Folklore & Mythology

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528772549Author G F BlackFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Read BooksPublisher Read BooksWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 11mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578636105Author Diana L. PaxsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser

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

Rather than providing a dictionary of superstitions, of which there are already numerous excellent, exhaustive and, in many cases, academic works which list superstitions from A to Z, Bainton gives us an entertaining flight over the terrain, landing from...

Rather than providing a dictionary of superstitions, of which there are already numerous excellent, exhaustive and, in many cases, academic works which list superstitions from A to Z, Bainton gives us an entertaining flight over the terrain, landing from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226474960Author Claude Levi-StraussFormat PaperbackPage Count 746Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago Press

A practical guide on the fairy realm.Fairies abound in the realms of myth and folklore. They have enchanted humans for centuries but are these mischievous, ethereal creatures more than just myth? Ralph Harvey is one of England's foremost modern-day...

The sea is beautiful and alluring, but it is also dangerous and deadly. Above all, it is unknowable and untameable. Storytelling offered our ancestors a means to understand and interact with the natural world, and in time these stories coalesced into the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946774637Author Sinistrari of AmenoFormat HardbackPage Count 50Imprint Quick Time PressPublisher Quick Time PressWeight(grams) 231g

The tales told of Orpheus are legion. He is said to have been an Argonaut--and to have saved Jason's life. Rivers are reported to have stopped their flow to listen to the sounds of his lyre and his voice. Plato cites his poetry and Herodotus refers to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906663186Author Brian HoggardFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Logaston PressPublisher Fircone Books LtdDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826310118Author Harold CourlanderFormat HardbackPage Count 239Imprint University of New Mexico PressPublisher University of New Mexico Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780875422879Author Migene Gonzalez-WipplerFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Llewellyn Publications,U.S.Publisher Llewellyn Publications,U.S...

Cunning, seductive, monstrous, virtuous - whether in divine or mortal form, women shape the foundations of ancient Greek mythology, but have long been eclipsed by their male counterparts. Now, it's time for their stories to be told.Heroines of Olympus...

The magical realm of unicorns comes to life in this dazzling craft book, brimming with sparkles and rainbows. Let your imagination run wild in creating dozens of fun and entertaining projects to make for yourself or give as gifts, including an amazing...

The Greek myths, refined by the great poets and playwrights of Ancient Greece, distil the essence of human life: its brief span, its pride, courage and insecurity, its anxious relationship with the natural world - earth, sea and sky, represented by...

For David Cameron and 'Big Society' Tories, folk culture means organic food, nu-folk pop music, and pastoral myths of Englishness. Meanwhile, postmodern liberal culture teaches us that talking about a singular 'folk' is reductive at best, neo-fascist at...

By considering the folklore of Cornwall in a Northern European context, this book casts light on a treasury of often-ignored traditions. Folklore studies internationally have long considered Celtic material, but scholars have tended to overlook...

Mircea Eliade--one of the most renowned expositors of the psychology of religion, mythology, and magic--shows that myth and symbol constitute a mode of thought that not only came before that of discursive and logical reasoning, but is still an essential...

Who's Who in Classical Mythology is the most complete and detailed reference book of its kind. It offers scholarly, yet accessible accounts of those mythological tales surrounding such gods as Apollo, Zeus, Athena and Dionysus, and mortals such as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909488045Author Nick RedfernFormat PaperbackPage Count 306Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 549gDimensions(mm) 246mm * 189mm * 16mm

When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as "Rapunzel," "Hansel and Gretel," and "Cinderella" would become the most celebrated in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908097057Author Duncan LunanFormat PaperbackPage Count 548Imprint Mutus LiberPublisher Mutus LiberWeight(grams) 725gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 28mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061350177Author Zora Neale HurstonFormat PaperbackPage Count 309Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 277g

Describes how each woman and man goes through the stages of Maiden (infant to puberty), Mother (adult and parent) and Crone (ageing elder). This is a guide to the myths and interpretations of the Great Goddess archetype and her three faces.Book...

One of the oldest surviving pieces of Turkish literature, The Book of Dede Korkut can be traced to tenth-century origins. Now considered the national epic of Turkey, it is the heritage of the ancient Oghuz Turks and was composed as they migrated westward...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907960086Author A. B. MitfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint English Rose PublishingPublisher English Rose PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838046156Author Grahame GardnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Western GeomancyPublisher Western Geomancy

A rich multivoiced anthology of folktales, legends, joik songs, proverbs, riddles, and other verbal art, this is the most comprehensive collection of Sami oral tradition available in English to date. Collected by August V. Koskimies and Toivo I. Itkonen...

How many Muses are there? Who were the original twelve Titans? Why is Zeus (Jupiter) associated with power stations, and Poseidon (Neptune) with salt-cellars? Who were Aphrodite's (Venus') handmaidens? In this beautiful little book, packed with helpful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993955860Author Hammerson PetersFormat PaperbackPage Count 536Imprint Hammerson PetersPublisher Hammerson PetersWeight(grams) 776gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642641011Author Collin ClearyFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Wagnerphile BooksPublisher Wagnerphile Books

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...

'She turned into a frog, into a lizard, into all kinds of other reptiles and then into a spindle'In these tales, young women go on long and difficult quests, wicked stepmothers turn children into geese and tsars ask dangerous riddles, with help or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570626289Author Ralph MetznerFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585095155Author Jordan MaxwellFormat HardbackPage Count 124Imprint Book TreePublisher Book TreeWeight(grams) 354g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648934479Author Sebastian BergFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Creek Ridge PublishingPublisher Creek Ridge PublishingWeight(grams) 82gDimensions(mm)...

How long has a corpse been staring out at passengers on the tube? Was London Bridge really shipped abroad by an American thinking he'd bought Tower Bridge? Did the Queen really mix with the crowds as a princess on VE Day? And did Hitler actually want to...

Half-man-half-myth, the werewolf has over the years infiltrated popular culture in many strange and varied shapes, from Gothic horror to the 'body horror' films of the 1980s and today's graphic novels. Yet despite enormous critical interest in myths and...

"While focusing on the central problem of evil, O'Fiaherty illuminates every aspect of Hindu thought." (Choice). "This is Dr. O'Flaherty's third book on Indian mythology, and the best yet. The range and number of myths handled is dazzling ...Moreover,...