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The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and as Religion by Joseph Campbell
RRP: £12.99£9.77Apologies 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 -
Misconceptions: A Guide to the World's Most Popular Myths by Tim Rayborn
RRP: £8.99£6.02What 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... -
Oriental Mythology: The Masks of God, Volume 2 by Joseph Campbell
RRP: £27.00£17.99Apologies 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 -
Legends & Folklore Cornwall by Louise Maskill 9781912060696
£3.51Apologies 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 -
Forged in Darkness: How to Grow in the Underworld by Dr Joanna LaPrade
RRP: £12.99£8.60When 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... -
The Promise of Kuan Yin: Wisdom, Miracles, & Compassion by Martin Palmer
RRP: £13.99£12.50Apologies 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 -
In Search of Real Monsters: Adventures in Cryptozoology Volume 2 by Richard Freeman 9781642507508
RRP: £16.95£11.13Join 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... -
Jewish Magic before the Rise of Kabbalah by Yuval Harari 9780814348819
RRP: £42.95£41.03Magic 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... -
Myths in Minutes by Neil Philip
RRP: £10.99£7.92The 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,... -
The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends by Simon Young 9781496839466
£28.46In 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: Spirit, Myth, and Reality by Patrick Bellegarde-Smith
RRP: £21.99£18.79Haitian 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... -
Dragon Lords: The History and Legends of Viking England by Eleanor Parker 9781350124998
RRP: £30.00£21.99Why 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... -
Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology by Adrienne Mayor 9780691183510
RRP: £25.00£19.18The 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... -
Cat Call: Reclaiming the Feral Feminine, an Untamed History of the Cat Archetype in Myth and Magic by Kristen J. Sollee 9781578636624
RRP: £13.99£12.64Apologies 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 -
Oh My Gods: A Modern Retelling of Greek and Roman Myths by Philip Freeman
RRP: £18.99£12.09Apologies 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 *... -
Old Thiess, a Livonian Werewolf: A Classic Case in Comparative Perspective by Carlo Ginzburg
RRP: £24.00£23.03In 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... -
Faeries, Elves and Goblins: The Old Stories and fairy tales by Rosalind Kerven 9781849945424
RRP: £12.99£12.14A 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... -
Story of Layla & Majnun by Nizami 9780930872526
RRP: £20.99£13.46Apologies 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)... -
Rage and Ravage: Gods of Medieval Japan, Volume 3 by Bernard Faure 9780824886240
RRP: £68.00£56.59Written 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 Gods: Comets in Irish Mythology by Mike Baillie
RRP: £15.99£11.96The 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... -
Yiddish Folktales by Beatrice S. Weinreich
RRP: £20.00£16.07Apologies 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 by Robert A. Segal
RRP: £39.95£35.89Hero 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,... -
Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines by Patricia Monaghan 9781608682171
RRP: £27.00£18.59Apologies 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 -
Fire in the Dragon and Other Psychoanalytic Essays on Folklore by Geza Roheim
RRP: £40.00£30.94The 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... -
Monsters: An Investigator's Guide to Magical Beings - Revised and Expanded Third Edition by John Michael Greer
RRP: £22.50£21.06An 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... -
When Dreams Came True: Classical Fairy Tales and Their Tradition by Jack Zipes
RRP: £35.99£31.69For 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... -
Mother Russia: The Feminine Myth in Russian Culture by Joanna Hubbs
RRP: £27.99£23.66A 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... -
The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan by Sherry Thomas
RRP: £18.99£12.75Apologies 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 -
Babylonian Genesis by Alexander Heidel 9780226323992
RRP: £19.00£18.50Here 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... -
Indian Folk Tales: Eighteen Stories of Magic, Fate, Bravery and Wonder by Caroline Ness 9781861478580
RRP: £9.00£5.90A 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... -
Turkish Folktales by Nathan Young
RRP: £6.99£5.31With 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... -
The Traditional Culture of Sussex: Both Sides of the Downs by Geoff Doel 9781781557747
RRP: £18.00£12.96An 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... -
Roman Myths: Gods, Heroes, Villains & Legends of Ancient Rome by Martin J Dougherty
RRP: £19.99£14.43In 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... -
Drawing Down the Moon: Magic in the Ancient Greco-Roman World by III Radcliffe G. G. Edmonds III
RRP: £35.00£27.21An 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... -
Sacred Narrative: Readings in the Theory of Myth by Alan Dundes
RRP: £26.00£20.31Alan 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 Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales by Jack Zipes
£38.20In 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... -
Northern Mysteries & Magick: Runes and Feminine Powers by Freya Aswynn
RRP: £15.99£13.07Power exists in many forms. There is the gentle power of a small brook that gently wears a path into the soil. There is also the incredibly strong power of a massive waterfall. Northern Mysteries & Magick (revised and expanded edition of Leaves of... -
In Search of the Argonauts: The Remarkable History of Jason and the Golden Fleece by Helen Lovatt 9781350115125
RRP: £24.99£20.44Few classical stories are as exciting as that of Jason and the Golden Fleece. The legend of the boy, who discovers a new identity as son of a usurped king and leads a crew of demi-gods and famous heroes, has resonated through the ages, rumbling like the... -
Little Bear: A folktale from Greenland: Band 10 White/Band 14 Ruby (Collins Big Cat Progress) by Dawn Casey
RRP: £7.00£6.71In this beautiful retelling of a folktale from Greenland, an unlikely friendship develops between a lonely old woman and a baby polar bear. With stunning artwork from Chris Corner, this book explores the moving relationship between human and animal as... -
A Complete Guide To Fairies And Magical Beings by Cassandra Eason
RRP: £9.99£6.80In A COMPLETE GUIDE TO FAIRIES AND MAGICAL BEINGS, Cassandra Eason explores the enduring popularity of fairies and nature spirits across all ages and cultures and the history of fairies across a range of countries, cultures and faiths. She examines the...