Folklore & Mythology

"When I moved to northern New Mexico thirty-three years ago," writes John Nichols, "I immediately fell in with my neighbours and commenced laughing". As folklorist Nasario Garcia explains in his introduction to this collection,...

The Tale of Genji and The Tale of the Heike are the two major works of classical Japanese prose. The complete versions of both works are too long to be taught in one term, and this abridgement answers the need for a one-volume edition of both works...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588140609Author Dr. Homayoon AramFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint IBEX Publishers,U.S.Publisher IBEX Publishers,U.S.Weight(grams) 646g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874836660Author Pleasant DeSpainFormat HardbackPage Count 78Imprint August House PublishersPublisher August House PublishersWeight(grams) 204g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874836691Author Pleasant DeSpainFormat HardbackPage Count 78Imprint August House PublishersPublisher August House PublishersWeight(grams) 204g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874834543Author Carol BirchFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint August House PublishersPublisher August House Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781554534555Author Catherine RondinaFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Kids Can PressPublisher Kids Can Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780795700996Author Dinah M. MbanzeFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Kwela BooksPublisher Kwela BooksWeight(grams) 80g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666906530Author Toms KencisFormat HardbackPage Count 318Imprint Lexington Books/Fortress AcademicPublisher Lexington Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781404861602Author Eric BraunFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint Picture Window BooksPublisher Picture Window BooksWeight(grams) 318g

The history of racism in America is also the history of ordinary Black Americans who accomplished extraordinary things in their pursuit of freedom. Faced with oppression throughout their journey, they built vibrant communities and lived purposeful lives...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780882897561Author Elizabeth MooreFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Pelican Publishing CoPublisher Pelican Publishing CoWeight(grams) 0g

Does folklore have a place in discussing trauma? For instance, how do disaster survivors use language, ritual, and the material world to talk about their experiences? And what insights and tools can the field offer to help others navigate and narrate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782503553030Author Stefan BrinkFormat HardbackPage Count 285Imprint Brepols N.V.Publisher Brepols N.V.Weight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm) 239mm * 163mm * 23mm

This book discusses the origin and dispersion of the Aryans, the mythopoeic world view of early man, the animistic philosophy of savages, and the survivals of primitive belief among peasants, which enlivened the folklore controversies.Book...

Latino Americans have a powerful voice in society and a wealth of cultural traditions. Fundamental to those traditions are numerous folktales. Some are funny, some draw upon the supernatural, some look back on ancestral ways, and some capture the...

Tristram Potter Coffin's The British Traditional Ballad in North America, published in 1950, became recognized as the standard reference to the published material on the Child ballad in North America. Centering on the theme of story variation, the book...

Knowledge of folk custom and folk belief can help to explain ways of thought and behavior in modern America. American Folklife, a unique collection of essays dedicated to the presentation of American tradition, broadens our understanding of the regional...

What can you do with a folklore degree? Over six dozen folklorists, writing from their own experiences, show us. What Folklorists Do examines a wide range of professionals-both within and outside the academy, at the beginning of their careers or...

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...

These twenty-one animal tales from the Colombian Caribbean coast represent a sampling of the traditional stories that are told during all-night funerary wakes. The tales are told in the semi-sacred space of the patio (backyard) of homes as part of the...

The myths of the Gimi, a people of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, attribute the origin of death and misery to the incestuous desires of the first woman or man, as if one sex or the other were guilty of the very first misdeed. Working for...

This anthology of regional folklore displays the abundance, humor, and continuing vigor of the American oral tradition. The collection explores rich and distinctive lore of Maine Down-Easters, Pennsylvania Dutchmen, Southern mountaineers, Louisiana...

The last work of Burne-Jones: a series of woodcut illustrations to the first chapters of Genesis, making a perfect epitome of his art. Reprinted from the original edition of 1902.Book InformationISBN 9781843680888Author Edward Coley Burne-JonesFormat...

Chios claims Homer as its native son. In this booklet Jill Dudley describes the ancient site north of the port of Chios where the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey taught and sang his epic poems. She visits the temples of pagan gods who divinely...

The legends of Aristomenes, hero of the Messenian resistance to Sparta, were designed to excite, gratify and amuse. Yet they remain almost unknown even to specialist ancient historians. This book, the first monograph to be devoted to Aristomenes,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888392442Author Tren GriffinFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888393036Author Tren GriffinFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd...

Kentucky and Kentuckians are full of stories, which may be why so many present-day writers have Kentucky roots. Whether they left and returned, like Wendell Berry and Bobbie Ann Mason, or adopted Kentucky as home, like James Still and Jim Wayne Miller,...

A passionate reexamination of the ancient world and the lessons we can draw from antiquity In today's turbulent cultural moment, it is all too common for conservatives to invoke the wisdom of the ancient Greeks in the name of timeless virtues. At the...

Discover information about the first American naval battle, great escapes in the middle of the night, and many historic tidbits that don't often appear in textbooks. These and many other curiosities occurred within Massachusetts's North Shore. Step back...

A paperback edition of a scholarly edition of a complex Arthurian myth, together with a comprehensive introduction, explanatory notes and detailed glossary. First published in 1948.About the AuthorProfessor Melville Richards (1910-1973) taught at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788120773172Author Sterling PublishersFormat HardbackImprint Sterling Publishers Pvt.LtdPublisher Sterling Publishers Pvt.LtdWeight(grams) 664g

Witchcraft is very much alive in today's post-communist societies. Stemming from ancient rural traditions and influenced by modern New Age concepts, it has kept its function as a vibrant cultural code to combat the adversities of everyday life...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906958893Author Randy P. ConnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Mandrake of OxfordPublisher Mandrake of OxfordWeight(grams) 893g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906958886Author Randy P. ConnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Mandrake of OxfordPublisher Mandrake of OxfordWeight(grams) 460g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894877077Author Gina TeelFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Ghost House PublishingPublisher Ghost House PublishingWeight(grams) 212gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894877428Author A.S. MottFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Ghost House PublishingPublisher Ghost House PublishingWeight(grams) 206gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894864015Author Tony HollihanFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Folklore PublishingPublisher Folklore PublishingWeight(grams) 280g