Folklore & Mythology

An illuminating look at Native origins and lifeways, a treasure for all who value Native wisdom and the stories that keep it alive.About the AuthorJoseph Bruchac, coauthor of The Keepers of the Earth series, is a nationally acclaimed Native American...

An astonishingly rich oral epic that chronicles the early history of a Bedouin tribe, the Sirat Bani Hilal has been performed for almost a thousand years. In this ethnography of a contemporary community of professional poet-singers, Dwight F. Reynolds...

Our Folktales: The All-time Favourite Folktales from Asia is a collection of eight beloved children's stories from China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines and Singapore. In these beautifully illustrated tales, you will meet brave...

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 9780299338206Author Tim FrandyFormat HardbackPage Count 440Imprint University of Wisconsin PressPublisher University of Wisconsin PressWeight(grams) 178g

"American Folklore Scholarship is rich reading, outlining the intellectual genealogy of American folklore and delivering many interesting historical tidbits. Folklore teachers will want to use this book in their introductory theory classes, while...

A new pottery tradition has been developing along the border of northern Indiana and southern Michigan. Despite the fact that this region is not yet an established destination for pottery collectors, Michiana potters are committed to pursuing their craft...

When heritage becomes a commodity, when culture is instrumental in driving tourism, and when individuals assert ownership over either, social, ideological, political, and economic motivations intertwine. Bestowing value on "culture" is itself a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578635863Author Ward RutherfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Weiser BooksPublisher Weiser BooksWeight(grams) 136g

" West Virginia boasts an unusually rich heritage of ghost tales. Originally West Virginians told these hundred stories not for idle amusement but to report supernatural experiences that defied ordinary human explanation. From jealous rivals and ghostly...

In 1976, Ronald Reagan hit the campaign trail with an extraordinary account of a woman committing massive welfare fraud. The story caught fire and a devastating symbol of the misuse government programs was born: the Welfare Queen. Overthrowing the Queen...

In this important ethnography Ziying You explores the role of the "folk literati" in negotiating, defining, and maintaining local cultural heritage. Expanding on the idea of the elite literati-a widely studied pre-modern Chinese social group,...

Here, grounded firmly in American history, is a skilled folklorist's survey of the entire field of America's folklore-from colonization to mass culture. Tracing the forms and content of American folklore, Mr. Dorson reveals the richness, pathos, and...

All the selections in Richard M. Dorson's Folktales Told around the World were recorded by expert collectors, and the majority of them are published here for the first time. The tales presented are told in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North and...

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...

Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784 - 1817) was born in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 1806 he first travelled with an African Association expedition to explore the interior of Africa. Three years later he was in North Africa, where disguised as an Arab, he...

The zombie apocalypse hasn't happened-yet-but zombies are all over popular culture. From movies and TV shows to video games and zombie walks, the undead stalk through our collective fantasies. What is it about zombies that exerts such a powerful...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990539046Author Dan AsfarFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Ghost House BooksPublisher Ghost House BooksWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 55mm...

The Aesop's Fable Paradigm is a collection of essays that explore the cutting-edge intersection of Folklore and Science. From moralizing fables to fantastic folktales, humans have been telling stories about animals-animals who can talk, feel, think, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780930664282Author Theodore K. RabbFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Society for the Promotion of Science & Scholarship Inc.,U.S.Publisher Society for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780930664299Author Takahiro UeyamaFormat HardbackPage Count 378Imprint Society for the Promotion of Science & Scholarship Inc.,U.S.Publisher Society for...

In an illustrious career spanning over forty years, Americo Paredes has often set the standard for scholarship and writing in folklore and Chicano studies. In folklore, he has been in the vanguard of important theoretical and methodological movements. In...

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)

The role of objects and images in everyday life are illuminated incisively in Material Vernaculars, which combines historical, ethnographic, and object-based methods across a diverse range of material and visual cultural forms. The contributors to this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906841089Author Allan CunninghamFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Association for Scottish Literary StudiesPublisher Association for Scottish Literary...

Few classical stories are as romantic as that of Jason and the Golden Fleece. The stirring tale of an adventurer who was also a disenfranchised king's son and daring sea-captain has resonated through the ages, rumbling and echoing like the clashing rocks...

This book introduces readers to the magical world of writing fairy tales. Key features of the genre are explained, top tips are given, and readers are guided through the process of writing their own story. Engaging photographs, eye-catching...

Myth Theorized provides a survey of some key figures and topics in the modern study of myth. The first part of the book discusses the psychoanalysis of myth including a chapter on the extraordinary changes that psychoanalytic theory has undergone, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578594757Author David A. LeemingFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Visible Ink PressPublisher Visible Ink PressWeight(grams) 702g

"Scotties" are exciting, full colour information books for young readers. Each title contains a wealth of interesting facts, stimulating activities, websites and suggestions for places to visit. An 8pp pull-out black and white section with games, puzzles...

The wondrous fables of Ibn Sahula in Meshal haqadmoni, presented here in English for the first time, provide a most unusual introduction to the intellectual and social universe of the Sephardi Jewish world of thirteenth-century Spain. Ibn...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143105367Author Angela CarterFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 96gDimensions(mm) 196mm *...

In contemporary America, myths find expression primarily in film. What's more, many of the highest-grossing American movies of the past several decades have been rooted in one of the most fundamental mythic narratives, the hero quest. Why is the hero...

Around the round table there was always one seat which remained empty. This was the place left for the knight who would one day attain the Grail and restore the land. This mysterious piece of furniture, the Seat Perilous, has been part of Arthurian myth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786435593Author Leslie A. ScondutoFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint McFarland & CompanyPublisher McFarland & CompanyWeight(grams) 302g

Do you believe in ghosts? You don't have to believe in ghosts to appreciate the collection acclimated here-from ancestral spirits and nature spirit to y?kai, if you are looking for information on spiritual beings, this is the one book you need. Of all...

This collection of five tales and one play contains the definitive Robin Hood. They are the earliest ballads and play and still the best of the bunch. 'Robin Hood and the Monk' is the earliest surviving manuscript, dated c.1450, and is considered the...

Myths from the ancient world usually have some supernatural element, a component often generated from a particular intoxicant. These substances promoted a variety of states, including possession by the gods, liberation of the soul or a communion with the...

The story of Jason and the Argonauts is one of the most famous in Greek myth, and its development from the oldest layers of Greek mythology down to the modern age encapsulates the dramatic changes in faith, power and culture that Western civilisation has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788763541183Author Timothy R TangherliniFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Museum Tusculanum PressPublisher Museum Tusculanum PressWeight(grams) 524g