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Halloween Other Festivals: Death And Life by Jack Santino 9780870498138
RRP: $69.20$57.10Why do we celebrate Halloween? No one gets the day off, and unlike all other major holidays it has no religious or governmental affiliation. A survivor of our pre-Christian, agrarian roots, it has become one of the most popular and widely celebrated... -
The Origins and History of Consciousness by Erich Neumann 9780691163598
RRP: $42.00$32.63The Origins and History of Consciousness draws on a full range of world mythology to show how individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as human consciousness as a whole. Erich Neumann was one of C. G. Jung's most... -
Lincolnshire Folk Tales by Maureen James 9780752466408
RRP: $27.28$17.16Lincolnshire, a county with many variations in the dialect, once nurtured many folk tales and though these stories may no longer be told as often as they once were, they still resonate within the rural landscape. From the dark tales of the 'Buried Moon',... -
Young Fionn: Small Kid, Big Legend by Ronan Moore 9780717185863
RRP: $18.88$13.55He is Ireland's most famous warrior, a legendary figure who has enchanted children for millennia. But who really was Fionn Mac Cumhaill? And what was he like when he was a child? In this wonderful, modern retelling of an ancient tale, based on a... -
Mystery Big Cats by Merrily Harpur 9781906069186
RRP: $31.40$25.77Over 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,... -
Irish Legends for Children Colouring Book by Yvonne Carroll 9780717149711
RRP: $14.68$12.94Children will love this colouring book with a difference! There are fifteen traditional Irish stories to read and then colour in, making it a book to treasure. There is something for everyone, from cautionary tales of cunning leprechauns to the thrilling... -
Mother Leakey and the Bishop: A Ghost Story by Peter Marshall
$22.24Halloween 1636: sightings of the ghost of an old woman begin to be reported in the small English coastal town of Minehead, and a royal commission is sent to investigate. December 1640: a disgraced Protestant bishop is hanged in the Irish capital, Dublin,... -
The Norfolk Story Book by Isabelle King 9780750967921
RRP: $20.98$15.39Have you ever wondered what a snap dragon, a mammoth and mustard all have in common? The answer is Norfolk! Inspired by seven unique objects at Norfolk Collections Centre, this book tells seven stories, all from different periods in time, which combine... -
Bu Me Be: Proverbs of the Akans by Ivor Agyeman-Duah 9780955507922
RRP: $39.88$27.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955507922Author Ivor Agyeman-DuahFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Ayebia Clarke Publishing LtdPublisher Ayebia Clarke Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 660g -
Chinese Folktales by Xiulu Wang 9781804177822
RRP: $18.88$13.76Chinese Folklore is drawn from over three thousand years of storytelling, with early legends of the gods and heroes, weird mysteries of sorcery and elemental forces, tales of the land and the animals within, and delightful sketches of love. Fantasy and... -
The Werewolf in the Ancient World by Daniel Ogden
RRP: $57.73$49.56In a moonlit graveyard somewhere in southern Italy, a soldier removes his clothes in readiness to transform himself into a wolf. He depends upon the clothes to recover his human shape, and so he magically turns them to stone, but his secret is revealed... -
The Pawnshop of Stolen Dreams by Victoria Williamson
RRP: $18.88$13.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913230500Author Victoria WilliamsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Tiny TreePublisher Andrews UK LimitedWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 198mm *... -
How to Teach Classics to Your Dog: A Quirky Introduction to the Ancient Greeks and Romans by Philip Womack
$31.12'Immensely informative, wrapped in an engagingly casual tone, complemented by more than a dash of the bizarre. You'd be barking to miss it.' Professor Michael Scott Can you tell your Odysseus from your Oedipus? In this unique introduction, Philip... -
Myths and Legends of Japan by F.Hadland Davis 9780486270456
RRP: $44.08$29.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486270456Author F. Hadland DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Workers' Tales: Socialist Fairy Tales, Fables, and Allegories from Great Britain by Michael Rosen 9780691175348
RRP: $31.48$25.98A collection of political tales-first published in British workers' magazines-selected and introduced by acclaimed critic and author Michael RosenIn the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, unique tales inspired by traditional literary forms... -
In Search of the Swan Maiden: A Narrative on Folklore and Gender by Barbara Fass Leavy 9780814751008
$63.00In her compendious study, [of the folktale of the runaway wife] Leavy argues that the contradictory claims of nature and culture are embodied in the legendary figure of the swan maiden, a woman torn between the human and bestial worlds. --The New York... -
Fairy Spells: Seeing and Communicating with the Fairies by Claire Nahmad
RRP: $23.08$16.32Discover how to connect with fairies, accept their guidance to your inner self and restore your unity with the natural world. Fairies are benign spirits who can speak to you, if you can reawaken your childhood self and recapture the sense of awe and... -
The Penguin Book of Mermaids by Cristina Bacchilega
RRP: $37.78$27.09A unique anthology of mermaid tales from around the world, many of which have never appeared in English beforeAmong the oldest and most popular mythical beings, mermaids and other merfolk have captured the imagination since long before Ariel sold her... -
The Arthurian Handbook: Second Edition by Norris J. Lacy
RRP: $92.38$81.56Everything you ever wanted to know about King Arthur and his knights is covered in this fascinating volume: the origins of the Grail legend, the Tristan and Isolde love story in opera and literature, Spielberg's use of Arthurian motifs in Star Wars , the... -
Making of Christian Myths in the Pheriphery of Latin Christendom, ca1000-1300 by Lars Boje Mortensen
RRP: $98.68$79.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788763504072Author Lars Boje MortensenFormat HardbackPage Count 348Imprint Museum Tusculanum PressPublisher Museum Tusculanum PressWeight(grams) 832g -
The World of Lore, Volume 2: Wicked Mortals: Now a major online streaming series by Aaron Mahnke
