Folklore & Mythology 98

An eye-opening, engrossing look at the central role of monsters in the Anglo-Saxon worldviewーnow in paperback. This book addresses a simple question: why were the Anglo-Saxons obsessed with monster……続きを見る

One of The New York Times Book Review's 100 Notable Books of 2022. Named one of the best books of 2022 by The New Yorker, Pitchfork, Vanity Fair and TIME. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choic……続きを見る

Between the covers of this book, you will discover a blend of plant wisdom and a love of astrology blended in a cauldron of storytelling and poetry. Not merely an herbal compendium, not only histori……続きを見る

EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY Egyptian mythology can be traced back to over 5000 years ago, before any mention of Jesus or Muhammed. Tales of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses, monsters, and the interactions they ha……続きを見る

麻瓜也通的詳細解說 × 神也開口的戲劇技巧 × 冷到發噱的英式幽默 一套宇宙誕生以來最吵雜、最歡樂、最性感的希臘神話故事！ ★入圍2018英國國家圖書大獎★ ★長踞英國亞馬遜經典類NO.1★ ★收錄神的世界地圖＆家族系譜★……続きを見る

Legions of bluegrass fans know the name Otto Wood (1893–1930) from a ballad made popular by Doc Watson, telling the story of Wood's crimes and violent death. However, few know the history of this Ap……続きを見る

Timaeus is one of Plato's dialogues, mostly in the form of a long monologue given by the title character. The work puts forward speculation on the nature of the physical world and human beings. It i……続きを見る

Timaeus is one of Plato's dialogues, mostly in the form of a long monologue given by the title character. The work puts forward speculation on the nature of the physical world and human beings. It i……続きを見る

Grab a stake, a fistful of garlic, a crucifix and holy water as you enter the dark, blood-curdling world of the original pain in the neck in this ultimate collection of vampire facts, fangs, and fic……続きを見る

Karagiozisーa form of comic folk drama employing stock puppet figuresーwas immensely popular in Greece until recent years, when newer forms of entertainment have virtually eclipsed it. Derived from ……続きを見る

David Icke was a footballer, television presenter, Green politician and then a famous and popular writer on alternative views on world history, society and how the world works. He has a view that th……続きを見る

Dress helps us fashion identity, history, community, and place. Dress has been harnessed as a metaphor for both progress and stability, the exotic and the utopian, oppression and freedom, belonging ……続きを見る

According to the scant historical records available, Uncle Bud Long, his daughter Janey, and her son Frankie lived near Clark's Landing, Kentucky, for about twenty years early in this century. Mr. C……続きを見る

Ai tempi di Pitrè, il fondatore della scienza del folklore, la Savi-Lopez raccoglieva e riscriveva racconti popolari: un affollarsi di anime, spiriti, demoni, gnomi, folletti. «Nani e folletti - scr……続きを見る

A plunge into Georgia history offers no shortage of bewilderment. UFOs, haunted bridges, ghost lights and monsters are just a smattering of the unexplained. At the Jekyll Island Club, a bellhop from……続きを見る

For centuries, Virginians have told, retold and embellished wonderful stories of their history. Legends such as the "wild Spanish ponies" of Chincoteague, General Braddock's lost gold, the Mount Ver……続きを見る

Archaeologists have been investigating the ruins of Poverty Point for decades, piecing together a fascinating picture of a 3,500-year-old hunter-gatherer way of life. But Poverty Point is more than ……続きを見る

A spellbinding new book by the much-acclaimed writer, a journey to South Africa in search of the lost people called the /Xam - a haunting book about the brutality of colonial frontiers and the fate ……続きを見る

An exploration of how the image and idea of the dragon has evolved through history How did the dragon get its wings? Everyone in the modern West has a clear idea of what a dragon looks like and of t……続きを見る

Winner of the 2022 Opie Prize Jeanne Pitre Soileau vividly presents children’s voices in What the Children Said: Child Lore of South Louisiana. Including over six hundred handclaps, chants, jokes, j……続きを見る

Florida is blessed with a semitropical climate, beautiful inland areas, and over a thousand miles of warm seas and sandy beaches. And Floridians are every bit as colorful and diverse as the tropical……続きを見る

In the early years of this century, miners from nearly every country in Europe and Asia Minor migrated to West Virginia to seek employment in its great collieries. With them they brought many folkta……続きを見る

Tristram Potter Coffin’s The British Traditional Ballad in North America, published in 1950, became recognized as the standard reference to the published material on the Child ballad in North Americ……続きを見る

Eeny, meeny, figgledy, fig. Delia, dolia, dominig, Ozy, pozy doma-nozy, Tee, tau, tut, Uggeldy, buggedy, boo! Out goes you. (no. 129) You can stand, And you can sit, But, if you play, You must be it……続きを見る

The essays in Folklore Genres represent development in folklore genre studies, diverging into literary, ethnographic, and taxonomic questions. The study as a whole is concerned with the concept of g……続きを見る

In the early centuries, Celtic mythology survived as a primarily oral tradition, influenced significantly by the geography of its lands. Sagas and legends were passed down from one generation to the……続きを見る

Performing Environmentalisms examines the existential challenge of the twenty-first century: improving the prospects for maintaining life on our planet. The contributors focus on the strategic use o……続きを見る

From ancient myth to contemporary art and literature, a beguiling look at the many incarnations of the mischievousーand culturally immortalーgod Pan, now in paperback. Panーhe of the cloven hoof and……続きを見る

The women in India's great epics compare favourably with the men Draupadi, the princess with five husbands and a fiery temperament; Uloopi, who abducted the mighty warrior Arjuna; Satyabhama, who fo……続きを見る

Winner of the 2021 Stanford M. Lyman Distinguished Book Award from Mid-South Sociological Association All regions and places are unique in their own way, but the Ozarks have an enduring place in Ame……続きを見る