Folklore & Mythology

Michelle Sanderson may appear to be a strong, independent woman, but on the inside, she's still the wounded girl who fled home years ago. A young army vet,...

Boldly illustrated and superbly translated, Folk Legends from Tono captures the spirit of Japanese peasant culture undergoing rapid transformation into the ...

This Book Assembles For The First Time Fairy Tales In Which Elders Are Protagonists. The Stories Are Delightful In Them Selves, But Interpreted Under Chinen...

Cunningham’s classic introduction to Wicca is about how to live life magically, spiritually, and wholly attuned with nature. It is a book of sense and co...

About the Author\Harold R. Johnson (1954–2022) was the author of six works of fiction and six works of nonfiction, including Firewater: How Alcohol is Kil...

The elusive image of the Holy Grail has haunted the Western imagination for eight centuries. It represents the ideal of an unattainable yet infinitely desi...

Little Red Riding Hood (1697) / Charles Perrault -- Little Red Riding Hood (1729) / Robert Samber -- The Story Of Little Red Riding Hood (1796) / Anonymous ...

Originally written by Campbell in the '40s-- in his pre-Bill Moyers days -- and famous as George Lucas' inspiration for "Star Wars," this book will likewise...

Contents: Goldilocks and the Three Bears -- Hansel and Gretel -- Henny Penny -- Puss in Boots -- Jack and the Beanstalk -- The Little Red Hen -- Snow White ...

Magic for Managing All Kinds of Curses Anyone can be the target of a psychic attack, whether it's an intentional hex or an incidental crossing. This book ...

Can the stories of sea dragons be true? The Bible describes a frightening, huge creature that lived in the sea. Called Leviathan, it had fearsome teeth a...

Anthropological and psychological analysis by Radin Kereny and Jung of the voraciously uninhibited episodes of the Winnebego Trickster cycle. ...

With inspiring and educational stories, Scholastic's Hello Reader series caters to the spectrum of reading abilities among beginning readers. My First Hell...

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Classic Collector's Series)Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Social SciencesFolklore & Mythology

Connect with the Boundless Energy and Life-Changing Magick of Dragons Discover how to work magick with the mighty dragon clans in this powerful book from b...

Unlike many other ancient mythologies, Hinduism thrives in the modern world. One billion followers and countless others have been captivated by its symboli...

Metamorphoses of the Zoo marshals a unique compendium of critical interventions that envision novel modes of authentic encounter that cultivate humanity's b...

The world has become cluttered with sexual stories. From child abuse scandals to lesbians and gays coming out; from Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas to the tr...

Classical Mythology: Images and Insights approaches the study of myths through complete works of Greco-Roman literature, including six complete Greek dramas...

A survey of the past 300 years of theorizing on myth, this book takes into account the work of such prominent thinkers as Albert Camus, Claude Lévi-Strau...

Carl Jung coined the term “synchronicity” to describe meaningful coincidences that conventional notions of time and causality cannot explain. Working with...

Michelle Sanderson may appear to be a strong, independent woman, but on the inside, she's still the wounded girl who fled home years ago. A young army vet,...

A preeminent medievalist presents a wonderful catalog of real and fanciful beasts, including the manticore, griffin, phoenix, amphivius, jaculus, and many o...

A New Translation Of Prometheus Bound With Extant Fragments Of The Lost Prometheus Plays. Aeschylus ; Translated By James Scully And C.j. Herington. Include...

Volume 2 of fairy tale anthology. All the best loved and remembered tales. Includes: Jorinda and Joringel; Puss in Boots; The Emperor's New Clothes; Billy B...

The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm Perhaps no other stories possess as much power to enchant, delight, and surprise as those penned by the imm...

Conversations Between Joseph Campbell And Bill Moyers, A Television Journalist, Discussing Mythology And Our Ties To The Past. Myth And The Modern World -- ...

turning Away From The Privileged World Of The "eminent Victorians," Gertrude Bell (1868—1926) Explored, Mapped, And Excavated The World Of The Arabs. Recrui...

This Volume Is Designed As A Companion To The Standard Undergraduate Mythology Textbooks Or, When Assigned Alongside The Central Greek And Roman Works, As A...

World Mythology is a compilation of over 50 great myths and epics. Your students will gain an appreciation and understanding of ancient and modern cultures ...

Great book!Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Social SciencesFolklore & Mythology

A Chinese American woman tells of the Chinese myths, family stories and events of her California childhood that have shaped her identity. ...

Winner Of The 2003 Trillium Book Award Stories Are Wondrous Things, Award-winning Author And Scholar Thomas King Declares In His 2003 Cbc Massey Lectures. A...

Cuneiform records made some three thousand years ago are the basis for this essay on the ideas of death and the afterlife and the story of the flood which w...

Book by Fowke, Edith (collect and ed)Categories: Literature & Fiction History & Criticism Genres & StylesFairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & ...

Welcome to the incredibly beautiful and intriguing world of the Tarot.The purpose of this book, Rebirth of the Oracle - The Tarot for the Modern World, is t...

"Belcher’s volume contains a much needed and extremely well-integrated overview and discussion of a vast inter-related West African culture complex that ...

Spellbinding adventure from Canada's most beloved modern-day explorer. Traverspine is not a place you will find on most maps. A century ago, it stood near t...

From one of today’s foremost scholars, a lively retelling of the timeless tales… Here are the myths that have influenced so much of our cultural herit...

This book retells Greek myths for young people.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Social SciencesFolklore & Mythology

The story of Atlas and Heracles.Atlas knows how it feels to carry the weight of the world; but why, he asks himself, does it have to be carried at all? In W...

This is a fascinating 2008 study of the Vietnamese experience and memory of the Vietnam War through the lens of popular imaginings about the wandering souls...

The Argonautica is the dramatic story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece and his relations with the dangerous princess Medea. The only surviving Greek...

for Centuries, People Across The World Have Had A Fascination With Monsters And Strange Creatures. They Marvel At The Tales And Legends Of The Bigfoot Of Th...

Body, Boots, and Britches: Folktales, Ballads, and Speech from Country New York (York State Book)Categories: Literature & Fiction United StatesAnthologi...

Beliefs in mysterious underworlds are as old as humanity. But the idea that the earth has a hollow interior was first proposed as a scientific theory in 169...

Enjoy this collection of Ontario's paranormal history by best-selling Ghost Stories author Barbara Smith. You'll find tales from Timmons, Prescott, Gananoqu...

In Homer’s account in The Odyssey, Penelope--wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy--is portrayed as the quintessential faithful wife,...