Folklore Mythology category: 2054 books

From the infamous pirate Jean Laffite and the storied couple Bonnie and Clyde, to less familiar bandits like train-robber Eugene Bunch and suspected murderer Leather Britches Smith, Legendary Louisiana Outlaws explores Louisiana's most fascinating fugitives. In this entertaining volume, Keagan LeJeune...

The first edition of this book successfully garnished copious positive reviews in publications such as the Journal of Latin American Geography, Utopian Studies, Journal of American Folklore, The Journal of the Association of Research on Mothering, NWSAJournal, Journal of Popular Culture; et cetera,...

A collection of fantastic stories about the so-called 'Father of Europe', King of the Franks and Emperor of the Romans Charlemagne. Taken from Thomas Bulfinch's famous compilation 'Bulfinch's Mythology'.

Книга выдающегося этнографа С. В. Жарниковой "Символика Русской прялки" посвящена исследованию семантики и символики важнейшего предмета индоевропейского быта...

Many of the beings in this book – Cheiron, Pan, Acheloos, the Sirens and others – will be familiar from the narratives of Greek mythology, in which fabulous anatomies abound. However, they have never previously been studied together from a religious perspective, as recipients of cult and as members...

Grimm’s Fairy Tales – Illustrated by Ada Dennis is a wonderful collection of classic fairy tales including ‘Little Snow White’, ‘Rapunzel’, ‘Hop-O’-My-Thumb’, ‘The Three Little Men in the Wood’, ‘Snow White and Rose Red’, ‘Clever Grethel’, ‘The Giants Three Golden Hairs’,...

Trolls lurk under bridges waiting to eat children, threaten hobbits in Middle-Earth, and invade the dungeons of Hogwarts. Often they are depicted as stupid, slow, and ugly creatures, but they also appear as comforting characters in some children’s stories or as plastic dolls with bright, fuzzy hair....

The Metamorphoses of Ovid are a compendium of the Mythological narratives of ancient Greece and Rome, so ingeniously framed, as to embrace a large amount of information upon almost every subject connected with the learning, traditions, manners, and customs of antiquity, and have afforded a fertile...

The early chroniclers of Britain presented the island as the promised land of the Roman goddess Diana. Later, when the story of Arthur was transformed by Christian mythology, a new literary concept of the island was promoted: the promised land of the Holy Grail. As the feminine enchantment of the...

Based on Māori mythology. Kenehi tells the story of the separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku by the gods and the violent conflict that ensues. Original text by James Hansard. Translation by Joy Ngaropo-Hau.

Les Slaves païens de l’Antiquité et du Moyen Âge ont longtemps eu un panthéon commun, lequel était dominé par Perun, le dieu de l’orage, maître du ciel et des éléments. Connu par des textes anciens, mais aussi par des chansons, des contes, et même des noms de lieu, il a survécu à la...

David Hufford's work exploring the experiential basis for belief in the supernatural, focusing here on the so-called Old Hag experience, a psychologically disturbing event in which a victim claims to have encountered some form of malign entity while dreaming (or awake). Sufferers report feeling suffocated,...

Folktales in India have been told, heard, read and celebrated for many centuries. In breaking new ground, Indian folktales have been reread and examined in the light of the Mother Earth discourse as it manifests in the lifeworlds of women, nature and language. The book introduces ecofeminist criticism...

Interest in preternatural and supernatural themes has revitalized the Gothic tale, renewed explorations of psychic powers and given rise to a host of social and religious movements based upon claims of the fantastical. And yet, in spite of this widespread enthusiasm, the academic world has been slow...