Folklore & Mythology

Three monks, Hok, Lok, and Siew, journey along a mountain road trying to understand what makes one happy. At once the monks encounter frightened villagers w...

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

With vibrant colors and bold geometric forms, Gerald McDermott brilliantly captures the stylized look of Pueblo Indian art in this Caldecott Award-winning r...

Anyone with a little persistence and the desire can learn to draw well - this is the starting point for The Fundamentals of Drawing, a practical and compre...

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...

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

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...

Mandela, a Nobel Laureate for Peace, has selected these thirty-two tales with the specific hope that Africa's oldest stories, as well as a few new ones, be...

Canada’s best-known storyteller, Dan Yashinsky, lives his life as teller and listener, and shows how storytelling can and does create vital connections be...

Taking a basket of good things to her Grandmother's house, a little girl is tricked into dawdling in the woods by a wolf who intends to eat them both. But G...

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 ...

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,...

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 Mysteries Of Mithras Presents A Revival Of The Magical Practices And Initiatory System Of Mithraism, The Ancient Roman Mystery Religion That Was Immense...

Tom, A Young Chimney Sweep, Toils Under The Misery Of His Horrendous Job And Cruel Boss, Grimes, Until Fairies Turn Him Into A Water-baby - An Underwater Sp...

a Fascinating And Accessible Guide To The Gods And Goddesses, Heroes And Heroines, Magical Weapons, Fabulous Beasts, And Otherworld Entities Of Celtic Myt...

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

Addresses the conflict between scientific theory about the world and the ancestral worldview of Native Americans. Publishers Weekly Though Deloria (Custer...

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...

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

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...

This unique approach to Egyptian mythology takes readers on a tour up the Nile, stopping at the most famous monuments and vividly retelling the myths conne...

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...

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...

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

The Folklore Process -- Dynamics Of The Folk Group -- The Folk Performance -- Dimensions Of The Folk Event -- Aesthetics And Repertoire -- Folklore And Conn...

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

Clever Tom Fitzpatrick thinks his fortune is made when he captures a leprechaun and forces him to reveal the hiding place of his gold, but the leprechaun is...

With insight, humor and fascinating detail, Lacey brings brilliantly to life the stories that made England—from Ethelred the Unready to Richard the Lionhe...

The entry for kvetchn (the verbal form) in Uriel Weinreich's Modern English-Yiddish Yiddish-English Dictionary reads simply: press, squeeze, pinch; strain...

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

The real history of the Amazons in war and love Amazons―fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world―were the mythic archenemies of the ...

Phoebe Gilman.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Social SciencesFolklore & Mythology

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

the Author Of Hero With A Thousand Faces, The Masks Of God Series, And The Power Of Myth Here Turns His Powers Of Observation And Analysis On His Own Life...

This is the first book to explore the existence of a configuration of seven pre_Christian sites which formed the route of a pilgrimage of initiation used by...

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

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...

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...

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...

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 Gods, The Creation, And The Earlist Heroes -- Stories Of Love And Adventure -- The Great Heroes Before The Trojan War -- The Heroes Of The Trojan War --...

Jean Markale ; Translated By A. Mygind, C. Hauch, And P. Henry. Translation Of: La Femme Celte. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 287-304.Categories: Religio...

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

Mark P.o. Morford, Robert J. Lenardon. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Literature & Fiction History & CriticismCriticism &...

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 heritage. S...

Vampires are much more complex creatures than Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Twilight, True Blood, or scores of other movies and television shows would have you ...

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...