Folklore & Mythology
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American Indian Trickster Tales
$16.00 Add to cartOf all the characters in myths and legends told around the world, it’s the wily trickster who provides the real spark in the action, causing trouble wherever he goes. This figure shows up time and aga… [more below]
- Series: Myths and Legends
- Author: Erdoes, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0140277714
- Language: English
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The Lilac Fairy Book
$19.95 Add to cart“Admirable series of photographic reprints of the first editions. . . . Altogether very good value.” — New York Review of Books. Over 30 tales from Portugal, Ireland, Wales, and points East and West,… [more below]
- Series: Dover Children’s Classics
- Author: Lang, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 01 1968
- ISBN10: 0486219070
- Language: English
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The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales
$17.00 Add to cartA rare discovery in the world of fairy tales–now for the first time in English
Move over, Cinderella: Make way for the Turnip Princess And for the “Cinderfellas” in these stories, which turn our und- Author: Von Schonwerth, Franz Xaver
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 24 2015
- ISBN10: 0143107429
- Language: English
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Indaba My Children: African Folktales
$22.00 Add to cartA definitive compendium of African myth and folktale, retold in rich, vibrant prose, Indaba, My Children is a stunning literary and ethnographic achievement.
As a young man, Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa, a
- Author: Mutwa, Vusamazulu Credo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: February 05 1999
- ISBN10: 0802136044
- Language: English
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Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece
$27.00 Add to cartFrom fire-stealing Prometheus to scene-stealing Helen of Troy, from Jason and his golden fleece to Oedipus and his mother, this collection of classic tales from Greek mythology demonstrates the inexha… [more below]
- Series: Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
- Author: Schwab, Gustav
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: October 09 2001
- ISBN10: 0375714464
- Language: English
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World Mythology for Beginners: 50 Timeless Tales from Around the Globe
$19.99 Add to cartLose yourself in the world’s most compelling myths
People have always created stories to explain and explore the world around them. World Mythology for Beginners introduces you to 50 of the most incre- Author: Hamby, Zachary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: September 21 2021
- ISBN10: 1648763995
- Language: English
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The Egyptian Myths: A Guide to the Ancient Gods and Legends
$25.95 Add to cartThis survey of Egyptian mythology explores how the ancient Nile-dwellers explained the world around them. It delves into the creation and evolution of the world and the reigns of the gods on earth, be… [more below]
- Series: Myths #1
- Author: Shaw, Garry J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 22 2014
- ISBN10: 0500251983
- Language: English
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The Gods and Goddesses of Greece and Rome
$39.95 Add to cartWho were the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and Rome? What did they mean to the people who worshipped them? Although their time of widespread worship is long gone, the Greek and Roman gods have
- Author: Matyszak, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0500024189
- Language: English
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Korean Mythology: Captivating Myths, Legends, and Folktales from Korea
$25.99 Add to cartHave 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 dau
- Author: Clayton, Matt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 106
- Publish Date: May 19 2021
- ISBN10: 1953934269
- Language: English
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Occidental Mythology (the Masks of God, Volume 3)
$29.95 Read moreThe third volume in Campbell’s monumental four-volume series, The Masks of God, traces the mythological underpinnings of Western religions: the shift from female-centered to male-dominated mythologies… [more below]
- Author: Campbell, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1608687295
- Language: English
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Mythology of the Blackfoot Indians
$19.95 Add to cartMythology of the Blackfoot Indians, originally published in 1908 by the American Museum of Natural History, introduces such figures as Old Man, Scar-Face, Blood-Clot, and the Seven Brothers. Included … [more below]
- Series: Sources of American Indian Oral Literature
- Author: Wissler, Clark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 204
- Publish Date: January 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0803260237
- Language: English
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Cherokee Mythology: Captivating Myths and Legends of a Native American Tribe
$22.99 Add to cartExplore Captivating Cherokee Myths
In Cherokee myth-as in other Indigenous American traditions-the whole of creation is alive and able to communicate like humans and with the human beings who share the
- Author: Clayton, Matt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 54
- Publish Date: November 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1953934072
- Language: English
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Oriental Mythology (the Masks of God, Volume 2)
$29.95 Add to cartThe second volume in Joseph Campbell’s monumental four-volume Masks of God series explores Asian mythology and its evolution into the distinctive religions of Egypt, India, China, and Japan. This Coll… [more below]
- Author: Campbell, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: June 29 2021
- ISBN10: 1608687287
- Language: English
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What the Bee Knows: Reflections on Myth, Symbol, and Story
$20.00 Read more“The Sphinx, the Pyramids, the stone temples are, all of them, ultimately, as flimsy as London Bridge; our cities but tents set up in the cosmos. We pass. But what the bee knows, the wisdom that susta… [more below]
- Series: Codhill Press
- Author: Travers, P. L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 303
- Publish Date: August 31 2010
- ISBN10: 1930337507
- Language: English
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Enchanted Legends and Lore of New Mexico: Witches, Ghosts & Spirits
$19.99 Add to cartBeginning in the seventeenth century, townsfolk and rural dwellers in the remote Spanish colonial city of Santa Fe maintained a provocative interest in mysterious and miraculous visions. This preoccup… [more below]
- Author: de Aragón, Ray John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 08 2012
- ISBN10: 1609495721
- Language: English
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Monkey: A Journey to the West
$21.95 Read moreA classic of Chinese literature, this beloved folktale is part adventure story, part spiritual allegory–now reimagined by a National Book Award nominee
Part spiritual pilgrimage, part historical epic- Author: Kherdian, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 209
- Publish Date: May 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1590302583
- Language: English
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Improving Your Storytelling: Beyond the Basics for All Who Tell Stories in Work or Play
$21.95 Add to cartThe first steps in storytelling are often easy, because we tell stories informally every day. Once you take storytelling into the more formal contexts of performance or occupational uses, however, you… [more below]
- Author: Lipman, Doug
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 15 2005
- ISBN10: 0874835305
- Language: English
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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 Add to cartJoseph 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
