Folklore Mythology category: 2054 books

This collection of folklore and stories sheds light on a fascinating blend of cultures and practices.. Discussing the blend of West African religion and superstition in Jamaica through the eyes of the white Christian observer. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's...

En exil à Genève de 1876 à 1889, Mikhaïl Dragomanov, auparavant professeur à l’Université de Kiev et grand spécialiste des traditions slaves, publie, avec l’aide de sa fille Lydia, une série de notes et articles en français, dans des revues comme La Tradition ou Mélusine, consacrées...

Bulfinch's Mythology is a collection of general audience works by American Latinist and banker Thomas Bulfinch, named after him and published after his death in 1867. 

Mythology—circulated in sacred stories (myths) and their reenactments (rituals)—is the basis of any society’s religion, and religion is an essential key to identity. Mythology’s meaning depends on the elaboration of identity in cultural metaphors that are at the same time ecological (arising...

Frank C. Brown organized the North Carolina Folklore Society in 1913. Both Dr. Brown and the Society collected stores from individuals—Brown through his classes at Duke University and through his summer expeditions in the North Carolina mountains, and the Society by interviewing its members—and...

Originating in a homicide in St. Louis in 1899, the ballad of "Frankie and Johnny" became one of America's most familiar songs during the first half of the twentieth century. It crossed lines of race, class, and artistic genres, taking form in such varied expressions as a folk song performed by Huddie...

Frank C. Brown organized the North Carolina Folklore Society in 1913. Both Dr. Brown and the Society collected stores from individuals—Brown through his classes at Duke University and through his summer expeditions in the North Carolina mountains, and the Society by interviewing its members—and...

Nella cultura popolare di molte regioni del mondo e di diversi epoche storiche, la nascita con la “camicia”, ovvero la membrana amniotica, raffigura un destino fortunato. Chi nasce con essa può infatti diventare un individuo dotato spiritualmente: uno sciamano o un prelato di alto rango, un arcivescovo...

Dragons are known antagonists in many fairytales. They need to be defeated by knights in order rescue princesses. But there are so much more to learn about these enchanting creatures. That is why this educational book is filled with random information that all children must know about dragons. It’s a great book to have and is a definite source of edu-tainment for your child too!

Get this: Cronus liked to eat babies. Narcissus probably should have just learned to masturbate. Odin got construction discounts with bestiality. Isis had bad taste in jewelry. Ganesh was the very definition of an unplanned pregnancy. And Abraham was totally...

Arriving just in time for Halloween, this collection of true stories and facts about yurei--the iconic Japanese ghosts--spans the genres of history, folklore, paranormal activity, and real-life horror. Zack Davisson blends his expert knowledge of Japanese folklore with ancient tales and firsthand...

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Zeus, Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Athena—do the gods and goddesses of Greece have anything to say to us that we haven't already heard? In this book, based on a series of his lectures, the eminent Jungian analyst and writer Edward F. Edinger revisits all the major figures, myths, oracles, and legends...

Originally published in 1892, this early work on Native American Folklore is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains tales of the plains of North America and the adventures and customs of the people who inhabit it. This is a fascinating work and is thoroughly recommended...