Folklore Mythology category: 2054 books

With its wild eroding sea, its gentle rolling fields and tall churches, Suffolk is a county of contrasts.  It may seem a kindly and civilized place, but in that sea, in the reed beds, the woods, and even down dark town streets lurk strange beasts, ghosts, and tricksters. These 30 traditional tales...

Ci fu un'epoca in cui, se si incontravano altri esseri, non si sapeva con certezza se erano animali o dèi o signori di una specie o demoni o antenati. O semplicemente uomini. Un giorno, che durò molte migliaia di anni, Homo fece qualcosa che nessun altro ancora aveva tentato. Cominciò a imitare...

Liu y su familia aonikenk partieron hacia el norte para escapar del invierno. La abuela Koonek, cansada, decidió quedarse. Al llegar la primavera, Liu y su familia se encontraron con una gran sorpresa. Esta colección consiste en libros ilustrados infantiles con relatos basados en mitos y leyendas de pueblos originarios que habitaron el territorio americano antes de la conquista europea.

Take an otherworldly world tour of horrifying haunts! This Halloween, visit haunted houses, creepy cemeteries, scary ghost towns, and shocking paranormal hotspots . . . all without leaving the comfort of your own well-lit home.

The myths of the ancient Greeks have inspired us for thousands of years. Where did the famous stories of the battles of their gods develop and spread across the world? The celebrated classicist Robin Lane Fox draws on a lifetime’s knowledge of the ancient world, and on his own travels, answering...

Wendy Hughes takes the reader on a grand tour of the curious and bizarre, including the Alfriston Star, the hostelry for medieval package tours with its unusual ship's figurehead; the infamous Blue Gardenia Murder; and Brighton's Pavilion, built as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales. Read...

The World of Obituaries looks at obituaries as a rich source of information on cultural representations of gender.

Before there was a death care industry where professional funeral directors offered embalming and other services, residents of the Arkansas Ozarks--and, for that matter, people throughout the South--buried their own dead. Every part of the complicated, labor-intensive process was handled within the...

The Athenians have won their battle at Marathon. Now they await the Great King's revenge as he works to assemble a massive army unlike any the world has ever seen. In Athens, a city seething with treachery and intrigue, Mandrocles and his friends live, love and observe-bystanders among politicians...

Lincolnshire, a county with many variations in the dialect, once nurtured many folk tales, and though these stories may no longer be told as often as they once were, they still resonate within the rural landscape. From the dark tales of the Black Dog that would cross the marshes at night, and the...

These lively and entertaining folk tales from one of Britain's most ancient counties are vividly retold by local storyteller Hugh Lupton. Their origins lost in the oral tradition, these stories from Norfolk reflect the wisdom (and eccentricities) of the county and its people. Norfolk has a rich and...

These lively and entertaining folk tales from one of Britain's most ancient counties are vividly retold by local storyteller Janet Dowling. Their origins lost in the oral tradition, these 30 stories from Surrey reflect the wisdom (and eccentricities) of the county and its people. Discover the places...

Following the success of his collections of stories from funeral directors, schoolteachers, doctors, and lawyers, folklorist William Lynwood Montell presents a new volume of tales from Kentucky sheriffs. Montell collected stories from all areas of the state to represent the diversity of social and...

The loggers who settled Michigan's Upper Peninsula whiled away winter evenings with tales of extreme weather, strange geography, legendary beasts and improbable feats. One mythic figure strode confidently from one story to the next, his legend growing with each retelling. Soon, Paul Bunyan began to...