Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology) Books

The Minstrelsy Of The Scottish Border (Volume Iii) has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have...

The Minstrelsy Of The Scottish Border (Volume I) has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have...

The multifarious and sometimes contested concept of “shamanism” has aroused intense popular and scholarly interest since its initial coinage by the Russian scholar V. M. Mikhailovsky in the late 19th century. In this book, three leading...

Time is ripe to embrace a proper understanding of the origin and history of humankind.Evolution is regarded as a fact of life because we think that Darwin's theory on the slow and gradual transmutation of species by the means of natural selection in the...

To some, history and literary culture are strange bedfellows. This book on Bhagat Singh is written from the viewpoint of vernacular Punjabi culture and tries to tread on the marginalized path of vernacular culture as a methodology of a historian's craft...

Explorando o mistério, a sabedoria e o poder dos mitos femininos ligados à face escura do ciclo lunar, Demetra George apresenta em Mistérios da Lua Negra um estudo completo sobre o tema para atravessar as épocas difíceis em nossa vida com compreensão,...

Have you ever been driving, alone, at night, and know that what you saw along the side of the road was not human? Do you ever wonder just what was howling on your last camping trip? Have you ever felt your skin crawl as you passed by that hitchhiker in...

A personal journey from the depths of winter through to early summer, here is a 'granny's patchwork quilt' of festive information, practical hints and tips, family recipes, seasonal craft projects, stories and childhood reminiscences which serve to bring...

Kuzen Azaka Mede is a powerful and loyal ally from the Djouba nation of Lwa. Within these pages, novices and practitioners alike will find an in-depth discussion about specific terminology related to as well as various mysteries within the nation, as...

BLACK AND WHITE EDITION: A Collection of Fairy Testimonials, Studies, Mythology, and Science: Fairies and the mysterious world of the fae have been tied into mythology, legend, superstition, fiction, and even our history. They capture the mischief and...

Legend of the Walking Dead: Igbo Mythologies is a journey into the mysteries of life and death of the Igbos of Nigeria. The book draws readers into the Igbo people's ancient and traditional beliefs about life and death.There is a very thin line dividing...

The Collected Works of Marie-Louise von Franz is a 28 volume Magnum Opus from one of the leading minds in Jungian Psychology.  Volume 3 turns to the Maiden's Quest within fairytales.The maiden/heroine navigates a...

The first book to explore the little known, but resilient French tradition within the MidwestFrench traditions in America do not live solely in Louisiana. Franco-American Identity, Community, and La Guiannée travels to Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, and...

The woman who would be known as Mother Shipton was born Ursula Southeil towards the end of the fifteenth century. Popular legend recounts how she was born in a cave near the town of Knaresborough in North Yorkshire, northern England. Following the death...

This early work by William Morris was originally published in 1899 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. William Morris was born in London, England in 1834. Arguably best known as a textile designer, he founded a design...

Maurice Bloomfield was an American philologist and Sanskrit scholar. Cerberus, The Dog of Hades discusses Cerberus in Greek and Roman literature, Cerberus in classical art, Veda, the two dogs of Yama, the two dogs of heaven, Cerberi in Norse and Persian...

2228 Proverbs: Collected from Various Countries (1854) by A Proverb-Loving Traveler is a book that contains a comprehensive collection of proverbs from different countries. The book is written in French and was published in 1854. The author, who is...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

A New System of Mythology V3: Giving a Full Account of the Idolatry of the Pagan World (1812) by Robert Mayo is a comprehensive examination of the religious beliefs and practices of ancient pagan societies. The book explores the myths and legends of...

Welcome to Vampire Musings. My name is Bertena, and I am the publisher of this macabre book. Since I was a small child, I have loved vampires and even spent most of my college years studying the Lure of the Vampire. From these studies, I met so many...

This book ""Czech Folk Tales"" has been considered important throughout the human history. It has been out of print for decades.So that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for...

This book ""Current Superstitions; Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk"" has been considered important throughout the human history. It has been out of print for decades.So that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in...

Cómo la desinformación y la difusión de fake news llegaron a convertirse en otra peligrosa pandemia.Prólogos de Amós García (Médico Epidemiólogo y Vacunólogo, Presidente de la Asociación Española de Vacunología), y Alejandro Pascual Iglesias (Experto en...

Atlantis selbst habe ich immer als ein mystisches Märchen betrachtet. Aber auf der Suche nach der Herkunft des Menschen konnte ich mit den Jahren immer mehr Informationen zusammentragen und mich entsprechend informieren. So konnte ich die Möglichkeit...

