Folklore & Mythology 92

En la historia de cada planta empieza un sendero de savia... He aquí una invitación a descubrir las historias ーmás o menos perdidas, más o menos olvidadas, siempre fascinantesー de las plantas que ……続きを見る

Traditions of the North American Indians in three volumes is a study on the culture, tradition and mythology of Native Americans consisting of their tribal tales, myths and legends and presenting th……続きを見る

Every culture has its own trickster character. The Southern Appalachian Mountain trickster is Jack, whom readers may know from traditional stories like "Jack in the Giant's Newground" and "Jack and ……続きを見る

Albert Jack gathers together all the strangest, sickest, funniest and most unforgettable urban legends and recounts them with his usual deadpan humour. More than just a collection of urban legends, ……続きを見る

ALAS, THE BEST LAID PLANS is the third volume of THE STEWARD series. Folklore and fantasy enmesh with physics and forensics. The conspiracy is fraying; Lady Diere's carefully hidden agenda is in jeo……続きを見る

Marie L. McLaughlin delivers a memorable selection of Native American stories infused with folklore and oral traditions passed on from one generation to the next. This book features vivid stories wi……続きを見る

Old Indian Legends (1901) is a collection of traditional stories from Yankton Dakota writer Zitkála-Šá. Published while Zitkála-Šá was just beginning her career as an artist and activist, Old Indian……続きを見る

«Connais-toi toi-même» peut-on lire sur le fronton du sanctuaire de Delphes, ce centre rayonnant du monde grec antique. Dans ce deuxième volume, Ariane Page nous montre que la science actuelle n’est……続きを見る

This is a collection of Alaska Native folklore and mythology. All the various regions and tribal groups are represented in this collection. The collector is John Smelcer who is a writer, poet, and f……続きを見る

This is a collection of stories from the Ahtna Indians of Alaska, collected and retold by tribe member John Smelcer. Numerous illustrations by Larry Vienneau accompany the stories and numerous pictu……続きを見る

Almost everyone, at some point in their lives, has wondered if there was any truth in the stories of monsters in Loch Ness? Loch Ness, Nessie and Me answers all the questions you have ever wanted to……続きを見る

How big was the ancient city of Ayodhya? Why is this city so significant for Hindus? Who established the city and what did it look like? What did Lord Rama and Devi Sita's palace look like? What sor……続きを見る

Which Kaurava was inspired by the birds to commit one of the most grotesque murders in the Mahabharata? Why did King Muchkund sleep for a million years and wake up in the Dwaparyug? Whose soul had e……続きを見る

A provocative theoretical synthesis by renowned folklorist and anthropologist Charles L. Briggs, Unlearning questions intellectual foundations and charts new paths forward. Briggs argues, through an……続きを見る

This vintage book contains a summary of the author's experiences and experiments related to spiritualism, with a particular focus on physical phenomena. Spiritualism is a religious movement based on……続きを見る

“Philosophy of Mystery” by Walter Cooper Dendy is an 1845 work that looks at such subjects as spiritualism, demonology, telepathy, and prophesy in the light of contemporary science. Contents include……続きを見る

A troubled teen on a unique summer adventure sail for at-risk youths, believes the Chinese junk to be haunted and sailing to its doom. Fifteen-year-old James McCafferty is forced to take part in a s……続きを見る

In the land of the Dark Wood dwells the Princess Myrtle, who disguised herself as a beggar to find true love. A magic tree grows in this fantastical kingdom, but only those whose heart is touched by……続きを見る

Escape into another world . . . Bathing and banking, animals and adultery: human culture contains a truly daunting array of elements. The fourth volume of the NEW WORLDS series takes readers on a to……続きを見る

Mona Chollet's In Defense of Witches is a “brilliant, well-documented” celebration (Le Monde) by an acclaimed French feminist of the witch as a symbol of female rebellion and independence in the fac……続きを見る

A origem da espécie investiga uma das histórias mais antigas que ainda se contam na face da Terra: o Mito do Roubo do Fogo. Mitos pertencem, sobretudo, ao campo da etnologia. São ainda objeto da fil……続きを見る

The first book of its kind, Putting Folklore to Use provides guidance to folklorists but also informs practitioners in other fields about how to use folklore studies to augment their own studies. Ho……続きを見る

Premium Annotated Ebook including : . A beautiful layout making reading comfortable on every e-deivce. . Dynamics footnotes. . A synoptical index. To study the symbolism of Masonry is the only way t……続きを見る

Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he ……続きを見る

¿Cuál fue el convento de las monjas endemoniadas? ¿Fue el mismo que asaltó Felipe IV en busca de la novicia? ¿Cómo vivió y murió Luis Candelas? ¿Cuáles fueron los crímenes de la canícula en Madrid? ……続きを見る

I think Scandinavian Paganism, to us here, is more interesting than any other. It is, for one thing, the latest it continued in these regions of Europe till the eleventh century eight hundred years ……続きを見る

Since the early 1800s, people have made a living fishing and harvesting mussels in the lower Ohio Valley. These river folk are conscious of an occupational and social identity separate from those wh……続きを見る

A.D. Jørgensens klassiske "40 fortællinger af fædrelandets historie" bliver her udvidet til at omfatte hele Nordens historie helt tilbage fra oldtiden og frem til årene umiddelbart efter den 2. sles……続きを見る

Sagn og folklore er en grundsten i den danske kultur, og hver historie viser noget om de mennesker, der har fortalt og genfortalt den i generationer. De danske sagn, som folkemindesamler Evald Tang ……続きを見る

"Holy Rollers"ーwith this epithet most people dismiss members of the Pentecostal sect as wild religious fanatics. In this new study, folklorist Elaine Lawless draws on fieldwork among Pentecostal co……続きを見る