Folklore & Mythology

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782055433Author Gearoid O CrualaoichFormat HardbackImprint Cork University PressPublisher Cork University PressWeight(grams) 155g

" . . . excellent book . . . " -The Classical Outlook" . . . brief and readable . . . There is good tonic in these pages for the serious student of oral tradition . . . a remarkable book." -Asian Folklore Studies"The bibliography is a boon for students...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789991642383Author Ngungaa HangaraFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Univ. of Namibia PressPublisher Univ. of Namibia PressWeight(grams)...

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Red shoes, golden slippers, seven-league boots... Just step into the shoes of princes and princesses, ogres and orphans, cats and rabbits, and discover a fascinating fairy-tale world of footwear. Did you know that long ago Cinderella lived in China?...

Spring Man: A Belief Legend between Folklore and Popular Culture deconstructs the nationalistic myth of Spring Man that was created after the Second World War in visual culture and literature and presents his original form as an ambiguous ghostly denizen...

"Peter Tokofsky has provided English readers with a superb translation of one of the most important books on folktales." -Wolfgang MiederThis classic work, first published in 1956, is now available in English. Along with Luthi's The European Folktale and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608641864Author Eve Blantyre SimpsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Arabi ManorPublisher Arabi ManorWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789506617Author Peter GrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316331876Author Adam AuerbachFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Christy Ottaviano Books-Little Brown and HachettePublisher Christy Ottaviano...

Kaarle Krohn's Folklore Methodology was the first systematic attempt to state a method of studying folkloristic materials. For centuries scholars had collected folkloristic texts and had commented on them, but they had not tried to formulate a method of...

The epic of Son-Jara (also known as Sunjata or Sundiata) celebrates the exploits of the legendary founder of the Empire of Old Mali and is still widely recited among Mandekan-speaking peoples of West Africa today. As performed by griots, or professional...

Spine-tingling and funny, Hoosier Folk Legends is a collection of over 300 legends gathered throughout tthe state of Indiana. Ronald L. Baker includes ghost stories, stories of the evil eye, and stories of bloodstopping. He relates legends of Jesse...

Combining the concepts and methods of classical ethology with those of social-cultural anthropology, Navajo Infancy describes the major sources of change and continuity in Navajo infant development as a vehicle for discussing the relationships between...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410212108Author Leonard a MagnusFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the...

Totkv Mocvse/New Fire presents the work of Earnest Gouge, an important early Creek (Muskogee) author, and makes available for the first time-in Creel and English - the myths and legends of a major American Indian tribe.In 1915, Earnest Gouge was...

The essays in Folklore Genres represent development in folklore genre studies, diverging into literary, ethnographic, and taxonomic questions. The study as a whole is concerned with the concept of genre and with the history of genre theory. A selective...

" . . . Wolf and Jensen's English translation of the entire book puts the famous laws into a very useful perspective . . . " -Choice" . . . it is full of clever ideas and observations, and alive with the personality of the writer-lucid, astute and fair."...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780756643096Author Philip WilkinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Dorling KindersleyPublisher DKWeight(grams) 1185gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 198mm * 29mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788420636368Author Carlos AlvarFormat PaperbackImprint Alianza (Buenos Aires, AR)Publisher Alianza (Buenos Aires, AR)

At this time of heightened political sensitivities, it may seem impossible to make serious comparisons among different cultures. And at a time when human difference is so relentlessly celebrated, it may even seem impossible to talk about the traditions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781554811441Author Martin HallettFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Broadview Press LtdPublisher Broadview Press Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780939923045Author Julius D W StaalFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, USPublisher McDonald & Woodward Publishing...

In this exquisite anthology, Editor in Chief Carolyn Turgeon and the editors of Faerie Magazine welcome you into an enchanted realm rich with myth, mystery, romance, and abundant natural beauty. Organized into four sections-Flora and Fauna, Fashion and...

Why is a black cat lucky? What is the true origin of April Fool's Day? Why is it unlucky to walk under a ladder? Why does cracking a mirror bring seven years bad luck? Do carrots really improve your eyesight? We have all touched wood to ward off...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'This was the slaying of the Minotaur, which put an end forever to the shameful tribute of seven youths and seven maidens which was exacted from the...

Chinese Folklore is drawn from over three thousand years of storytelling, with early legends of the gods and heroes, weird mysteries of sorcery and elemental forces, tales of the land and the animals within, and delightful sketches of love. Fantasy and...

When you concoct magical simmering pot-pourris, bead a psychic mandala or fashion a magical spell broom, the connection between the craftsperson and divinity grows more intense. This guide to magical craft demonstrates how to make your own powerful tools...

In Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked Catherine Orenstein reveals for the first time the intricate sexual politics, moral ambiguities, and philosophical underpinnings of Red Riding Hood's epic journey to her grandmother's house- and how, from the nursery...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781571748294Author Neil Douglas-KlotzFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Hampton Roads Publishing CoPublisher Hampton Roads Publishing Co

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955290879Author Jerry BirdFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Green Magic PublishingPublisher Green Magic PublishingWeight(grams) 435g

A charming, attractively illustrated collection of household sayings with their origins and meanings.Mothballs and Elbow Grease explores the impact and influence of domestic chores and household items that have become woven into the fabric of everyday...

This first paperback edition of the seminal work by the Swiss scholar Max Luthi will be welcomed by folklorists for its informative survey of the various ways in which fairytales and related genres (local legends and saints' lives) may be read."Luthi's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312084998Author Paul JohnsgardFormat PaperbackImprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press

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)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788285575Author James ShepherdFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Sirius EntertainmentPublisher Sirius EntertainmentWeight(grams) 1179gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578636402Author Christopher McIntoshFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Red Wheel/WeiserPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserWeight(grams) 1g

In the time of the Troubles, when bombs blew through the night and soldiers prowled down the roads, Henry Glassie came to the Irish borderland to learn how country people endure through history. He settled into the farming community of Ballymenone,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995534346Author Frank A. RunaldrarFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Bastian & WestPublisher Bastian & WestWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...