Books in category Folklore & Mythology

Voices of Our Mountain Kin, Volume 2

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Publisher : Andborough Publishing, LLC
ISBN : 9780977418169
Volume 2 of Voices of Our Mountain Kin, continues with more of the legends, folk tales and memories of our heritage in the Blue Ridge, Balsam and Great Smoky Mountains that you enjoyed reading in the first volume. You'll experience the hardships of pioneer living and the struggle to survive and prosper in the early days of the Southern Appalachia. Family stories will lead you through clearing virg

Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest: Especially of Washington and Oregon

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Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN : 9780548096154

Primitive Culture V2: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art and Custom

Author: Tylor, Edward B.
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN : 9780548128220

Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft

Author: Morley, Henry
Publisher : Ind Press
ISBN : 9781409711261

Mythology Among the Hebrews and Its Historical Development

Author: Goldziher, Ignaz
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN : 9780548121641

Does Champ Exist?

Author: Mangiacopra, Gary S. ;Smith, Dwight G.
Publisher : Coachwhip Publications
ISBN : 9781930585393
Notes on the historic lake monster conference held in Shelburne, Vermont, 29 August 1981. Includes limnological notes on Lake Champlain, a chronology of lake monster sightings, and reprints of various older newspaper articles on Champ, the alleged lake monster.

Laboulaye's Fairy Book: Fairy Tales of All Nations (1867)

Author: Laboulaye, Edouard
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN : 9780548989609

Myths and Legends of the Great Plains (1913)

Author: Judson, Katharine Berry
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN : 9780548978733

Wah-Kee-Nah and Her People: The Curious Customs, Traditions and Legends of the North American Indians (1893)

Author: Strong, James C.
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN : 9780548958216

Baron Bruno or the Unbelieving Philosopher and Other Fairy Stories (1875)

Author: Morgan, Louisa
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN : 9780548982068

The Prose Edda - Tales from Norse Mythology

Author: Sturluson, Snorri
Publisher : Carruthers Press
ISBN : 9781409727613
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.

The Mystery and Lore of Monsters - With Accounts of Some Giants, Dwarfs and Prodigies

Author: Thompson, C. J. S.
Publisher : Mitchell Press
ISBN : 9781409725428
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.

The Red Dragon and Other Stories of South Wales

Author: Anon
Publisher : Woods Press
ISBN : 9781409726937
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.

Myths and Tales of the Chiricahua Apache Indians

Author: Opler, Morris Edward
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN : 9781432593544
We are dealing here with a living literature, wrote Morris Edward Opler in his preface to Myths and Tales of the Chiricahua Apache Indians, First published in 1942 by the American Folk-Lore Society, this is another classic study by the author of Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians,   Opler conducted field work among the Chiricahuas in the American Southwest, as he had earlier amon

Living with Stories: Telling, Re-Telling, and Remembering

Author: Schneider, William (EDT)
Publisher : Utah State University Press
ISBN : 9780874216899
In essays about communities as varied as Alaskan Native, East Indian, Palestinian, Mexican, and African American, oral historians, folklorists, and anthropologists look at how traditional and historical oral narratives live through re-tellings, gaining meaning and significance in repeated performances, from varying contexts, through cultural and historical knowing, and due to tellers'' consciousne

Ghosts in Irish Houses

Author: Reynolds, James
Publisher : Dover Publications
ISBN : 9780486471716
Ranging from the 10th to the 20th centuries, these ghostly tales mix the eerie, the terrifying, and the madly comic. Enhanced by the author''s 30 illustrations of Irish homes and castles, 22 short stories feature The Headless Rider of Castle Sheela, Mrs. O''Moyne and the Fatal Slap, the harpies of The Ghostly Catch, and more.

Die Leute Von Seldwyla

Author: Keller, Gottfried
Publisher : Paperbackshop.Co.UK Ltd - Echo Library
ISBN : 9781406806274
Amuesante und seltsame Begebenheiten aus dem Leben der Einwohner des kleinen schweizerischen Ortes Seldwyla

Eccentricities of the Animal Creation

Author: Timbs, John
Publisher : Munshi Press
ISBN : 9781409712220
Contents: curiosities of zoology; rhinoceros in England; stories of mermaids; is the unicorn fabulous; mole at home; great any bear; curiosities of bats; hedgehog; lion talk; bird life; birds'' eggs & nests; Epicure''s ortolan; talk about toucans; eccentricities of penguins; pelicans & cormorants; talking birds, instincts, etc.; owls; weather wise animals; fish talk; fish in British Colombia; tree

Myths and Myth-Makers (Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology)

Author: Fiske, John
Publisher : Book Jungle
ISBN : 9781605970127
John Fiske was an American historian and philosopher. Much of his writing supported the work of Charles Darwin. After meeting Darwin he wrote Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy which was popular in the US and Europe. By 1880 his interests turned to American History, which he viewed through evolutionary theory. Fiske specialized in Colonial and Revolutionary history. In this work Fiske produced a discou

Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes

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Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
ISBN : 9781430458302
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