RRP: $35.68$24.23A chilling, lavishly illustrated who's-who of the most despicable people ever to walk the earth, featuring both rare and best-loved stories from the hit podcast Lore, now an online streaming series. Here are the incredible true stories of some of the... -
The Origins of the World's Mythologies by E. J. Michael Witzel
$171.05In this comprehensive book Michael Witzel persuasively demonstrates the prehistoric origins of most of the mythologies of Eurasia and the Americas ('Laurasia'). By comparing these myths with others indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa, Melanesia, and... -
Bees and Beekeeping by Tiffany Francis-Baker
RRP: $18.88$14.18Bees existed long before human beings, but our future is perhaps more reliant upon them than any other species. They pollinate 80 per cent of the world's crops and plants, but how much do we really know about them? Small, clever and mysterious, the... -
Folklore of Essex by Sylvia Kent 9780752436777
RRP: $31.48$23.69Essex - the witch hunting county - is especially rich in traditions, legends, dialect and stories that have been handed down through the ages. It is these traditions that are gathered together in this volume and whose origins and meanings are explored to... -
The Mythology of Plants - Botanical Lore From Ancient Greece and Rome by Annette Giesecke 9781606063217
RRP: $46.18$38.96This is a fascinating exploration of the role of the botanical in ancient Greek and Roman myth and classical literature. This engaging book focuses on the perennially fascinating topic of plants in Greek and Roman myth. The author, an authority on the... -
A Favourite Collection of Grimm's Fairy Tales: Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and many more classic stories by Jacob Grimm
RRP: $20.98$18.19This beautiful collection of thirteen classic Brothers Grimm fairy tales includes Cinderella; Rumpelstiltskin; Puss in Boots; Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; Rapunzel; The Town Musicians of Bremen; Little Red Riding Hood; Hansel and Gretel; Sleeping... -
The Werewolf's Guide To Life: A Manual for the Newly Bitten by Ritch Duncan
RRP: $31.48$23.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767931939Author Ritch DuncanFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)Publisher... -
The Secret Commonwealth: Of Elves, Fauns, And Fairies by Marina Warner
RRP: $29.38$19.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681373560Author Marina WarnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,... -
A Brief Guide to Native American Myths and Legends: With a new introduction and commentary by Jon E. Lewis by Lewis Spence
RRP: $23.08$16.32In this brilliant reworking of Lewis Spence's seminal Myths and Legends of the North American Indians, Jon E. Lewis puts the work in context with an extensive new introductory essay and additional commentary throughout the book on the history of Native... -
South Yorkshire Folk Tales by Simon Heywood
RRP: $20.98$15.39With origins lost in the mists of time, these lively folk tales reflect the wisdom (and eccentricities) of South Yorkshire's county and people. Amongst the heroes and villains, giants and fairies, knights and highwaymen, are well-known figures, such as... -
Berkshire Folk Tales by David England 9780752467450
RRP: $20.98$15.39This collection, inspired by the folklore of the Royal County, contains a plethora of tales robustly retold for a contemporary audience. The exploits of well-known figures such as Herne the Hunter and Dick Turpin feature alongside many of the county's... -
The Folk Tales of Scotland: The Well at the World's End and Other Stories by William Montgomerie
RRP: $27.28$19.40The classic folk tales of Scotland were passed down from storyteller to storyteller, and from the first sentence they held the attention of the listeners and readers as though a spell had been cast over them, transporting them to a magical realm where... -
The Blind Men and the Elephant by Karen Backstein
RRP: $10.48$8.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780590458139Author Karen BacksteinFormat PaperbackImprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic US -
From Scythia to Camelot: A Radical Reassessment of the Legends of King Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table, and the Holy Grail by C. Scott Littleton
RRP: $79.78$70.10This volume boldly proposes that the core of the Arthurian and Holy Grail traditions derived not from Celtic mythology, but rather from the folklore of the peoples of ancient Scythia (what are now the South Russian and Ukrainian steppes). Also includes... -
Year of the Magickal Dragon: A Seasonal Journey of Magick and Ritual by Virginia Chandler 9780738764436
RRP: $35.68$28.94Connect to dragon spirits and walk with them through the Wheel of the Year using this enlightening and powerful guide. Providing seasonal meditations and rituals, Year of the Magickal Dragon shows you how to build a relationship with each sabbat s dragon... -
The Oath of The Vayuputras by Amish Tripathi 9789382618348
$22.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789382618348Author Amish TripathiFormat PaperbackPage Count 600Imprint Westland Books Pvt LtdPublisher Westland Books Pvt LtdDimensions(mm) 200mm * 130mm *... -
The Norse Myths: Stories of The Norse Gods and Heroes Vividly Retold by Dr Tom Birkett
RRP: $27.28$23.33The great Norse Myths are among the most dramatic and unforgettable stories in all human history. These fascinating, fantastical tales have inspired centuries of art, culture and literature, including the storytelling of Tolkien, Neil Gaiman, George R. R... -
Towards the Borders of the Bronze Age and Beyond: Mycenaean Long Distance Travel and its Reflection in Myth by Joerg Mull 9789464260779
RRP: $73.50$69.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789464260779Author Joerg MullFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Sidestone PressPublisher Sidestone Press -
Lycanthropy Reader by Charlotte F. Otten 9780815623847
RRP: $46.10$37.67Our understanding of lycanthropy is limited by our association of it with contemporary portrayals of werewolves in horror films and gothic fiction. No rational person today believes that a human being can literally be metamorphosed into a wolf;... -
Classical Mythology: Myths and Legends of the Ancient World by Nathaniel Hawthorne 9781398829923
RRP: $41.98$26.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398829923Author Nathaniel HawthorneFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd