Folklore & Mythology
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Werewolf Stories: Shape-Shifters, Lycanthropes, and Man-Beasts
$24.95 Add to cartBeware the Full Moon! Take a hair-raising tour of werewolf legends. Meet shape-shifters, dogmen, and all variety of human and lupine mixes in this blood curling story collection from two distinguished… [more below]
- Series: Real Unexplained! Collection
- Author: Redfern, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1578597668
- Language: English
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The Ecstasy of Being: Mythology and Dance
$19.95 Read moreJoseph Campbell’s collected writings on dance and art, edited and introduced by Nancy Allison, CMA, the founder of Jean Erdman Dance, and including Campbell’s unpublished manuscript “Mythology and For… [more below]
- Author: Campbell, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: July 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1608688895
- Language: English
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The Flaming Ship of Ocracoke and Other Tales of the Outer Banks
$19.95 Add to cartEvery September, on the first night of the new moon, there are those who vow they see a flaming ship sail three times past the coast of Ocracoke. No matter the direction or velocity of the wind, this
- Author: Whedbee, Charles Harry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 153
- Publish Date: January 01 1971
- ISBN10: 0910244618
- Language: English
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Treasury of Fantastic and Mythological Creatures: 1,087 Renderings from Historic Sources
$14.95 Read moreDrawing on centuries of history, this work is an encyclopedic collection — undoubtedly the largest royalty-free collection of its kind — of devils, dragons, mythical creatures, fanciful beasts, anim
- Series: Dover Pictorial Archive
- Author: Huber, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 01 1981
- ISBN10: 0486241742
- Language: English
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Chicano Folklore: A Guide to the Folktales, Traditions, Rituals and Religious Practices of Mexican Americans
$28.99 Add to cartDid you know that barrio is a term for a Chicano neighborhood, and that some of the oldest barrios can be found in major U.S. cities, like Los Angeles, Chicago, El Paso, and San Antonio? Or that menud… [more below]
- Author: Castro, Rafaela G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 29 2001
- ISBN10: 0195146395
- Language: English
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Myths and Legends of Yellowstone: The True Stories behind History’s Mysteries
$17.95 Add to cartEach episode included in this book explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in Yellowstone National Park’s history. From ghosts in Old Faithful Inn to Bigfoot sightings, Myths and Leg… [more below]
- Series: Legends of the West
- Author: Therriault, Ednor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: December 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1493032143
- Language: English
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The Greek and Roman Myths: A Guide to the Classical Stories
$25.95 Add to cartWho was Pandora and what was in her famous box? How did Achilles get his Achilles heel? What exactly is a Titan? And why is one computer virus known as a Trojan horse?
The myths of ancient Greece and … [more below]
- Series: Myths
- Author: Matyszak, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 15 2010
- ISBN10: 0500251738
- Language: English
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The Complete Language of Herbs: A Definitive and Illustrated History – Pocket Edition
$16.99 Add to cartDiscover the meanings, powers, facts, and folklore for over 500 herbs and spices in The Complete Language of Herbs–now in a pocket-size edition for easy, on-the-go reference.
Along with a beautiful- Author: Dietz, S. Theresa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1577154126
- Language: English
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Indian Tales
$19.99 Add to cartHailed by Ezra Pound as the American Ovid and renowned as a linguist and a self-described amateur anthropologist, Jaime de Angulo drew on his forty years among the Pit River tribe of California to cre
- Author: de Angulo, Jaime
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 30 1997
- ISBN10: 0865475237
- Language: English
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The Grail Legend
$39.00 Add to cartThe Holy Grail and its quest is a legend that has had a powerful impact on our civilization and culture. The Grail itself is an ancient Celtic symbol of plenty as well as a Christian symbol of redempt
- Author: Jung, Emma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 472
- Publish Date: October 25 1998
- ISBN10: 0691002371
- Language: English
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Classical Gods and Heroes
$18.99 Add to cartAll the wonder, terror, and delight of Greek mythology springs forth from the pages of this unique and much-needed anthology.
Rhonda Hendricks has not only selected from the works of the ancient autho
- Author: Hendricks, Rhoda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0688052797
- Language: English
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The Physick Garden: Ancient Cures for Modern Maladies
$24.99 Read more**Shortlisted for the V&A Illustration Awards 2024**
The intriguing tales of the plants that have been used to heal and cure our bodies, brought to life with beautifully surreal illustrations from Ali- Author: Alice Smith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 0711266336
- Language: English
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Shasta Indian Tales
$7.95 Add to cartCharming tales for all ages, come from the storytelling heritage of the Shasta, an Indian tribe that lived in the presence o the highest mountain in Northern California. A variety of myths recount the… [more below]
- Author: Holsinger, Rosemary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 50
- Publish Date: October 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0879611294
- Language: English
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Dharmayoddha Kalki, Book 1: Avatar of Vishnu
$12.99 Read moreBorn in the quiet village of Shambala, Kalki Hari, son of Vishnuyath and Sumati, has no idea about his heritage until he is pitted against tragedies and battles.
Whisked into the province of Keekatpu- Series: Avatar of Vishnu
- Author: Missal, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 25 2018
- ISBN10: 8193503309
- Language: English
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Gilgamesh
$22.00 Add to cartComposed over 2,500 years, lost in the deserts of Iraq for 2,000 more, Gilgamesh presents a palimpsest of ancient Middle Eastern cultic and courtly lyrics and lore. The story of a visionary journey be
- Author: Kendall, Stuart T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: January 27 2012
- ISBN10: 0983697205
- Language: English
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Blackfoot Lodge Tales: The Story of a Prairie People
$19.95 Add to cartThis collection of powerful stories reveals the complex and wondrous world of the Blackfoot nation in the nineteenth century. The thirty tales transcribed by George Bird Grinnell provide an intimate l… [more below]
- Author: Grinnell, George Bird
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: October 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0803271093
- Language: English
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Cuentos Folkloricos Latinoamericanos: Fábulas de Las Tradiciones Hispanas E Indà Genas / Latin American Folktales: Stories from Hispanic and Indian Tr
$19.95 Add to cartExtendiendo a veinte pa ses y quinientos a os, desde los mitos coloniales m s tempranos hasta los cuentos orales coleccionados en el siglo veinte desde el sur de California, Florida, Texas y Nuevo M x… [more below]
- Author: Bierhorst, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: November 11 2003
- ISBN10: 0375713972
- Language: Spanish
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Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art
$22.00 Read moreIn Trickster Makes This World, Lewis Hyde brings to life the playful and disruptive side of human imagination as it is embodied in trickster mythology. He first visits the old stories–Hermes in Greec
- Author: Hyde, Lewis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 17 2010
- ISBN10: 0374532559
- Language: English
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The Sun Came Down: The History of the World as My Blackfeet Elders Told It
$32.95 Add to cartAt the age of sixty-seven, Percy Bullchild (1915-1986), a Blackfeet Indian from Browning, Montana, with little formal education in English, set out to put the oral traditions and history of his people… [more below]
- Author: Bullchild, Percy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: October 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0803262507
- Language: English
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The Greek Myths That Shape the Way We Think
$34.95 Add to cartHow do ancient Greek myths find themselves retold and reinterpreted in cultures across the world, several millennia later? In this volume, bestselling author Richard Buxton explores the power that eig
- Series: Myths That Shape the Way We Think #1
- Author: Buxton, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0500518807
- Language: English
