Folklore Mythology category: 2054 books
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ancient Greece
Fascinating Facts About Greek History and Cultural Contributions
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2005
The incredible influence of Ancient Greek culture on everything from sicence to literature to politics continues to be relevant and hotly debated. In 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ancient Greece', you are invited to meet the Ancient Greeks and to understand their legacy by entering their world. Profiles...
Trickster Makes This World
Mischief, Myth and Art
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2010
In Trickster Makes This World, Lewis Hyde brings to life the playful and disruptive side of human imagination as it is embodied in trickster mythology. He first visits the old stories—Hermes in Greece, Eshu in West Africa, Krishna in India, Coyote in North America, among others—and then holds...
by Richard Ellis
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
Ever since Plato created the legend of the lost island of Atlantis, it has maintained a uniquely strong grip on the human imagination. For two and a half millennia, the story of the city and its catastrophic downfall has inspired people--from Francis Bacon to Jules Verne to Jacques Cousteau--to speculate...
Mythical Journeys Legendary Quests
The Spiritual Search - Traditional Stories from World Mythology
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
One of the most persistent themes in myth and legend from the world’s many cultures is that of the journey, the quest. In Mythical Journeys, Legendary Quests, noted writer on the topic, Moyra Caldecott, shows the connection between the sacred, mythic journeys as found in legend and story, and the...
by J.A MacCulloch
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2005
The author compares Celtic mythology and religion with the beliefs of early Scandinavian society. Vikings and Norsemen who raided British shores ruled parts of Britain for centuries. The religion of the Scandinavians was the same as the religious beliefs and practices of their fellow Teutonic and...
The Legacy of Dell Hymes
Ethnopoetics, Narrative Inequality, and Voice
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
The accomplishments and enduring influence of renowned anthropologist Dell Hymes are showcased in these essays by leading practitioners in the field. Hymes (1927–2009) is arguably best known for his pioneering work in ethnopoetics, a studied approach to Native verbal art that elucidates cultural...
Postmodern Fairy Tales
Gender and Narrative Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2010
Postmodern Fairy Tales seeks to understand the fairy tale not as children's literature but within the broader context of folklore and literary studies. It focuses on the narrative strategies through which women are portrayed in four classic stories: "Snow White," "Little Red Riding...
Echoes of Valhalla
The Afterlife of the Eddas and Sagas
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Tolkien’s wizard Gandalf, Wagner’s Valkyrie Brünnhilde, Marvel’s superhero the Mighty Thor, the warrior heading for Valhalla in Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song,” and Donald Crisp’s portrayal of Leif Eriksson in the classic film The Viking—these are just a few examples of how Icelandic...
Tree of Salvation
Yggdrasil and the Cross in the North
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Winner of the 2014 Mythopoeic Myth & Fantasy Studies Award At the heart of the mythology of the Anglo-Scandinavian-Germanic North is the evergreen Yggdrasil, the tree of life believed to hold up the skies and unite and separate three worlds: Asgard, high in the tree, where the gods dwelled in...
Vampire Forensics
Uncovering the Origins of an Enduring Legend
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2010
Mark Jenkins’s engrossing history draws on the latest science, anthropological and archaeological research to explore the origins of vampire stories, providing gripping historic and folkloric context for the concept of immortal beings who defy death by feeding on the lifeblood of others. From the...
Evolutions
Fifteen Myths That Explain Our World
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
A brilliant lyrical exploration of how modern science illuminates what it means to be human, from the award-winning author of The Price of Altruism
We no longer think, like the ancient Chinese did, that the world was hatched from an egg, or, like the Maori, that it came from the tearing-apart...
Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece
Mythology's Great Tales of Valor and Romance
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2001
The Adventures that Shaped the Western World
First published in 1934, Gods, Heroes and Men of Ancient Greece has become one of the most popular, enduring--and captivating--retellings of the ancient myths for modern readers. Recognizing the sheer entertainment value of these timeless adventures,...
by Montague Summers
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Written by a venerable author of occult studies, The Werewolf in Lore and Legend is the first definitive book on werewolfery and the remarkable successor to Montague Summers's popular work, The Vampire. Unsurpassed in its sheer scope and depth, it employs an extensive range of historical documentation...
Turtle Was Gone a Long Time Volume 3
Anaconda Canoe
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 1998
Anaconda Canoe concludes a remarkable spiritual journey undertaken in volumes one and two, in which Turtle dives to the floor of the abyss to recover hidden intuitions about the world in a journey from ignorance to knowledge, darkness to light, from paradise lost to paradise regained. This third and...