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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This pioneering exploration shows that in the early modern world, printed works on morality and ethics served as an important conveyor of classic Jewish folktales and as an important channel of leisure reading in premodern Jewish culture. Utilizing a...

In Folklore Figures of French and Creole Louisiana, Nathan J. Rabalais examines the impact of Louisiana's remarkably diverse cultural and ethnic groups on folklore characters and motifs during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Establishing...

"More than corn grows tall on the American Plains. Here for the delectation of amateur folklorists is a collection of country whoppers from the frontier of Nebraska, Oklahoma and Iowa-funny and fantastic yarns and anecdotes of pioneer vintage that belie...

Coyote is easily the most popular character in the stories of Indian tribes from Canada to Mexico. This volume contains seventeen coyote tales collected and translated by Father Berard Haile, O.F.M., more than half a century ago. The original Navajo...

What is the nature of the Other-dimensional world of fairyland? Since ancient times, seers have described the parallel world of nature spirits and deities. Peeling away the biased accounts of medieval monks, one finds archaic fragments of mythos of the...

Hai voglia di conoscere un misterioso sistema di divinazione utilizzato da più di 2000 anni dagli antichi popoli del Nord? Vuoi scoprire in che modo è possibile sfruttare la magia delle Rune nella tua vita quotidiana, in maniera...

This grimoire is a collection of three books of Infernal Sorcery: "The Book of Black Magic", "The Book of Total Darkness", and "The Book of Death" by the occult author and sorcerer Zack Crowley...

Joe Metheny was a serial killer active in Baltimore, Maryland in the 1990s. He claimed that he had killed up to ten victims. However, he was convicted of only two cases of murder and one case of kidnapping. He mostly preyed on young white prostitutes who...

Licorice McKechnie was an oddity...A famous musician whose life was shrouded in mystery until she finally disappeared...Over the years, many have taken it upon themselves to solve the mystery of her disappearance. Many inquiries have led to dead ends,...

Del nacimiento a la trascendenciaEn algún lugar donde el espacio no existe, en un momento donde el tiempo no se mide, se encontraba una pequeña luz ella entre tantas luces, no podía ver su propio brillo, estaba maravillada con todo...

The book ""The Golf Courses of the British Isles"" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and...

The book ""Golf Architecture: Economy in Course Construction and Green-Keeping"" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a...

The book ""Good Times with the Juniors"" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future...

The book ""Cruise of the 'Alert'; Four Years in Patagonian, Polynesian, and Mascarene Waters (1878-82)"" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by...

The book ""The Cruise of the 'Alerte'; The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad"" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation...

The book ""Croquet; As played by the Newport Croquet Club"" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for...

The book ""An Attempt to Analyse the Automaton Chess Player of Mr. De Kempelen; To Which is Added, a Copious Collection of the Knight's Moves over the Chess Board "" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is...

The book ""Folk-Lore and Legends Scotland"" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future...

The book ""The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators"" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present...

The book ""Auction of To-day "" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations...

The book ""At the Sign of the Barber's Pole: Studies In Hirsute History"" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern...

The book ""Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa"" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for...

The book ""Folklore of Wells Being a Study of Water-Worship in East and West"" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a...

The book ""Folk-lore in Borneo A Sketch"" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future...

The book ""Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands"" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format...

The book ""Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball"" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a...

The book ""The Forest of Vazon A Guernsey Legend Of The Eighth Century"" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern...

The book ""The Cricket Field; Or, the History and Science of the Game of Cricket"" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in...

The book ""The Cricket of Abel, Hirst, and Shrewsbury"" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present...

The book ""Going Afoot: A book on walking"" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future...

The book ""The Atom and the Ocean"" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Orientalistik / Sinologie - Chinesisch / China, Note: 1,0, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (Ostasienwissenschaften), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Hauptanliegen dieser Arbeit besteht darin, dass die...

Although it has long been known that The Amityville Horror: A True Story was a fraud, until now, no assessment of the extent of the fraud or account of how it was planned has been published. In this book, The Amityville Horror:...

Jesus was the greatest storyteller there ever was. He spoke to the people right where they were. He told parables and stories that related to them in the natural with hidden gems with a spiritual message. Sandra L. Ross takes childhood fables and...

Si desea descubrir cómo algunas personas siempre parecen salirse con la suya con mentiras y manipulación, entonces continúe leyendo...¿Alguna vez se ha encontrado en una situación en la que siempre siente que está fuera de control?¿Se siente como una...

Conozca a los dioses egipciosEs tentador ver la antigua religión egipcia como algo relativamente estático, con un solo panteón cuya naturaleza y actividades no cambiaron a lo largo de los tres mil años del período dinástico. Sin embargo, nada está más...

Si busca una fascinante colección de mitos sumerios, entonces siga leyendo...Este libro incluye cuentos de dioses y diosas, tanto mayores como menores, así como de reyes y héroes, tanto históricos como míticos. Uno de estos reyes es el héroe de lo que...

Available post-free in the UK from the publisher's website: www.lifeisamazing.co.uk. UFOs - King Arthur - Haunted Houses - Sea-serpents - The Holy Grail - Spirit Voices - Fortune Telling - Lost Lands - Ghost Ships - Mermaids -...

Famous stories from all over the world retold by the teacher Patrick Healy. Patrick was working for decades on this collection and now he is happy to share the first volume with 169 tales.Arabian Nights, Filipino Tales, Czech Tales, Grimm's Fairy Tales

Since 1994, Animals & Men has been the world's premier cryptozoological periodical, covering all aspects of the study of unknown animals. As of 2015, new issues of Animals & Men can be purchased in two formats, as a printed paperback and as a...

At its height, the Saxon kingdom of Wessex sprawled across Southern England, encompassing Wiltshire, Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset and parts of Devon and Berkshire. Even before the Saxons arrived the area had a reputation as a weird place, with Stonehenge...

Following the demise of Cryptozoology (published by the now-defunct International Society of Cryptozoology), there has been no peer-reviewed scientific journal devoted to cryptozoology for quite some time. Consequently, the Journal of Cryptozoology has...

Thanks to ever-greater digital connectivity, interest in oral traditions has grown beyond that of researcher and research subject to include a widening pool of global users. When new publics consume, manipulate and connect with field recordings and...

"Fortean authors are a rare and vanishing breed. They often write about a wide range of peculiar and arcane subjects, and in 2010 Fortean Words started a series of books anthologising those writers we believe to be the most important Forteans writing...