Wie viele Liebschaften hatte Göttervater Zeus?Wer waren die Olympier?Was hat Odysseus mit der Odyssee zu tun?Hat Achilleus wirklich Troja erobert?Wer entführte Iphigenie nach Tauris?Woher hat die Argonautenfahrt ihren Namen?Wer entdeckte Mykene und...

Have you ever encountered a noblewoman who was so beautiful that every time she walked by a body of water, the divine being who lived there kidnapped her? Or a mole who wanted to marry his beloved daughter to the wind? You will get to meet both of them...

Dos manuscritos en un libroSagas vikingas: La fascinante historia de Ragnar Lodbrok, Ivar el Deshuesado, Ladgerda y otros, en su contexto históricoCuentos de la era vikinga: Fascinantes sagas legendarias e históricasAl período comprendido entre el final...

Si está buscando una colección fascinante de mitos mesopotámicos, siga leyendo...Las civilizaciones que se desarrollaron en los valles de los ríos Tigris y Éufrates hace miles de años nos dejaron unos legados importantes: la agricultura, las matemáticas,...

Dos manuscritos en un libroMitología africana: Mitos fascinantes sobre dioses, diosas y criaturas legendarias de ÁfricaDioses egipcios: Una fascinante guía de Atum, Horus, Set, Isis, Anubis, Ra, Thoth, Sejmet, Geb, Hathor y otros dioses y diosas del...

It is a common notion that Africa has, and indeed ought to have, learned much from the west. This is not wrong; all cultures rightly learn from each other. But less is said of what there is to learn from Africa: from her stories, myths, music, proverbs,...

The ancient myths bears their fangs in this illustrated book by noted artist Michael Bukowski. As a child, the artist read the works of H.P. Lovecraft and discovered how that weird fiction author name-dropped a veritable who's who of gods and creatures...

Our understanding of Celtic astrology is based mainly on the speculations of modern authors--mostly drawn from classical Greek and Roman writings--and suffers from many misconceptions. European astrology uses the Greek model, containing many...

The early chroniclers of Britain presented the island as the promised land of the Roman goddess Diana. Later, when the story of Arthur was transformed by Christian mythology, a new literary concept of the island was promoted: the promised land of the...

Tracing the development of the King Arthur story in the late Middle Ages, this book explores Arthur's depiction as a wilderness figure, the descendant of the northern Romano-British hunter/warrior god. The earliest Arthur was a warrior but in the 11th...

Superheroes have been an integral part of popular society for decades and have given rise to a collective mythology familiar in popular culture worldwide. Though scholars and fans have recognized and commented on this mythology, its structure has gone...

This charming early work, first published in 1901, is the seventh book in a series of twelve 'coloured' fairy books published by Andrew Lang. The 35 stories in this volume have been collected from Russia, Romania, Lithuania, Japan, Serbia, Africa,...

This beautiful fairy tale collection presents seven original versions of Snow White from around the world. Discover the origins of your favourite fairy tale in this wonderful anthology. Featuring seven different versions of Snow White, this volume...

This vintage book contains a collection of twelve classic fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen and illustrated by Dugald Stewart Walker. Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875) was a Danish writer. He wrote many poems, travelogues, and plays, but he is...

This vintage book contains Joseph Jacobs' 1916 collection of fairy tales, "European Folk and Fairy Tales", features over two dozen stories taken from popular oral tradition united with John D. Batten's black and white drawings. Heavily influenced by the...

A collection of nineteen of Hans Christian Andersen's most famous short stories, first published in 1912. Stories include: 'The Little Mermaid', 'The Emperor's New Clothes', 'Little Thumb', and 'The Snow Queen', 'The Galoshes of Fortune', 'The Red...

Grimm's Fairy Tales - Illustrated by Hope Dunlap', originally published in 1912, contains a wonderful collection of 36 of the Grimm's most loved fairy tales. Tales include: Rapunzel, Little Snow-White, Clever Gretel, Little Red-Cap, Thumbling, Little...

Grimm's Fairy Tales - Illustrated by Rie Cramer' was originally published in 1927. This fantastic collection contains over 50 of the Grimm's most loved fairy tales including; The Wolf and Seven Little Kids, Little Bother and Little Sister, The Seven...

Rumpelstiltskin - Origins of the Fairy Tale from around the World' contains seven different versions of the 'Rumpelstiltskin' story. It includes an in-depth introduction to the fairy tale genre itself, as well as the provenance of 'Rumpelstiltskin'. It...

Rapunzel - Origins of the Fairy Tale from around the World' contains seven different versions of the 'Rapunzel' story. It includes an in-depth introduction to the fairy tale genre itself, as well as the folkloric provenance of 'Rapunzel'. It...