Folklore & Mythology

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578636167Author Liz GreeneFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserWeight(grams) 1g

"I find him to be a kindred spirit, a sympathetic but shrewd enquirer, a companionable stroller, and a lover of anecdotes gathered by the wayside." So Tim Robinson described folklorist, revolutionary, and district justice Sean Mac Giollarnath, whose...

Explores ancient mask customs, rituals, and traditions throughout Europe, from Scandinavia and England to Germany and France to Greece and Rome* Reveals how mask rituals are akin to shamanic journeying and allow the mask wearer to personify an ancestral...

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...

The Knotsman does not exist, you will not find him in history books or collections of 'bygone' skills. But Math Jones has created him, and his fellows, in a time very like the English Civil War. There he is, going from house to house, village to village,...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486477343Author Carter Godwin WoodsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Dover Children'sPublisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Meanings of Antiquity is the first dedicated study of how the oldest Japanese myths, recorded in the eighth-century texts Kojiki and Nihon shoki, changed in meaning and significance between 800 and 1800 CE. Generations of Japanese scholars and students...

Myths from the ancient world usually have some supernatural element, a component often generated from a particular intoxicant. These substances promoted a variety of states, including possession by the gods, liberation of the soul or a communion with the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143455288Author Bhanumathi NarasimhanFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaDimensions(mm) 200mm * 130mm * 20mm

Zombies: A Cultural History, now available in paperback, sifts materials from anthropology, folklore, travel writing, colonial histories, long-forgotten pulp literature, B-movies, medical history and cultural theory to give a definitive short...

"Sociologist Victor began his involvement with satanic-cult phenomena by investigating a local panic centered in southwestern New York state. After an introductory section, his book begins with a description of this research, then proceeds with an...

Winner of the Saltire Society Fiction Book of the Year 'a beguiling mixture of poetry, moving prose and magical realism' - Stephen McGinty, The Sunday Times Jeda is a girl on the cusp of adulthood, living in Edinburgh; with a white father and a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780900675829Author Diarmuid A. McManusFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Colin Smythe LtdPublisher Colin Smythe Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781896559834Author Charlotte Du CannFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Greenbank BookPublisher Greenbank BookWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

In this beautifully illustrated gift edition, you'll discover more than 240 mythological tales from around the world, featuring gods, heroes, princesses, villains, magicians and monsters, as well as animals with extraordinary powers. Let this collection...

Arising triumphantly from the ashes of its predecessor, the phoenix has been an enduring symbol of resilience and renewal for thousands of years. But how did this mythical bird become so famous that it has played a part in cultures around the world and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912050178Author Roy NobleFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912050178Author Roy NobleFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486404479Author Hal HolbrookFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Identify, Cleanse, and Heal from Hexes, Curses, and Psychic Attack. Anyone can be the target of a psychic attack, whether it's an intentional curse or an incidental crossing. This book shares effective techniques and practices for recovering from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679759249Author Marina WarnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

For the first time, these enchanting folk tales, the origins of which lie in the oral tradition, have been gathered together in book form. The charming selection of thirty fairy tales and legends are full of Herefordian wit and wisdom, and are perfect...

An entertaining, often surprising cultural examination of Earth's moon, through history, science, and literature, from ancient times to the present Werewolves and Wernher von Braun, Stonehenge and the sex lives of sea corals, aboriginal myths, and an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060957506Author Jean-Pierre VernantFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

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 9780486440620Author A.B. MitfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Urban legends are those strange, but seemingly credible tales that always happen to a friend of a friend. For the first time, Professor Jan Harold Brunvand, "who has achieved almost legendary status" (Choice), has collected the creepiest, most terrifying...

The between days were days of pure white heat.Summer is swelling around the village. Heat is surging, people are whispering about a great hungry wave, and in the garden, Anna is kicking her dying dog on the grass.But someone is watching her. The girl...

The oral storytelling traditions of the British Isles have connected people to the land and to their plant and animal neighbours for centuries. This collection brings together story wisdom from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland that speaks to the...

Passed down from generation to generation, many of Nottinghamshire's most popular folk tales are gathered here together for the first time. In the popular imagination, Nottinghamshire means Sherwood Forest, outlaws, wicked sheriffs, wild beasts and Robin...

Other People's Myths celebrates the universal art of storytelling, and the rich diversity of stories that people live by. Drawing on Biblical parables, Greek myths, Hindu epics, and the modern mythologies of Woody Allen and soap operas, Wendy Doniger...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140045277Author Frank WatersFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House AustraliaWeight(grams)...

"In my opinion this project of publications devoted to folk literature of South America is of paramount importance. South American mythology belongs to the spiritual inheritance of mankind on par with the great masterpieces of Greek and Roman antiquity...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981759791Author John LemayFormat PaperbackPage Count 358Imprint Bicep BooksPublisher Bicep BooksWeight(grams) 349g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905723997Author Karl P.N ShukerFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 3mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806529752Author Edwin RadfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Philosophical LibraryPublisher Philosophical LibraryWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm)...

Once upon a Milton Keynes ... Buckinghamshire is an ancient county of Roman forts and highwaymen, motorways and urban myth. These are the Buckinghamshire folk tales of past, present and future: old tales in new towns, and new stories from old legends...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399169229Author Thomas BulfinchFormat PaperbackPage Count 752Imprint Tarcher/Putnam,USPublisher Tarcher/Putnam,USWeight(grams) 1g

Stonehenge presents us with one of the greatest archaeological mysteries from prehistory. With each new breakthrough in field research and technological innovation, the full scale and significance of the ancient site only deepens. In this new magisterial...