Books in category Folklore & Mythology

Barbecued Husbands

Author: Mindlin, Betty
Publisher : W W Norton & Co Inc
ISBN : 9781859845417

Teutonic Myth and Legend

Author: MacKenzie, Donald A.
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN : 9781432625269

Myths of China and Japan

Author: MacKenzie, Donald A.
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN : 9781432622893

The Myth of the Sirens

Author: Harrison, Jane Ellen
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN : 9781425472580

Bandits at Sea: A Pirates Reader

Author: Pennell, C. R. (EDT)
Publisher : New York University Press
ISBN : 9780814766781
The romantic fiction of pirates as swashbuckling marauders terrorizing the high seas has long eclipsed historical fact. Bandits at Sea offers a long-overdue corrective to the mythology and the mystique which has plagued the study of pirates and served to deny them their rightful legitimacy as subjects of investigation.With essays by the foremost scholars on these countercultural social bandits --

The Eternal Ones of the Dream: A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Australian Myth and Ritual 1945

Author: Roheim, Geza
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN : 9781432610975

Legends of Charlemagne

Author: Bulfinch, Thomas
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN : 9781432611330

Northern Mythology - Comprising the Principal Popular Traditions and Superstitions of Scandinavia, North Germany, and the Netherlands - Volume I.

Author: Thorpe, Benjamin 1782-1870
Publisher : Lowrie Press
ISBN : 9781409765240
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Peaks of Yemen I Summon: Poetry as Cultural Practice in a North Yemeni Tribe

Author: Steven C. Caton
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN : 9780520082618
Caton's study joins a brilliant ethnography of tribal poetic tradition with a discussion of central issues in anthropological thought. --Dale F. Eickelman, Dartmouth College

Mayan Folktales: Folklore from Lake Atitlan, Guatemala

Author: James D. Sexton
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN : 9780826321046
This collection of folklore offers a rich and lively panorama of Mayan mythic heritage. Here are everyday tales of village life; legends of witches, shamans, spiritualists, tricksters, and devils; fables of naguales, or persons who can change into animal forms; ribald stories of love and life; cautionary tales of strange and menacing neighbors and of the danger lurking within the human heart. Thes

Amulets and Superstitions (1930)

Author: E. A. Wallis Budge
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN : 9780766157897
This work consists of the original texts with translations & descriptions of a long series of Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Christian, Gnostic and Muslim amulets and talismans and magical figures, with chapters on the evil eye, the Swastika, the Cross (Pagan & Christian), the properties of stones, rings, divination, numbers, the Kabbalah, ancient astrology, etc., with twenty-two plates & t

A Handbook of Weather Folk-Lore: Being a Collection of Proverbial Sayings in Various Languages Relating to the Weather, with Explanatory and Illustr

Author: Swainson, Charles
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN : 9781432673987
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our con

Greek Myths

Author: Coolidge, Olivia
Publisher : Coolidge Press
ISBN : 9781406766028
From the terror of Medusa and the Minotaur to the Labors of Hercules and the journeys of Theseus, this collection contains stories from ancient Greek mythology that have thrilled and enthralled generations for centuries.

A Dictionary of Kashmiri Proverbs and Sayings - Explained and Illustrated from the Rich and Interesting Foklore of the Valley

Author: Knowles, J. Hinton
Publisher : Obscure Press
ISBN : 9781846647475
Originally published in 1885. Author: J.Hinton Knowles. Language: English Keywords: Social Sciences Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Alien Conscious: Sixty Years of Abduction Experiences

Author: Leonard Diamond
Publisher : Unknown
ISBN : 9780975264539

Italian Folk Tales and Folk Songs

Author: Cowper, Frederick A. G.
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN : 9781432573249

Wonder Tales of Ancient Wales

Author: Henderson, B. L. K.
Publisher : Hamlin Press
ISBN : 9781408620915

Abominable Snowmen

Author: Sanderson, Ivan T.
Publisher : Cosimo Classics
ISBN : 9781602068858

Zanzibar Tales Told by Natives of the East Coast of Africa: Translated from the Original Swahili

Author: Bateman, George W.
Publisher : Lee Press
ISBN : 9781408697573
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

True Vampires of History

Author: Donald F. Glut
Publisher : Unknown
ISBN : 9780918736673
Donald F. Glut's classic is back in print after decades, bringing to life again tales of historical vampires taken from numerous contemporary chronicles dating from the days of the Roman Empire up through the recorded exploits of vampire hunters of the Twentieth Century. From the cobblestone streets of European cities, through the vastness of Asia and the jungles of Africa, to the secret haunts of