskyFormat HardbackPage Count 218Imprint Paradigma LtdPublisher Paradigma LtdWeight(grams) 490g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781564147950Author Frank JosephFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Career PressPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 252mm * 178mm *...

This book describes the reaction of the common people to some of the tumultuous events which occurred in Northamptonshire and shaped England's history, and how this gave rise to many colourful folklore traditions. Especially rich in dialect, vocabulary,...

A spellbinding new book by the much-acclaimed writer, a journey to South Africa in search of the lost people called the /Xam - a haunting book about the brutality of colonial frontiers and the fate of those they dispossess.In spring 2020, Julia Blackburn...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985452384Author Jack DonovanFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Dissonant HumPublisher Dissonant HumWeight(grams) 376gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

A detailed and passionate argument suggesting that Beowulf originated in the pre-Viking kingdom of 8th-century East Anglia. Where did Beowulf, unique and thrilling example of an Old English epic poem come from? In whose hall did the poem's maker first...

Following his account of Irish origins as evidenced by archaeology, genetics and linguistics, J. P. Mallory returns to the subject to interrogate what he calls the 'Irish Dreamtime': the native Irish retelling of their own origins, as related by medieval...

A profound meditation on climate change and the Anthropocene and an urgent search for the fossils-industrial, chemical, geological-that humans are leaving behind A Times Book of the Year * A Daily...