Folklore Mythology category: 2054 books

The travelling storyteller combined many talents: scholar, educator, linguist, poet and musician. He showed learning, curiosity and judgement, but most of all he could not resist a good story. True to their original telling and stripped of the sanitization of later centuries, these powerful tales...

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 civilization has seen over the past three millennia. From the...

Immerse yourself in the distant past with this epic poem from the Persian tradition. Penned more than one thousand years ago by the famed poet Ferdowsi, The Shahnameh weaves history and myth into a lyrical, action-packed work of art that you won't be able to put down. This book is a must-read for folklore connoisseurs.

Experience the overflowing bounty of the world's greatest collection of folk myths and fairy tales "Shehrzad was a priestess of the psyche secure in her science. The wonderful ease with which she gave not the best of her tales the opening night, yet enough to pique the invalid king’s...

This marvelous collection brings together the great myths and legends of the United States--from the creation stories of the first inhabitants to the tall tales of the Western frontier to the legendary outlaws of the 1920s and beyond. This thoroughly engaging anthology is sweeping in its scope embracing...

Myths and Legends of the Celts is a fascinating and wide-ranging introduction to the mythology of the peoples who inhabited the northwestern fringes of Europe - from Britain and the Isle of Man to Gaul and Brittany. Drawing on recent historical and archaeological research, as well as literary...

Fragments of the rich and complex mythology of the ancient Celts of pre-Roman Europe were preserved in the monasteries of early Christian Ireland and in stories first written down in medieval Wales. The exploits of Cúlchulainn and Fionn mac Cumhaill and of Deirdre and Rhiannon have their roots in...

From wicked queens, beautiful princesses, elves, monsters, and goblins to giants, glass slippers, poisoned apples, magic keys, and mirrors, the characters and images of fairy tales have cast a spell over readers and audiences, both adults and children, for centuries. These fantastic stories have travelled...

“An epic work of literary creation . . . There could be no greater vindication of the wonders of the lands and people of Latin America than Memory of Fire.” —The Washington Post Eduardo Galeano’s monumental three-volume retelling of the history of the New World begins with Genesis,...

Captivating stories of the places where human evil has left a nefarious mark, featuring stories from the podcast Lore—now a streaming television series—including “Echoes,” “Withering Heights,” and “Behind Closed Doors” as well as rare material. Sometimes you walk into a room,...

Au XVIIIe siècle, la Russie commence à collecter et étudier son folklore. Vassili Levchine publie entre 1780 et 1783 un important recueil de contes, contenant, entre autres deux chants épiques notés en proses: Vassili Bogouslaevitch, et Tchourilo Plenkovitch. Mais Levchine n'est pas un scientifique: aux histoires issues de la tradition, il ajoute sa propre imagination...

Ultimement parue en 1928, deux ans après le décès de son auteur (5e édition), la Légende de la Mort chez les Bretons armoricains, avec un appareil de notes dû à Georges Dottin, reste une des œuvres majeures du collectage du folklore de la Bretagne. « ...Depuis trente ans bientôt que...

Ultimement parue en 1928, deux ans après le décès de son auteur (5e édition), la Légende de la Mort chez les Bretons armoricains, avec un appareil de notes dû à Georges Dottin, reste une des œuvres majeures du collectage du folklore de la Bretagne. « ...Depuis trente ans bientôt que...

Author and illustrator Martín Prechtel is internationally known for his explorations of ancient folklore and uncovering the lessons therein for modern readers. In The Disobedience of the Daughter of the Sun, he revives a hitherto unknown Guatemalan Tzutujil Mayan tale of the beginnings of the world...