Folklore & Mythology

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865340947Author Evelyn Dahl ReedFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Sunstone PressPublisher Sunstone PressWeight(grams) 100g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637480151Author Jeff BelangerFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint New Page Books,USPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451529534Author AesopFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Signet ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Few surviving Celtic myths bear any resemblance to their originals. In the course of time they have been infused with romance, pseudohistory and Christian theory. Stories of Ireland and Wales have been combined with tales of love, war and slaughterdeeds...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783856307257Author Dennis Patrick SlatteryFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Daimon VerlagPublisher Daimon VerlagWeight(grams) 344g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783856306038Author W H I BleekFormat HardbackPage Count 468Imprint Daimon VerlagPublisher Daimon VerlagWeight(grams) 1417g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783856305826Author Harry WilmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Daimon VerlagPublisher Daimon VerlagWeight(grams) 258g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781499804591Author Erin PeabodyFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Little Bee BooksPublisher Little Bee BooksWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 188mm...

According to archivists at the Library of Congress, South Carolina is richer in folklore than any other state. After traveling almost every back road in several South Carolina counties, Nancy Rhyne wholeheartedly supports the claim. With her tape...

A cornerstone of Chinese popular culture, the legend of the White Snake--the admirable demon who loves her victim--has been continually rewritten, reinterpreted, and readapted for over five hundred years. The Precious Scroll of Thunder Peak was one of...

Spanning more than 100 years of Swedish American local history in the Midwest and the West, Jennifer Eastman Attebery’s thorough examination of nearly 300 historical legends explores how Swedish Americans employ these narratives in creating, debating,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780299343408Author Andrew PeckFormat HardbackPage Count 266Imprint University of Wisconsin PressPublisher University of Wisconsin Press

2010 American Book Award WinnerChipewyan is one of the many Northern Athapaskan languages spoken in Alaska and western Canada. Mandeville's story cycle is a rich picture of traditional life and thought in the Northern Athapaskan worldYou can read these...

Stories about dragons, serpents, and their slayers make up a rich and varied tradition within ancient mythology and folklore. In this sourcebook, Daniel Ogden presents a comprehensive and easily accessible collection of dragon myths from Greek, Roman,...

The Truth of Myth is a thorough and accessible introduction to the study of myth, surveying the intellectual history of the topic, methods for studying myth cross-culturally, and emerging trends. Readers will encounter insightful commentaries on such...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646425181Author Elliott OringFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Utah State University PressPublisher Utah State University Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614290001Author Pema Tsewang ShastriFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Wisdom Publications,U.S.Publisher Wisdom Publications,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783943955101Author R B ParkinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Widmaier VerlagPublisher Widmaier VerlagWeight(grams) 2200g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780689313110Author Ashley BryanFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Atheneum Books for Young ReadersPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 350g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891305347Author B. E. PerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Oxford University Press IncPublisher Oxford University Press IncWeight(grams)...

Sunday dinners, basement kitchens, and backyard gardens are everyday cultural entities long associated with Italian Americans, yet the general perception of them remains superficial and stereotypical at best. For many people, these scenarios trigger...

Through a careful rendering of the text, deciphering its hidden ironies, Mr. Weinberg sees Promethee as a modern allegory, a parable wrought of allusions, symbols, and images drawn from classical antiquity and calvinist theology, and a multi-leveled...

This handbook on storytelling techniques is loaded with creative ideas for science and natural history educators and interpreters. Story examples, photos, and tips inspire and instruct.About the Author{'@textformat': '06'}Book InformationISBN...

Arthur E. Waite and artist Pamela Colman Smith's Rider-Waite Tarot (1909) is the most popular Tarot in the world. Today, it is affectionately referred to as the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot in recognition of the high quality of Smith's contributions. Waite...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566561747Author Karen GernantFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Interlink BooksPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, IncWeight(grams) 386g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780689305191Author Ashley BryanFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Atheneum Books for Young ReadersPublisher Simon & Schuster

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874219036Author Eric A. EliasonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Utah State University PressPublisher Utah State University PressWeight(grams) 499g

"Designed for the novice storyteller as well as the seasoned professional, this book reminds us that stories are both medicine and nourishment." -- Margo McLoughlin, author of Seeds of Generosity Fonts of timeless wisdom, folktales are meant to be...

Over the last few decades, debates about policing in poor urban areas have turned from analyzing the state's neglect and abandonment into documenting its harsh interventions and punishing presence. Yet, we know very little about the covert world of state...

Award-winning husband-and-wife folklorists Randy Russell and Janet Barnett have gone to the dogs. Digging deeply through the rich field of Southern folklore, the authors have discovered that a dog's devotion to its human does not always end at the grave...