Folklore 38

The first novel in the Alix of Wanthwaite series, by bestselling author Pamela Kaufman. Eleven-year-old Alix is the daughter of the baron of Wanthwaite, whose lands along the Scottish border are amo……続きを見る

FIVE FAIRYTALES. NINE KINGDOMS. ONE PRINCE. 'This is not your Disney fairy tale. It is much, much better' WILDER'S BOOK REVIEW 'Brilliantly subverts the classic fairy tale' ONE CHAPTER MORE 'Loads o……続きを見る

Remember the faery stories you were told as a child? Tales of tiny, magical, winged beings and elves, wicked witches and goblins. Demons . . . What if one day you found out they were true? What if, ……続きを見る

The stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have become part of the way childrenーand adultsーlearn about the vagaries of the real world. Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow-White, Hänsel an……続きを見る

Beautiful. Secretive. Magical. You envy their freedom, but you are distrustful of their ways. A strange carnival has come to Corydon, Indiana and the Irish Travellers have captured the small town's ……続きを見る

Here is the first unabridged English translation of a major Indo-Persian epic: a panoramic tale of magic and passion, a classic hero’s odyssey that has captivated much of the world. It is the spellb……続きを見る

Compiled by a British diplomat and published in 1871, "Tales of Old Japan" is an anthology of short stories that makes earlier centuries of Japanese life vibrantly immediate to the contemporary read……続きを見る

Märchen sind der älteste Wissensspeicher der Menschheit und ein Spiegel ihrer Träume, Ängste und Wünsche. Michael Köhlmeier, gefeierter Romancier und begnadeter Erzähler, hat einhundert Geschichten ……続きを見る

"The Other Crowd," "The Good People," "The Wee Folk," and "Them" are a few of the names given to the fairies by the people of Ireland. Honored for their gifts and feared for their wrath, the fairies……続きを見る

In How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas, Jeff Guinn combines solid historical fact with glorious legend to deliver another heartwarming holiday book for the whole family. It's 1620 and Mrs. Claus's dear h……続きを見る

Giants, dwarfs, monsters and magicians. 42 stories from China, Russia, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Scotland and England, including "The Three Little Pigs" and "The Half-Chick." 100 illustrations.……続きを見る

Once upon a time, two brothers wished to preserve their German folklore in a collection of tales that they believed had been handed down for generations. When they began in 1812 they had just 86 sto……続きを見る

Corvus the Crow is a lively retelling of an ancient star myth and is approximately 2,000 words long.Corvus was a gifted, handsome crow who is selected as a messenger for Apollo, but his growing fame……続きを見る

Dream Angus comes to you at night and bestows dreams. Just the sight of him may be enough to make you lose your heart, for he is also the god of love, youth and beauty. In this mesmerising retelling……続きを見る

If Brett has to believe in magic to get a pet companion - or two - she will. Of course she'd rather do it the normal way: by asking. Which of course she's tried. Over and over again. And continually……続きを見る

Driving home one evening through the English countryside, the narrator picks up a hitchhiker dressed in an old-fashioned Father Christmas costume. During their journey, the passenger reveals himself……続きを見る

Hero and Leander is a Greek myth, relating the story of Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite who dwelt in a tower in Sestos, at the edge of the Hellespont, and Leander, a young man from Abydos on the othe……続きを見る

Lives of the Greek Heroines, published in the late 19th century, tells the tales of the Greek heroines made famous in the works of Ancient Greek poets and writers like Homer. As the author, Louisa M……続きを見る

The legendary folklorists Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm are widely credited with preserving and documenting Europe's oral fairy tale tradition. On several extended trips collecting stories in and around G……続きを見る

Fables from the Magic Tunnel are captivating mysterious visionary fiction trilogies that take place on Earth, and you will learn what is takes to be human in 2295 A.D. Learn how life has changed for……続きを見る

I love old fairy tales and when I read some old stories from Norway, I felt compelled to come up with my own! What happens to kids that are stolen by trolls? It's hard to say as very few live to tel……続きを見る

In the long-awaited return to Avalon by the beloved author of The Mists of Avalon and her collaborator, bestselling author Diana L. Paxson, Marion Zimmer Bradley fuses myth, magic and romance in a s……続きを見る

King's Man by Tim Severin is the thrilling third volume in the captivating Viking trilogy - an epic adventure in a world full of Norse mythology and bloodthirsty battles. Constantinople, 1035: Thorg……続きを見る

This is volume 2 of a two-volume set that collects 300 of the most entertaining and important folk and fairy tales of Giuseppe Pitré, a nineteenth century Sicilian folklorist whose significance rank……続きを見る

The Fairy Books, or "Coloured" Fairy Books is a collection of fairy tales divided into twelve books, each associated with a different colour. Collected together by Andrew Land they are sourced from ……続きを見る

Eleven of his 40 plays survive virtually complete. These plays, provide the only real examples of a genre of comic drama known as Old Comedy, and they are in fact used to define the genre. Also know……続きを見る

She was born of the moon and stars. He was born of the sun. Their love will either save or destroy their enchanted world. In a subterranean cavern, a mad scientist named Witch A'melia conducts a str……続きを見る

Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit captures the sweet mischief of childhood in a story that endears itself to young readers. In the classic style of fables, this story uses animals and their ……続きを見る

An epic tale of love and betrayal, war and hope The Iliad is the first of two legendary ancient poems attributed to the Greek bard Homer. Typically dated between the 8th and 7th centuries BC it is b……続きを見る

Chrétien de Troyes (Old French Christian) was a French poet and trouvère who flourished in the late 12th century. Little is known of his life, but he seems to have been from Troyes, or at least inti……続きを見る