Folklore category: 2054 books
by Eric Maddern
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Northwest Wales—Old Gwynedd—is one of the most mythic parts of Britain, and if you dig beneath the surface of modern life you will find stories whose roots go back more than 2,000 years. The legends and folktales that have survived are windows into the worlds of our ancestors. A selection of such...
by George Cobelens
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Eros, son of Aphrodite and King Arin, ruler of Sparta, has raced ahead of the rest of his soldiers. Eros is faster than any animal or human. He waited at the edge of the cliff, and he sees the battle ships coming into the harbor. They are still a ways off, and Eros thinks his men should arrive in...
Confessions of an Alien
A Mythology for the Third Millenium
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2016
Of course the title of this series is Mythology for the Third Millennium, but what is mythology? Mythology is a narrative that usually contains hidden meanings and deals with questions such as: where do we come from, what is our purpose and what is our place in the universe? Noted psychologist Carl Jung...
Karlik
Encounters with Elemental Beings
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2017
Elemental beings such as gnomes and fairies exist in many folk and spiritual traditions, and Rudolf Steiner also discussed their significance to our world. Some people are able to engage and even communicate with elementals.
Ursula Burkhard was one such person. Blind from birth, she experienced gnomes...
Beyond the Sword Maiden
A Storyteller's Introduction to the Heroine's Journey
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
"All too often both traditional storytellers and the media regard the Hero's Journey as the "one true recipe for a good story." In this well-researched and clearly written book, Dorothy Cleveland and Barbara Schutzgruber prove that there are other kinds of stories that are just as essential...
Goblins and Ghosties
Stories of Darkness from Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
A stunning selection of folk tales and legends about things that go bump in the night. A wide variety of traditional stories from all over the world, ranging from magical to farcical, unnerving to terrifying. Delightfully illustrated in paper-cut style by Francesca Greenwood.
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Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
This volume of folktales from the Far North of European Russia features seventeen works by five narrators of the Russian tale, all recorded in the twentieth century. The tales, distinguished by their extraordinary length and by the manner in which they were commonly told, appear to have flourished...
by Joseph A. McCullough
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
This dynamic and captivating book contains all of the information necessary to recognize and combat this growing threat. Beginning with an explanation of the historical origins of zombies, it follows their history straight through to the threat they pose to the world today. All varieties of zombie...
Queer Enchantments
Gender, Sexuality, and Class in the Fairy-Tale Cinema of Jacques Demy
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
To the uninitiated, the films of French New Wave director Jacques Demy can seem strange and even laughable, with their gaudy color schemes and sung dialogue. Yet since the late 1990s, a generation of queer filmmakers in France have found new inspiration in Demy's cinema. In this volume, author Anne E....
by Donald Panther-Yates
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2013
The seven Cherokee clans are found in no other American Indian tribe. They are Wolf (Ani-Wahiya), Bird (Ani-Tsiskwa), Deer (Ani-Kawi), Twister (Ani-Gilohi), Wild Potato (Ani-Gotegewi), Panther (Ani-Sahoni) and Paint (Ani-Wodi). If you are of Cherokee descent you belong to a clan whether you know which...
Vieilles coutumes, usages et traditions populaires des Vosges
Provenant des cultes antiques, et particulièrement de celui du soleil
Language: French
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Extrait : "Il existe encore, dans les Vosges, des adorateurs du soleil. Plusieurs fois, aux sommets du Ballon de Guebwiller, du Ballon d'Alsace, j'ai trouvé — le 24 Juin, au solstice d'été — des montagnards arrivés de très bonne heure (il y en avait même qui passaient la nuit) pour assister...
La Bête du Gévaudan : œuvre du Diable ou simple animal ?
Investigations sur sa vraie nature
Language: French
Release Date: March 9, 2018
Une enquête minutieuse sur le monstre sanguinaire du Gévaudan, 249 ans après les faits !
Le 30 juin 1764, au hameau des Ubs, à Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès, en Gévaudan, meurt une fillette de 14 ans, nommée Jeanne Boulet. Sur le registre de la paroisse, le curé Antoine Souchère écrira...
Les Fêtes religieuses en Bretagne
Coutumes, légendes et superstitions
Language: French
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Extrait : "Noël. Durant plusieurs siècles, la Nativité de N.-S. fut l'objet de représentations figurées dans les rites ecclésiastiques et de jeux dramatiques hors des églises. Cet usage était foncièrement populaire et je=je n'en veux pour preuve que le trait suivant : 'Il se passa aux Moûtiers...
by Young Ambassadors
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2017
Look beyond the sand and surf to the fasinating history of the Parish of Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, U.K.
Learn about intresting facts, watch animations and play games all within this ebook!
This Ebook/ information portal concept was realised by Year 11 Young Ambassadors from Treviglas...