Folklore & Mythology

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399536090Author Harry OliverFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Perigee Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 198gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608681105Author Joseph CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library

What if everything you thought you knew was wrong? Well, it probably is. Misconceptions explores some of the world's most popular false facts and reveal unexpected truths that will shock even the most experienced brainiacs! Misconceptions breaks down the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608687282Author Joseph CampbellFormat HardbackPage Count 576Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912060696Author Louise MaskillFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Bradwell BooksPublisher Bradwell Books

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642970210Author Martin PalmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Hampton Roads Publishing CoPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser

Join a Fascinating Adventure on the Hunt for Mythical Animals#1 New Release in Dinosaurs, Mammals, and Hunting From animals long believed extinct, to monsters that we thought never existed-this book acts as both a guide to, and unbelievably true account...

Magic culture is certainly fascinating. But what is it? What, in fact, are magic writings, magic artifacts? Originally published in Hebrew in 2010, Jewish Magic Before the Rise of Kabbalah is a comprehensive study of early Jewish magic focusing on three...

The world's great fables, sagas and legends dramatically retold.Myths are the greatest stories ever told. Passed down over millennia, they are the templates for all our stories, with their eternal themes of creation and destruction, fate and cunning,...

In the last fifty years, folklorists have amassed an extraordinary corpus of contemporary legends including "the Choking Doberman," "the Eaten Ticket," and "the Vanishing Hitchhiker." But what about the urban legends of the past? These legends and tales...

Haitian Vodou breaks away from European and American heuristic models for understanding a religio-philosophical system such as Vodou in order to form new approaches with an African ethos. The contributors to this volume, all Haitians, examine the...

Why did the Vikings sail to England? Were they indiscriminate raiders, motivated solely by bloodlust and plunder? One narrative, the stereotypical one, might have it so. But locked away in the buried history of the British Isles are other, far richer and...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578636624Author Kristen J. SolleeFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451609981Author Philip FreemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

In 1691, a Livonian peasant known as Old Thiess boldly announced before a district court that he was a werewolf. Yet far from being a diabolical monster, he insisted, he was one of the "hounds of God," fierce guardians who battled sorcerers, witches, and...

A unique collection of traditional stories about faeries, elves and goblins. Faeries, elves, goblins, leprechauns, brownies, spriggans and many other supernatural beings leap vividly off the page in this collection of haunting stories. Included are 25...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780930872526Author NizamiFormat PaperbackPage Count 177Imprint Omega Publications,U.S.Publisher Omega Publications,U.S.Weight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892810963Author Claude LecouteuxFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Inner Traditions Bear and CompanyPublisher Inner Traditions Bear and...

Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, Rage and Ravage is the third installment of a milestone project in our understanding of the mythico-ritual system of esoteric Buddhism-specifically the nature and roles of deities in the...

The Celtic myths, involving heroic warriors such as Finn and CuChulinn, can be read as simple primitive stories, but closer examination reveals strange descriptions and relationships. The authors of this ground-breaking book argue that all the principal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805210903Author Beatrice WeinreichFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 510gDimensions(mm)...

Hero Myths: A Reader provides a selection of 25 stories about heroes from around the world.About the AuthorRobert A. Segal is Professor of Theories of Religion at Lancaster University. He previously taught at Reed College, Standford University,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608682171Author Patricia MonaghanFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library

The only Freudian to have been originally trained in folklore and the first psychoanalytic anthropologist to carry out fieldwork, Gza Rcheim (1891-1953) contributed substantially to the worldwide study of cultures. Combining a global perspective with...

An Investigator's Guide to Magical Beings that takes you on a harrowing journey into the realm of monsters and the reality of the impossible. Monsters brings together folklore, Western magical philosophy and field experience. This book is required...

For centuries fairy tales have been a powerful mode of passing cultural values onto our children, and for many these stories delight and haunt us from cradle to grave. But how have these stories become so powerful and why?In When Dreams Came True, Jack...

A ground-breaking interpretation of Russian culture from prehistory to the present, dealing with the feminine myth as a central cultural forceA ground-breaking interpretation of Russian culture from prehistory to the present, dealing with the feminine...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620148044Author Sherry ThomasFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Lee & Low Books IncPublisher Lee & Low Books Inc

Here is a complete translation of all the published cuneiform tablets of the various Babylonian creation stories, of both the Semitic Babylonian and the Sumerian material. Each creation account is preceded by a brief introduction dealing with the age and...

A twelfth-century Sanskrit parallel to Hans Christian Andersen's `The Princess and the Pea' is just one of the surprises in this unusual collection of fairy tales from the Indian subcontinent. There are animal fables that recall both Aesop and Uncle...

With a new introduction, the Turkish folk tales in this collection are curious and bizarre, beautiful and delightful, combining elements of ancient Anatolian folklore with Slavonic, Scandinavian and Arabian influences. Entertaining and exuberant, they...

An exploration of the traditional culture of Sussex through its folklore, seasonal customs, folksongs and legends and traditional occupations such as shepherding and inshore fishing and those outside the law, such as smugglers, highwaymen and poachers...

In ancient Rome (753 BC - 476 AD) mythology was integral to various aspects of society, from religion, to politics, to the founding of the city. Today, we may encounter the legacy of these stories before we encounter the stories themselves, whether this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467137423Author Marita Woywod CrandleFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 152mm...

An unparalleled exploration of magic in the Greco-Roman worldWhat did magic mean to the people of ancient Greece and Rome? How did Greeks and Romans not only imagine what magic could do, but also use it to try to influence the world around them? In...

Alan Dundes defines myth as a sacred narrative that explains how the world and humanity came to be in their present form. This new volume brings together classics statements on the theory of myth by authors such as William Bascom, Jan de Vries, G. S...

The powerful gods of Greece, Rome, and Scandinavia, the more mystical deities of Buddhist and Hindu India, and the stern spirits of the African and American continents all reflect very different civilizations, yet they also demonstrate the unity of...

In over 1,000 entries, this acclaimed Companion covers all aspects of the Western fairy tale tradition, from medieval to modern, under the guidance of Professor Jack Zipes. It provides an authoritative reference source for this complex and captivating...