Folklore & Mythology
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The Dall Sheep Dinner Guest: Inupiaq Narratives of Northwest Alaska
$32.95 Add to cartThe rich storytelling tradition of the Inupiat of Alaska is showcased in this remarkable collection of over eighty stories. Meticulously compiled from six villages in Northwest Alaska between 1966 and… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, Wanni W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1646424107
- Language: English
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Bulfinch’s Mythology: Includes the Age of Fable, the Age of Chivalry & Legends of Charlemagne
$21.00 Add to cartFor almost a century and a half, Bulfinch’s Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity; Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myt… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library (Paperback)
- Author: Bulfinch, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 896
- Publish Date: August 11 1998
- ISBN10: 0375751475
- Language: English
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From Angels to Werewolves: Animal-Human Hybrids in Myth and Art
$35.00 Add to cartThe alluring mermaids sighted by lonely mariners. The winged angels, by turns avenging and comforting, that abound in Christian art. The fearsome Minotaur of Greek mythology. Animal-headed deities, fr
- Author: Palmedo, Philip F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0789214466
- Language: English
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The Seven Sisters of the Pleiades: Stories from Around the World
$19.95 Add to cartThe legends of the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades that poets, priests, prophets, shamans, storytellers, artists, singers, and historians have told throughout time are retold in this compilation of the … [more below]
- Author: Andrews, Munya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1876756454
- Language: English
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Ghosts of Savannah
$10.95 Add to cartTales of Savannah’s many ghosts. You’ll find out why an exorcism had to be conducted at the Hampton-Lillibridge House, about the ghost cat at the Davenport House, the rowdy ghosts at Pirate’s House wh
- Author: Zepke, Terrance
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: September 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1561645303
- Language: English
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Celtic Heritage Pa
$29.95 Add to cart- Author: Rees, Alwyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 430
- Publish Date: November 10 2011
- ISBN10: 0500270392
- Language: English
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African Myths and Folk Tales
$10.00 Add to cartHow was the earth formed, and where did animals come from? Why does the hippopotamus live in water, and why do cats chase rats? Imaginative answers to these and other age-old questions can be found am… [more below]
- Series: Dover Children’s Thrift Classics
- Author: Woodson, Carter Godwin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0486477347
- Language: English
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Fearless Girls, Wise Women, and Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World
$33.99 Add to cartDismayed by the predominance of male protagonists in her daughters’ books, Kathleen Ragan set out to collect the stories of our forgotten heroines. Gathered from around the world, from regions as dive
- Author: Ragan, Kathleen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 17 2000
- ISBN10: 393320464
- Language: English
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The Book of Magic: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment
$18.00 Add to cartA rich, wondrous anthology of the Western magical tradition, from the Old Testament to Doctor Faustus and Paradise Lost, now in a Penguin Classics black spine edition
“. . . as when iron is drawn to- Author: Copenhaver, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: March 07 2017
- ISBN10: 0141393149
- Language: English
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Jeffrey’s Favorite 13 Ghost Stories: From Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Mississippi
$16.95 Add to cartThis is the first anthology of the author’s own favorite ghost stories from the highly successful Jeffrey series of books that began in 1969 with 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey. Hundreds of thousands o… [more below]
- Author: Windham, Kathryn Tucker
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: March 26 2020
- ISBN10: 1588384314
- Language: English
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Myths and Legends of Japan
$24.95 Read moreThe most popular myths and legends of Japanese culture are charmingly retold in English in this handsomely illustrated book. Here are myths of gods, heroes and warriors; legends of Buddha, and of the … [more below]
- Author: Davis, F. Hadland
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 23 1992
- ISBN10: 0486270459
- Language: English
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An Open Life: Joseph Campbell in Conversation with Michael Toms
$16.99 Add to cartIn the tradition of The Power of Myth, a conversation with Joseph Campbell that distills the mature wisdom and eclectic spiritual thinking of the world-renowned scholar and mythologist.
- Author: Toms, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 23 1990
- ISBN10: 0060972955
- Language: English
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Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods
$9.99 Add to cartHawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods (1915) is a collection of Hawaiian folktales and myths by W. D. Westervelt. Connecting the origin story of Hawaii to the traditions of other Polynesian cultur
- Series: Mint Editions – Hawaiian Library
- Author: Westervelt, W. D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1513295896
- Language: English
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Shamans and Kushtakas: North Coast Tales of the Supernatural
$12.99 Add to cartShaman and Kushtaka, both struck terror in the hearts of the Tlingit and Haida, for both possessed frightening supernatural powers. Among the Natives of the Pacific Northwest Coast, the shaman was hon… [more below]
- Author: Beck, Mary Giraudo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0882404067
- Language: English
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Gullah Folktales from the Georgia Coast
$26.95 Add to cartIn 1888, Charles Colcock Jones Jr. published the first collection of folk narratives from the Gullah-speaking people of the South Atlantic coast, tales he heard black servants exchange on his family’s
- Author: Jones, Charles Colcock
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: April 27 2000
- ISBN10: 0820322164
- Language: English
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Myths and Mysteries of Wisconsin: True Stories Of The Unsolved And Unexplained
$14.95 Add to cartUnearth the mysteries, myths, strange happenings, and haunted places in Wisconsin’s history. This intriguing, lively, and easy-to-read collection of eerie stories will leave readers astonished at the … [more below]
- Series: Myths and Mysteries
- Author: Bie, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 03 2012
- ISBN10: 0762769831
- Language: English
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Tales from the Cloud Walking Country
$25.95 Add to cartAssembled here are seventy-eight stories from six of the “ballad-singingest, tale-tellingest” residents of the eastern Kentucky mountain country. Based on stories rooted in European traditions from Ge… [more below]
- Author: Campbell, Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 23 2000
- ISBN10: 0820321869
- Language: English
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Encyclopedia of Superstitions
$30.00 Add to cartThis classic and thoroughly delightful reference explores the origins of superstitions. You’ll discover the origins behind charms, spells, fairy lore and legend, folk remedies and customs of birth, ma… [more below]
- Author: Radford, Edwin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 01 1949
- ISBN10: 0802213014
- Language: English
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The Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and Myths
$65.00 Read moreThe first anthology ever to present the entire range of ancient Greek and Roman stories–from myths and fairy tales to jokes
Captured centaurs and satyrs, talking animals, people who suddenly change s- Author: Hansen, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 584
- Publish Date: March 07 2017
- ISBN10: 0691170150
- Language: English
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Egyptian Myth
$12.99 Add to cartEgyptian myths articulated the core values of one of the longest lasting civilizations in history, and myths of deities such as Isis and Osiris influenced contemporary cultures and became part of the … [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Pinch, Geraldine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 143
- Publish Date: July 08 2004
- ISBN10: 0192803468
- Language: English
