Folklore & Mythology

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806511269Author Basil CopperFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Citadel PressPublisher Kensington PublishingWeight(grams) 341g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566565257Author Lawerence MillmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Interlink BooksPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915421029Author Helen SteadmanFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint Bell Jar BooksPublisher Bell Jar BooksWeight(grams) 425gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578597666Author Nick RedfernFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Visible Ink PressPublisher Visible Ink Press

In cultures throughout human history people have believed that some part of themselves continued to exist after they died. Part of that belief is that living can influence what happens to the dead in the afterlife, and the dead can return from the...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780823405640Author Janet StevensFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Holiday House IncPublisher Holiday House IncWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 224mm *...

Witches, Ghosts, and Signs: Folklore of the Southern Appalachians by the renowned West Virginia folklorist and former West Virginia University English professor Patrick W. Gainer not only highlights stories that both amuse and raise goosebumps, but also...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999686171Author Ronesa AveelaFormat HardbackPage Count 198Imprint Bendideia PublishingPublisher Bendideia PublishingWeight(grams) 780g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524797997Author Aaron MahnkeFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Del Rey BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 556gDimensions(mm) 242mm *...

These beautifully told folk tales, brought vividly to life by Marcel O'Leary's graphic illustrations, have been collected by the author over his years of working as a greenkeeper, gardener, teacher and storyteller in Hampshire. Many are published here...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806525792Author Wentz W.Format PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Citadel PressPublisher Kensington Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806525792Author Wentz W.Format PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Citadel PressPublisher Kensington Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781441428318Author Ivan T SandersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 644gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm *...

When Black Culture and Black Consciousness first appeared thirty years ago, it marked a revolution in our understanding of African American history. Contrary to prevailing ideas at the time, which held that African culture disappeared quickly under...

When the giant Winter came down from the North to live in eastern Canada the land became frozen and white. Glooskap, mythical lord and creator of the Micmac Indians, saves his people from endless cold when he brings a beautiful Queen to his country. Her...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909488021Author Michael NewtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 11mm

Wild and strange stories have circulated about the female body since antiquity. While legends of poisoned hymens and fanged vaginas circulated, the first female figure – Mother Earth – was recreated as a crooked rib. Ranging from the absurd to the...

Folklorist Ben Gazur guides you through the dark alleys of British history to uncover how our food habits have been passed down through generations of folklore.Who was the first person to throw salt over their shoulder? Why do we think carrots can help...

This poetic journey through Inuit oral history gives a glimpse of traditional beliefs surrounding the creation of the world. From the creation of day and night and the Sun and the Moon, to the origin of Death, this collection of simple retellings is...

In Proverb Masters: Shaping the Civil Rights Movement, author Raymond Summerville explores how proverbs and proverbial language played a significant role in the long civil rights era. Proverbs have been used throughout history to share and disseminate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781793612793Author Kate Christine Moore KoppyFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Lexington BooksPublisher Lexington BooksWeight(grams) 161g

Contributions by Sandra Bartlett Atwood, Nathan E. Bender, London Brickley, Eric A. Eliason, Noah D. Eliason, Tim Frandy, Robert Glenn Howard, Jay Mechling, Annamarie O'Brien Morel, Raymond Summerville, Tok Thompson, and Megan L. ZahayGuns are a...

Discover the history and culture of over 50 of the most fearsome mythical creatures to capture the human imagination in this startlingly illustrated compendium. Accompanied by illustrations of each beast, Freaky Folklore is your guide to the world’s most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646426010Author Jeffrey A TolbertFormat HardbackPage Count 356Imprint University Press of ColoradoPublisher University Press of Colorado

Dragons are everywhere, seemingly hidden in plain sight. These mythological reptilian monsters date far into known human history in nearly every part of the world and are still prevalent in today's media and entertainment. The wide cultural,...

In Oral Traditions in Contemporary China: Healing a Nation, Juwen Zhang provides a systematic survey of such oral traditions as folk and fairy tales, proverbs, ballads, and folksongs that are vibrantly practiced today. Zhang establishes a theoretical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955351089Author Lochlainn SeabrookFormat HardbackPage Count 150Imprint Sea Raven PressPublisher Sea Raven PressWeight(grams) 340g

In Counterfeit Politics, David Kelman reassesses the political significance of conspiracy theory. Traditionally, political theory has sought to banish the "paranoid style" from the "proper" domain of politics. But if conspiracy theory...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781793625960Author Suzy WoltmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Lexington BooksPublisher Lexington BooksWeight(grams) 161g

Until recently, scientific and literary cultures have existed side-by-side but most often in parallel universes, without connection. The Trickster Brain: Neuroscience, Evolution, and Nature by David Williams addresses the premise that humans are a...

Welcome to a very different Lake Erie—where ghost ships sail silently, a Black Dog brings doom to sailors who see it, and sea monsters swirl in the murky depths above a UFO base. In Folklore of Lake Erie, Judith S. Neulander presents these captivating...

Anything is possible in the world of Latin American folklore: Aunt Misery traps Death in a pear tree; Lucia Zenteno carries away a river in her hair; shapeshifting Amazonian dolphins lure young girls to their underwater city; the Feathered Snake brings...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781931832571Author George Bird GrinnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 143Imprint Riverbend PublishingPublisher Riverbend PublishingWeight(grams) 195g

The Baganda people of Uganda enjoy an extraordinarily rich oral tradition, which serves as a window into their culture, history, and experiences as a people. This comprehensive, multigenre work is both a study of the Baganda people's oral...

Brings together fourteen essays that examine the range of representations of Welsh mythology, folklore, and ritual in popular culture. Topics covered include the twentieth-century fantasy fiction of Evangeline Walton, the Welsh presence in the films of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506486321Author Esther J. HamoriFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Broadleaf BooksPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780195307528Author Fellow in Social Anthropology Roy WillisFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Oxford University Press IncPublisher Oxford University...

When the animals of the south-eastern woodlands challenge the Birds to a game of stickball, two of the smallest animals are not allowed to play. The Bear, the Deer, and the other big animals think they are too small to compete. In this ancient Cherokee...