Folklore & Mythology

Recent works of fiction and popular history have promoted the idea that the Holy Grail symbolizes a physical bloodline resulting from the union of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. This, supposedly, is the 'secret' that esoteric movements have kept...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820467696Author Andreas JohnsFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 510g

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...

Over a decade in the making, Medieval Folklore offers a wide-ranging guide to the lore of the Middle Ages--from the mundane to the supernatural. Definitive and lively articles focus on the great tales and traditions of the age and includes information on...

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 *...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780941188661Author Christopher VoglerFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Michael Wiese ProductionsPublisher Michael Wiese ProductionsWeight(grams) 660g

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

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,...

From a cantankerous brownie in Dolphinton to the vampire with iron teeth who terrorised Glasgow, this collection of tales spans fourteen centuries of Lanarkshire's history and happenings. Here you will find the legends of William Wallace's love and loss...

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 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...

In "Stations of the Sun" and "The Triumph of the Moon", Ronald Hutton established himself as a leading authority on the historian of Paganism. His wealth of unusual knowledge, complemented by a deep and sympathetic understanding of past and present...

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...

In Edo-period Japan, readers relished works known as kibyoshi that combined text and illustration on the same page, much like comic books and manga. Monsters often took center stage in these stories. This book presents a selection of Edo monster comics...

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

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553259209Author Bernard EvslinFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Bantam USAPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)...

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...

The Celtic Twilight (1893) is a collection of stories written and edited by W.B. Yeats. Compiled at the height of the Celtic Twilight, a movement to revive the myths and traditions of Ancient Ireland, The Celtic Twilight captures a wide range of stories,...

If many hands make light work, how can too many cooks spoil the broth? If you'll find the best advice on your pillow, are proverbs even useful? How come these nuggets of wisdom are so similar all over the world? In this compact book (knowledge takes...

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...

Why is Cambridgeshire so flat? Probably because of all the giants who used to stomp around it! If you travel to or live in the land of Cambridgeshire, you could be walking in the footsteps of monsters, kings... or even the Devil!Journey through time to...

The legend of Atlantis is one of the most intriguing mysteries of all time. Disproving many well-known Atlantis theories and providing a new hypothesis, the evidence for which continues to build, Andrew Collins shows that what Plato recounts is the...

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...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Celtic mythology and religion, encompassing numerous aspects of ritual and belief. Topics include the presence of the Celtic Otherworld and its inhabitants, cosmology and sacred cycles, wisdom texts,...

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...

Power 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...

Few 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578630240Author David PykittFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserWeight(grams) 1g

In 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...

A delightfully creepy telling of Japanese ghost stories.Japanese folklore is abundant with tales of ghostly creatures and the supernatural. In Haunted Japan, author Catrien Ross reveals the legends that have been passed down for generations and continue...

An excellent resource, Handbook of Mesoamerican Mythology introduces readers to the mythology of Mexico and Central America. Its chief focus is on Mexican Highland and Maya areas, as they were, and are, of utmost importance to Mesoamerican history. An...

Over time, the image of the Irish in the United States changed from that of hard-drinking Paddies to genial working-class citizens. In 'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream, William H. A. Williams traces the change in this image through more than seven hundred...

If you met a dragon, could you keep it secret? One day in the forest, Winnie discovers the last dragon in the whole world. His fabulous friends, the gryphon, the winged lion and the tree-man, are the last of...

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...

David Ulansey's book breaks new scholastic ground by arguing that the Roman cult of Mithras did not originate in Persia, as previously thought. Instead, Ulansey suggests, the cult was triggered by the reaction of a group of Tarsian intellectuals to the...

Drawing on myth and fairy tales found across Europe - from Croatia to Sweden, Ireland to Russia - Sharon Blackie brings to life women's remarkable ability to transform themselves in the face of seemingly impossible circumstances. These stories are about...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393094091Author Clifford GeertzFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint WW Norton & CoPublisher WW Norton & CoWeight(grams) 360gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...