Folklore & Mythology
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Goddess: Myths of the Female Divine
$23.99 Add to cartAn old woman lives still among the broken slopes of the mountains in the land of the Tarahumara Indians. No one knows exactly where. She is sometimes seen standing along the highway near El Paso, haul… [more below]
- Author: Leeming, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 11 1996
- ISBN10: 0195104625
- Language: English
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Capturing the Moon
$25.95 Add to cartRabbi Ed Feinstein narrates thirty-six classic and modern folktales that transmit our culture, inform our values, and educate our people. Stories take readers from ancient Israel to the European shtet
- Author: Feinstein, Edward
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0874418402
- Language: English
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Judas Ear: Poems
$21.95 Add to cartAnna Journey’s The Judas Ear resurrects a host of vanished people and places, often through marvelous Ovidian metamorphoses that seem as natural in the gritty tableaux of Richmond, Virginia, as in the
- Author: Journey, Anna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: March 02 2022
- ISBN10: 0807176613
- Language: English
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The Haunted History of Pelham, New York: Including Ghostly Tales of The Bronx, Westchester County, and Long Island Sound
$21.95 Add to cartA fascinating fusion of New York history and local folklore sure to send shivers up your spine!
- Series: Excelsior Editions
- Author: Bell, Blake A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 238
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 143848674X
- Language: English
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Historic Haunts of Long Island: Ghosts and Legends from the Gold Coast to Montauk Point
$24.99 Add to cartExplore the mysterious past of Long Island and learn about the spirits that haunt the historic American island.
Take a ghostly journey through Long Island’s history, from Native American legends and be
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Brosky, Kerriann Flanagan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 14 2015
- ISBN10: 1626196680
- Language: English
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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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Amerasia
$40.00 Read moreA connected world as imagined by early modern European artists, mapmakers, and writers, where Asia and the Americas were on a continuum
America and Asia mingled in the geographical and cultural imagin- Author: Horodowich, Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 194213083X
- 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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Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me, Second Edition: African American Narrative Poetry from Oral Tradition
$29.95 Add to cartThe classic work on African American toasts, the predecessor of rap.
- Series: Excelsior Editions
- Author: Jackson, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 370
- Publish Date: February 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1438496559
- 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 Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image
$30.00 Add to cart“An indispensable source work for anyone interested in this very important development of religious ideas.”–Marija Gimbutas. Ranges from the Paleolithic Age to the present-day Gaia Hypothesis.
- Series: Compass
- Author: Cashford, Jules
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: June 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0140192921
- Language: English
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Indian Mythology: An Enthralling Overview of Myths, Gods, and Goddesses from India
$25.99 Add to cartFrom the creation of the universe to celestial wars to reincarnation, Indian mythology features enigmatic tales of time, creation, and spirituality.
Indian mythology is not simply a thing of the past.
- Author: Wellman, Billy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 114
- Publish Date: October 12 2023
- ISBN10: 9798887652597
- 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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Osage Life and Legends
$12.95 Add to cartThe Osage who were the principal native inhabitants of the Ozarks were often described as the most handsome of the Native Amerians, tall, proud and humble.They were once one of the most powerful and w… [more below]
- Author: Liebert, Robert M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 142
- Publish Date: January 15 2014
- ISBN10: 0879611693
- 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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The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries
$22.95 Read moreThis collection of reports of elfin creatures in Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and Brittany ranks among the most scholarly works ever published on the subject. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries begins w… [more below]
- Series: Celtic, Irish
- Author: Evans-Wentz, W. Y.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: November 02 2011
- ISBN10: 486425223
- Language: English
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Myths of the Cherokee
$29.95 Read moreNoted anthropologist James Mooney (1861-1921) spent much of his life studying American Indians. In North Carolina, he lived for several years with the Cherokee, studying their language, culture, and m… [more below]
- Series: Native American (Paperback)
- Author: Mooney, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: March 27 1996
- ISBN10: 0486289079
- Language: English
