Folklore & Mythology
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A Story as Sharp as a Knife: The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World
$24.95 Read moreThe Haida world is a misty archipelago a hundred stormy miles off the coasts of British Columbia and Alaska. For a thousand years and more before the Europeans came, a great culture flourished in thes… [more below]
- Series: Masterworks of the Classical Haida Mythtellers
- Author: Bringhurst, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: April 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1553658396
- Language: English
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Gone to the Grave: Burial Customs of the Arkansas Ozarks, 1850-1950
$30.00 Add to cartA RICH SURVEY OF FOLK PRACTICES PRIOR TO MORTUARIES AND THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY Before there was a death care industry where professional funeral directors offered embalming and other services, residents… [more below]
- Author: Burnett, Abby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 13 2015
- ISBN10: 1496804600
- Language: English
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The Bell Witch in Myth and Memory: From Local Legend to International Folktale
$19.95 Add to cartApparently, slumber parties in the mid-South 1970s were plied with a strange ritual. At midnight attendees would gather before a mirror and chant “I don’t believe in the Bell Witch” three times to se
- Author: Gregory, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: September 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1621908372
- Language: English
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Norse Mythology: Great Stories from the Eddas
$6.95 Read moreRooted in an oral tradition, fantastic sagas of Norse mythology found their way into print seven centuries ago, in documents known as the Eddas. This book presents 17 of the most popular tales, from t… [more below]
- Author: Mabie, Hamilton Wright
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 10 2002
- ISBN10: 0486420825
- Language: English
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Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and Other Classic Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault
$16.00 Add to cartTen beloved fairy tales, given new life by the one and only Angela Carter
Little Red Riding Hood. Cinderella. Sleeping Beauty. Bluebeard. The Fairies. Many classic fairy tale characters might not hav- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Carter, Angela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0143105361
- Language: English
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The Reign of the Vedic Gods
$12.95 Add to cartHome to one of the ancient civilizations of the world, India is also the birthplace of numerous gods worshipped by millions of Hindus living in India and across the globe. Over the centuries many of t
- Series: Galaxy of Hindu Gods #1
- Author: Achuthananda, Swami
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: June 06 2018
- ISBN10: 0975788310
- Language: English
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Haunted Inns of the Southeast
$18.95 Add to cartGrouped by state, Turnage tells 5 to 18 stories about haunted inns in each of the Southeastern states .
- Author: Turnage, Sheila
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: January 01 2001
- ISBN10: 089587234X
- Language: English
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The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries: The Classic Study of Leprechauns, Pixies, and Other Fairy Spirits
$25.00 Add to cartFirst published in 1911, the classic book on the luminous reality of leprechauns, pixies, and other fairy spirits What are fairies, those romantic and sometimes mischievous little people–pixies, nixi… [more below]
- Author: Evans-Wentz, W. y.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: December 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0806525797
- Language: English
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Our Stories Remember: American Indian History, Culture, and Values through Storytelling
$16.95 Add to cartAn illuminating look at Native origins and lifeways, a treasure for all who value Native wisdom and the stories that keep it alive.
- Author: Bruchac, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 01 2003
- ISBN10: 1555911293
- Language: English
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Legends of the Capilano
$24.95 Add to cartBringing the Legends home
Legends of the Capilano updates E. Pauline Johnson’s 1911 classic Legends of Vancouver, restoring Johnson’s intended title for the first time. This new edition celebrates th
- Series: First Voices, First Texts #6
- Author: Johnson (Tekahionwake), E. Pauline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1772840173
- Language: English
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Encyclopedia of Urban Legends
$42.99 Add to cartWe all know those stories that are too bizarre to be true roasted babies, vanishing hitchhikers, scuba divers in trees but have you heard about the ice man or the bullet baby? This comprehensive and c… [more below]
- Author: Brunvand, Jan Harold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: November 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0393323587
- Language: English
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On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears
$31.99 Add to cartHailed as “a feast” (Washington Post) and “a modern-day bestiary” (The New Yorker), Stephen Asma’s On Monsters is a wide-ranging cultural and conceptual history of monsters–how they have evolved over… [more below]
- Author: Asma, Stephen T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 14 2009
- ISBN10: 019533616X
- Language: English
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The Fairy Kingdom
$12.95 Add to cartAre fairies real? What about gnomes, brownies, devas, angels, fauns, mannikins and nature spirits? Hodson explores the reality of all these beings (and more) in this entertaining and informative book…. [more below]
- Author: Hodson, Geoffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 124
- Publish Date: January 24 2003
- ISBN10: 1585092126
- Language: English
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Sacred Mushrooms: Secrets of Eleusis
$14.95 Add to cartIn the ancient world, men and women joined cults known as Mysteries to unite with the deities of the otherworld and achieve eternal life. The most important of the Mysteries existed for two millennia … [more below]
- Author: Ruck, Carl A. P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 08 2006
- ISBN10: 1579510302
- Language: English
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Washington Myths and Legends: The True Stories behind History’s Mysteries
$16.95 Add to cartTales of intrigue in this book include unusual unsolved crimes, legends of lost treasure, spine-tingling ghost stories, well-documented sea creature sightings, and more. Based on historic accounts fro… [more below]
- Series: Legends of the West
- Author: Bragg, Lynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1493016032
- Language: English
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Fairy Haunts of Ireland: A guide to magical, uplifting and supernatural sites for accessing the ancient spiritual heritage of Ireland and parti
$25.00 Add to cartWhat is the nature of the Other-dimensional world of fairyland? Since ancient times, seers have described the parallel world of nature spirits and deities. Peeling away the biased accounts of medieval
- Author: Moore, Alanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 126
- Publish Date: November 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0645285439
- Language: English
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The Eternal Drama: The Inner Meaning of Greek Mythology
$24.95 Add to cartZeus, Aphrodite, Apollo, Artemis, Athena — do the gods and goddesses of Greece have anything to say to us that we haven’t already heard? In this book, based on a series of his lectures, the eminent J… [more below]
- Author: Edinger, Edward F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 01 2001
- ISBN10: 1570626731
- Language: English
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Montana Myths and Legends: The True Stories behind History’s Mysteries
$16.95 Add to cartFrom a haunted prison in Red Lodge to persistent rumors of bigfoot, from whispered descriptions of the “tommyknockers” who help miners in trouble to a famous union organizer found lynched from a bridg… [more below]
- Series: Legends of the West
- Author: Lawrence, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 05 2016
- ISBN10: 1493016784
- Language: English
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Friends of Thunder: Folktales of the Oklahoma Cherokees
$21.95 Add to cartThe Cherokee husband-and-wife team who recorded and translated these folktales in 1961 helped to preserve the lore of seventeen elder Oklahoma Cherokees. This volume includes a wide variety of folklor… [more below]
- Author: Kilpatrick, Jack F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 15 1995
- ISBN10: 0806127228
- Language: English
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Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth
$38.99 Add to cartWe have always conjured up creatures never seen in nature, from flying horses and two-headed birds to fire-breathing dragons and enormous killer skunks, as well as fantastic distortions of our own ima… [more below]
- Author: Rose, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 17 2001
- ISBN10: 0393322114
- Language: English
