Folklore & Mythology

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156379892Author Diane TongFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperOne

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805210903Author Beatrice WeinreichFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 510gDimensions(mm)...

Fairy-tale adaptations are ubiquitous in modern popular culture, but readers and scholars alike may take for granted the many voices and traditions folded into today's tales. In Fairy Tales Transformed?: Twenty-First-Century Adaptations and the Politics...

Essays by Julius Baum, C. G. Jung, C. Kerenyi, Hans Leisegang, Paul Masson-Oursel, Fritz Meier, Jean de Menasce, Georges Nagel, Walter F. Otto, Max Pulver, Hugo Rahner, Paul Schmitt, and Walter Wili.Book InformationISBN 9780691018232Author Joseph...

The first English publication of Sami folktales from Scandinavia collected and illustrated in the early twentieth century Although versions of tales about wizards and magical reindeer from northern Scandinavia are found in European folk and fairytale...

Oxford Children's Myths and Legends bring you the greatest stories ever told, from around the world and long ago. Heroes and villains, witches and wizards, warriors and royalty - there's something here for everyone. From the Highlands and islands, to...

For almost three centuries, the "Pennsylvania Dutch"--descended from German immigrants--have practiced white magic, known in their dialect as Braucherei (from the German "brauchen," to use) or Powwowing. The tradition was brought by immigrants from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955417733Author Edward WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Ed WardPublisher Ed WardWeight(grams) 277g

Jamaica Anansi Stories is a collection of folklore by Martha Warren Beckwith. Having studied under famed ethnographer Franz Boas at Columbia University, Beckwith dedicated her career to recording and contextualizing the traditions of people from around...

For more than 150 years, individuals have traveled the countryside with pen, paper, tape recorders, and even video cameras to document versions of songs, music, and stories shared by communities. As technologies and methodologies have advanced, the task...

Interest in goddess worship is growing in contemporary society, as women seek models for feminine spirituality and wholeness. New cults are developing around ancient goddesses from many cultures, although their modern adherents often envision and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528770729Author John Drelincourt SeymourFormat HardbackPage Count 26Imprint Read BooksPublisher Read BooksWeight(grams) 186gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

With a new introduction, the Turkish folk tales in this collection are curious and bizarre, beautiful and delightful, combining elements of ancient Anatolian folklore with Slavonic, Scandinavian and Arabian influences. Entertaining and exuberant, they...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781499804584Author Erin PeabodyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Little Bee BooksPublisher Little Bee BooksWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

The Anatomy of Myth is a comprehensive study of the different methods of interpreting myths developed by the Greeks, adopted by the Romans, and eventually passed on to Jewish and Christian interpreters of the Bible. Greek thinkers only rarely saw...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995778429Author Anne Massey O'ReganFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Beul Aithris PublishingPublisher Beul Aithris PublishingWeight(grams) 209g

In ancient Rome (753 BC - 476 AD) mythology was integral to various aspects of society, from religion, to politics, to the founding of the city. Today, we may encounter the legacy of these stories before we encounter the stories themselves, whether this...

In ancient Rome (753 BC - 476 AD) mythology was integral to various aspects of society, from religion, to politics, to the founding of the city. Today, we may encounter the legacy of these stories before we encounter the stories themselves, whether this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781402745485Author Teresa MooreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint SterlingPublisher Union Square & Co.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607327806Author Trevor J. BlankFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Utah State University PressPublisher Utah State University PressWeight(grams)...

Scholars have long known that the Grail is essentially legendary, a mystic symbol forever sought by those seeking Enlightenment, a quest in which the search is as important as the result. Time and again it has been said that the Grail is a construct of...

One of the world's leading specialists in Indo-European religion and society, Bruce Lincoln expresses in these essays his severe doubts about the existence of a much-hypothesized prototypical Indo-European religion. Written over fifteen years, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566566339Author J. M. BedellFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Interlink BooksPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568582658Author Jules CashfordFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Four Walls Eight WindowsPublisher Four Walls Eight Windows

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566563758Author Buchi OffodileFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Interlink BooksPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781630519506Author Marie-Louise Von FranzFormat PaperbackPage Count 478Imprint Chiron PublicationsPublisher Chiron PublicationsWeight(grams)...

Robin Hood is England's greatest folk hero. Everyone knows the story of the outlaw who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. Nick Rennison's highly entertaining book begins with the search for the historical Robin. Was there ever a real Robin Hood?...

This compelling collection of the best-known and most exciting Scottish myths and legends is filled with magic and mystery. Stories include 'Angus and Bride', 'The Nimble Tailor', 'The Lonely Giant', 'King David and the Stag', 'Robert the...

A pillar of the West African oral tradition for centuries, this epic traces the adventures and achievements of the Mande hero, Sunjata, as he liberates his people from Sumaworo Kante, the sorcerer king of Soso, and establishes the great medieval empire...

The Mythology of Venus is a collection of essays that summarizes the archaeoastronomy, calendar associations, religious and cultural icons, and myths identified with the planet Venus. The book concentrates on Western Europe, the Mediterranean, the Near...

From the stories suggested by the great cave paintings of the Paleolithic period to the thought experiments of modern scientists, From Olympus to Camelot provides a sweeping history of the development of the rich and varied European mythological...

In his lifetime, the Peruvian Ricardo Palma (1838-1919) was one of the most popular and imitated writers in Latin America. As head of the National Library in Lima, Palma had access to a rich source of historical journals and records. His historical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996758376Author H Byron BallardFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Smith Bridge PressPublisher Smith Bridge PressWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781605203355Author Sabine Baring-GouldFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 254g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993334023Author Geoff GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Geoff GreenPublisher Geoff Green

This shining book is a treasure trove of luck. The engaging text and beautiful illustrations explore lucky symbols, names, colors and objects, as well as bad and good omens, superstitions and practices from around the world. History and folklore lovers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780971412705Author Thomas H SloneFormat PaperbackPage Count 532Imprint Masalai PressPublisher Masalai PressWeight(grams) 1184gDimensions(mm) 277mm * 211mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838132484Author John KruseFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Green Magic PublishingPublisher Green Magic Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988412248Author Terry AtkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Jorvik PressPublisher Jorvik PressWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 9mm