Folklore & Mythology

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904396161Author Roy PalmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books Ltd

An exploration of how the image and idea of the dragon has evolved through history How did the dragon get its wings? Everyone in the modern West has a clear idea of what a dragon looks like and of the sorts of stories it inhabits, not least devotees...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635618532Author Ariel GuttmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Echo Point Books & MediaPublisher Echo Point Books & MediaWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632650658Author Stanton T. FriedmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint New Page Books,USPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserWeight(grams) 1g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955417733Author Edward WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Ed WardPublisher Ed WardWeight(grams) 277gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 12mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932043105Author Theodor KittelsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Penfield BooksPublisher Penfield BooksWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

The fourteenth-century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is one of the greatest classics of English literature, but one of the least accessible to most twentieth-century readers. Written in an obscure dialect, it is far more difficult to digest in the...

A major source for the heroic and mythological traditions of northern Europe. '[The translation] is a masterpiece . . . the [Commentary] will doubtless prove of the greatest interest to historians.' ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW In the early years of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781987831368Author Tanis HelliwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Wayshower EnterprisesPublisher Wayshower Enterprises

The ancient and dramatic headland of Tintagel and its ruins, on the windswept north Cornish coast, have been linked to the legends of Merlin, King Arthur and his Knights since ancient times. In this well-researched, illustrated book, Richard Seddon...

By offering, for the first time in a single edition, complete English translations of Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae--the two most important surviving "handbooks" of classical mythography--this volume enables readers to compare the two's...

This 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...

Robert Graves's classic retelling of the Greek Myths is definitive, comprehensive and unparalleled - and available now in the Penguin Classics Deluxe series, featuring a new introduction from Rick Riordan (bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905723546Author Richard FreemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 418Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 744g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789492355096Author Thomas KeightleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint Vamzzz PublishingPublisher Vamzzz PublishingWeight(grams) 526gDimensions(mm) 210mm...

Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. But they do not merely entertain, inform, or distress us - they show us what counts as right or wrong and teach us who we are and who we can be. Though stories can connect individuals, they also can...

Discover how to work magic with the mighty dragon clans in this powerful book from bestselling author and dragon expert, D. J. Conway. Perfect for beginners and experienced dragon handlers alike, this book first covers the basics of dragons and magic,...

Requested for the Wolfson History Prize 2024. Devon has a long and rich folkloric heritage which has been extensively collected over many years. This book consolidates more than a century of research by eminent Devon folklorists into one valuable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528773188Author Madame FabiaFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint Oakes PressPublisher Oakes PressWeight(grams) 794g

It was the Celtic bards who laid down the foundation of inner wisdom that has come down to us as Arthurian legend, passing their traditions to the Arthurian romancers of the 12th and 13th centuries. Thus the Celts provide an immediate bridge that leads...

Explores our intertwined spiritual history with cats. We have been connected to cats for more than 30 million years. To our prehistoric ancestors cats were deadly predators of the night, and because of this ancient memory etched onto our DNA, cats...

Folk Tales and lore are woven into the ancient landscape of Devon: swimming in the rivers, soaring with the buzzards over farms and moors and making soft tracks across the sands of a wild coastline. In Devon Folk Tales for Children you'll find goblins...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812972146Author Richard BurtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 1104Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 442gDimensions(mm) 174mm...

The story of King Arthur and the Grail still holds a remarkable fascination for many people. In this classic work, Walter Johannes Stein traces its origins in early Christianity and classical and Nordic mythology, and follows its development in medieval...

The idea of heaven and hell is one of the oldest and most widespread religious beliefs of human civilization. In the history of western literature, this spiritual concept was frequently embedded in stories of underworld and heavenly journeys.A variety of...

'Golden-shielded, silver-sworded, man-loving, male-child slaughtering Amazons,' is how the fifth-century Greek historian Hellanicus described the Amazons, and they have fascinated humanity ever since. Did they really exist? For centuries, scholars...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781630515096Author Ean BeggFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Chiron PublicationsPublisher Chiron PublicationsWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420971040Author Ernst LehnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 7mm

Unleash the power of Irish wit and wisdom with this collection of quotes, proverbs and blessings from Padraic O'Farrell. Discover the timeless wisdom of great Irish men such as Shaw, Wilde, Synge and Swift, as well as the unspoiled gems of Irish folklore...

From the epic Irish legend of Cuchulain to tales of banshees, leprechauns and wizards, these short stories and fables cover a wide range of Ireland's mythology and legends, forming a companion volume to Michael Scott's Irish Folk and Fairy Tales.About...

Did you know there were vampires on the darkly atmospheric Salisbury Plain, not far from the famous Stonehenge? Was there really black magic and witchcraft going on in the small village of West Lavington in modern times? Who was the tall, dark, horned...

The burnt-red badlands of Montana's Hell Creek are a vast graveyard of the Cretaceous dinosaurs that lived 68 million years ago. Those hills were, much later, also home to the Sioux, the Crows, and the Blackfeet, the first people to encounter the...

Drawing on myth, folklore and history, the stories of the Mabinogion passed from generations of storytellers before they were written down in the thirteenth century in the form we know. Set in dual realms of the forests and valleys of Wales and the...

This 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585090181Author Kersey GravesFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Book Tree,USPublisher Book Tree,USWeight(grams) 556g

Richard Seaford's edition of Euripides' Bacchae offers the first commentary in English on this fascinating play since that of E. R. Dodds in 1960. It takes account of the studies made on the play since it was written, as well as including discussion of...

In their remarkable art project Eyes as Big as Plates, ongoing since 2011, the two artists Karoline Hjorth and Riitta Ikonen explore the relationship between humans and nature. To this end, they have travelled the world and created portraits of 52 people...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780919123014Author Marie-Louise Von FranzFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Inner City BooksPublisher Inner City BooksWeight(grams) 181g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781447456438Author Madame FabiaFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Read BooksPublisher Read BooksWeight(grams) 645gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 28mm

From Snow White to Cinderella, Rapunzel to Rumpelstiltskin, the Brothers Grimm bequeathed a canon of stories which have become literary and childhood classics. The most widely read story collection after the Bible, their magical tales are stalwarts of...