Folklore & Mythology

"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...

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...

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...

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 *...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

On the central and north coast of British Columbia, the Great Bear Rainforest is the largest intact temperate rainforest in the world, containing more organic matter than any other terrestrial ecosystem on the planet. The area plays host to a wide range...

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 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...

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...

Every culture has in its folklore and mythology beings of immense size and strength, as well as other preternatural and monstrous humanoids who walk among us, serving the divine or fulfilling their own agendas. This book catalogs the lore and legends of...

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 9783856305994Author Wilhelm BleekFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Daimon VerlagPublisher Daimon VerlagWeight(grams) 232g

This collection of exemplary essays by internationally recognized scholars examines the fairy tale from historical, folkloristic, literary, and psychoanalytical points of view. For generations of children and adults, fairy tales have encapsulated social...

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 9781578597635Author J. Gordon MeltonFormat HardbackPage Count 800Imprint Visible Ink PressPublisher Visible Ink Press

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781855683082Author Julia SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Dalesman Publishing Co LtdPublisher Dalesman Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams)...

The mythology and folklore of England is as old as the land itself, rich in symbolism and full of tales of quests and heroic daring-do, ghosts and witches, romantic heroines and noble outlaws. Who hasn't heard of the master sorcerer Merlin, Robin Hood...

Bridge the Christian religion-science gap as The Reverend Doctor Joel Graves explores what the Bible says, what it means, and what it might mean-especially in the near future. This theological speculative study of the Bible takes the reader into the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410215192Author John RhysFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the PacificWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952191435Author Matt ClaytonFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint Refora PublicationsPublisher Refora PublicationsWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840111347Author John MatthewsFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Templar PublishingPublisher Templar Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781566563901Author Jane YolenFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Interlink BooksPublisher Interlink BooksWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 141mm *...

Over time, the image of the Irish in the United States changed from that of hard-drinking Paddies to genial working-class citizens. In 'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream, William H. A. Williams traces the change in this image through more than seven hundred...

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 9780835607445Author Normandi EllisFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Quest Books,U.S.Publisher Quest Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 1g

This exciting new anthology gathers together Puerto Rican folktales that were passed down orally for generations before finally being transcribed beginning in 1914 by the team of famous anthropologist Franz Boas. These charming tales give readers a...

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. This wonderful collection is drawn...

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

Tonight, across America, countless people will embark on an adventure. They will prowl among overgrown headstones in forgotten graveyards, stalk through darkened woods and wildlands, and creep down the crumbling corridors of abandoned buildings. They...