Folklore & Mythology

" . . . Dundes has produced a work which will be useful to both students and teachers who wish to broaden their understanding of modern folklore." -Center for Southern Folklore Magazine"It is impossible ever to remain unimpressed with [Dundes']...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486429786Author Ernst LehnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434208644Author ,Martin PowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Stone Arch BooksPublisher Capstone Press

In Quest of the Hero makes available for a new generation of readers two key works on hero myths: Otto Rank's Myth of the Birth of the Hero and the central section of Lord Raglan's The Hero. Amplifying these is Alan Dundes's fascinating contemporary...

From 2014 to 2018, people all over the world will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. They will not only be honouring those who lost their lives on the battlefield between 1914 and 1918, they will also be...

He struck a match to look at his watch. In the flare of the light they saw a young woman just at Pitot's elbow- a young woman dressed all in black, with pale gold hair, and a baby sleeping on her shoulder. She glided to the edge of the bridge and stepped...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590302583Author David KherdianFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

From Arthurian legend to tales of ancient China, horses have traversed the world alongside humans for centuries, and their heroic adventures are gathered here in this one-of-a-kind little encyclopedia . . . Beloved for their grace, strength, and untamed...

It would be difficult to imagine what human life would be like without stories-from myths recited by Pueblo Indian healers in the kiva, ballads sung in Slovenian market squares, folktales and legends told by the fireside in Italy, to jokes told at a...

Halloween is a very special time of year and takes on huge significance for a vast number of people in different ways. For many, it's a chance to dress up, wander the streets for a trick or treat session, gorge on candy and have a party, whereas for...

By defining folklore as artistic communication in small groups, Dan Ben-Amos led the discipline of Folklore in new directions. In Folklore Concepts, Henry Glassie and Elliott Oring have curated a selection of Ben-Amos's groundbreaking essays that explore...

Explore the fascinating myths of Greek and Roman civilizations! The tales of gods and heroes are often turned into tedious discourse that even Ovid would reject. This easy-to-read guide cuts out the boring details, and instead, provides you with a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018323Author Ria LoohuizenFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486265070Author T.W. RollestonFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

The Four Branches of the Mabinogion are a rich treasure trove of tales. These magical, quintessentially Welsh stories are confusing, but it would be hard to match their splendid strangeness. The Four Branches tell of the kings and queens of Wales in the...

This work demonstrates the continued importance and relevance of the myth of Demeter and Persephone to today's society. The first three chapters provide a summary of the Homeric story and examine the myth from the perspectives of the mother and daughter...

"Turning to face north, face the north, we enter our own unconscious. Always, in retrospect, the journey north has the quality of dream." Margaret Atwood, "True North" In this interdisciplinary collection, sixteen scholars from twelve countries...

Covering a period of more than one hundred years of work by renowned folklorists, these enlightening essays explore the timeless tale of Cinderella. In addition to the most famous versions of the story (Basile's Pentamerone, Perrault's Cendrillon, and...

The author traces the phenomenon of ascribing sentimental meaning to floral imagery from its beginnings in Napoleonic France through its later transformations in England and America. At the heart of the book is a depiction of what the three most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781605200613Author James L WestonFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

Ghost Hunting is a common sense approach to the investigation and resolution of cases of reported ghostly happenings, including apparitions, hauntings, and poltergeists. The reader quickly grasps what parapsychologists think ghosts are and how to best...

"Gentlemen and Amazons" traces the nineteenth-century genesis and development of an important contemporary myth about human origins: that of an original prehistoric matriarchy. Cynthia Eller explores the intellectual history of the myth, which arose from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809564903Author W., B. YeatsFormat HardbackPage Count 380Imprint Wildside PressPublisher Wildside PressWeight(grams) 712gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Each volume in the Kappianaqtut series provides readers with an in-depth academic examination of two mythological creatures from Inuit mythology. The series examines Inuit myths from an ethnographic perspective and fosters discussion on the variations...

In this book -- the first in more than fifty years to treat the entire body of Grimms' Tales -- Ruth B. Bottigheimer provides a thorough analysis of the stories' content, focusing in particular on the matter of gender. By combining a sociohistorical...

Alan Dundes continues his exploration of well-loved fairy tales with this casebook on one of the best-known of them all: Little Red Riding Hood. Following versions of the tale by Perrault and the Brothers Grimm, the essays by an international group of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820458083Author Francisco Vaz da SilvaFormat PaperbackPage Count 278Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 390g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802804440Author William S LasorFormat PaperbackPage Count 540Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

Greek mythology isn't the equivalent of the Bible or the Qur'an. There is no standardized version of any myth. Myths aren't sacred. Whether you happen to be Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides or any other Greek, or even you or me, every myth is yours...

In this important and original study, the myth of the Noble Savage is an altogether different myth from the one defended or debunked by others over the years. That the concept of the Noble Savage was first invented by Rousseau in the mid-eighteenth...

The Great Sphinx of Giza, painted friezes in pyramid chambers, and symbolic paintings of the eye of Horus are familiar and breathtaking works of art. Yet behind them lies a deep cosmological tapestry in which the origins of the Earth and riches brought...

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...

Just about everyone is familiar with folk and fairy tales. Children learn about them from parents, teachers, and other adults, while researchers study these tales at colleges and universities. At the same time, folk and fairy tales are inseparable from...

Joseph Campbell wrote that mythology is "the wonderful song of the soul's high adventure." In Myth, David Leeming considers the role this "wonderful song" has to play in a world increasingly dependent on scientific and technical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999686126Author Ronesa AveelaFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Bendideia PublishingPublisher Bendideia PublishingWeight(grams) 680g

The Welsh Fairy Book is the finest example of Welsh book illustration to have been produced in the ferment of the early twentieth century. Published originally in 1907, the stories collected here were set in prose by the Welsh folklorist W. Jenkyn...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903018316Author Ria LoohuizenFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Prospect BooksPublisher Prospect Books

The Holy Grail is a subject that fascinates and intrigues. Through its various guises as magic cauldron, cornucopia, horn of plenty and chalice cup it has remained at the centre of popular culture from antiquity right up to the present day. An object of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999470206Author Margie McArthurFormat PaperbackPage Count 386Imprint Margaret M McArthurPublisher Margaret M McArthurWeight(grams) 662gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578597635Author J. Gordon MeltonFormat HardbackPage Count 800Imprint Visible Ink PressPublisher Visible Ink Press