Folklore & Mythology
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The Mermaid Handbook: An Alluring Treasury of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects
$37.50 Add to cartAnswer the enchanting siren call of the mermaid with this comprehensive, lavishly illustrated and intricately designed one-of-a-kind lifestyle compendium from the editor in chief of Faerie Magazine an
- Series: The Enchanted Library
- Author: Turgeon, Carolyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 15 2018
- ISBN10: 0062669567
- Language: English
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Haunted Wisconsin
$19.95 Add to cartGrab a cozy blanket, light a few flickering candles, and enjoy the unnerving tales of Haunted Wisconsin. Gathered from personal interviews with credible eyewitnesses, on-site explorations, historical
- Author: Norman, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 15 2011
- ISBN10: 0299285944
- Language: English
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The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore
$9.95 Read moreBest known for his poetry, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was also a dedicated exponent of Irish folklore. Yeats took a particular interest in the tales’ mythic and magical roots. The Celtic Twiligh… [more below]
- Series: Celtic, Irish
- Author: Yeats, W. B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 117
- Publish Date: September 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0486436578
- Language: English
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The Doomed Spirit of La Llorona: A Ghostly Graphic
$9.99 Read moreThe Latin American tale of La Llorona strikes fear in the hearts of all who hear it. It begins with a woman who drowns her children in a fit of rage and jealousy. It ends with a weeping specter rumore… [more below]
- Series: Ghostly Graphics
- Author: Yomtov, Nel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1669071324
- Language: English
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Your Birthstone Book: Unearth the Secrets of Your Birthday Gem
$14.99 Add to cartLearn the amazing (and sometimes magical) history of gemstones from around the world through the corresponding birthstones that represent each month of the year.
Gemstones are among Earth’s rarest and- Author: Marsh, Sarah Glenn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 762479299
- Language: English
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Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States
$17.99 Add to cartA recently discovered collection of folktales celebrating African American oral tradition, community, and faith…”splendidly vivid and true.”–New York Times
Every Tongue Got to Confess is an extensiv
- Author: Hurston, Zora Neale
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0060934549
- Language: English
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The Compendium of Magical Beasts: An Anatomical Study of Cryptozoology’s Most Elusive Beings
$26.00 Add to cartFrom controversial cryptozoologist and explorer Dr. Veronica Wigberht-Blackwater, The Compendium of Magical Beasts is a definitive field guide that explores the history, biology, and anatomy of mytho… [more below]
- Author: Wigberht-Blackwater, Veronica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 0762464658
- Language: English
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Myths and Legends of the Sioux
$15.95 Add to cartThe timid rabbit who outwits the tyrannical bear, the wonderful turtle who marries the Indian chief’s daughter, the pet crane who saves a family–these and many other legendary figures appear in Myths… [more below]
- Author: McLaughlin, Marie L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0803281714
- Language: English
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Old Indian Legends
$19.95 Add to cartEarly in the twentieth century, a Sioux woman named Zitkala-Sa published these fourteen Native legends that she had learned during her own childhood on the Yankton Reservation. Her writing talent, dev
- Series: Bison Classic Editions
- Author: Zitkala-Sa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: July 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0803299036
- Language: English
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Japanese Myths: Heroes, Gods, Demons and Legends
$29.99 Add to cartJapan’s origin story dates from the eight century CE, written in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. From the first creation of heaven, earth and the Japanese archipelago from the tip of a spear by the gods I
- Series: Myths & Legends
- Author: Clegg, Melanie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1838863184
- Language: English
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The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth
$25.00 Add to cartThe definitive edition of one of the more extraordinary and influential books of our time
This labyrinthine and extraordinary book, first published more than sixty years ago, was the outcome of Robert- Series: FSG Classics
- Author: Graves, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: October 08 2013
- ISBN10: 0374289336
- Language: English
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Stories of the Sioux
$9.95 Add to cartLuther Standing Bear, a Lakota Sioux born in the 1860s, heard these legends in his youth, when his people were being moved to reservations. In haunting mood and imagery, they celebrate the old nomadic… [more below]
- Author: Standing Bear, Luther
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 82
- Publish Date: November 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0803293356
- Language: English
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Spooky Wisconsin: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore
$17.95 Add to cartWisconsin folklore traditions are kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser and through artist Paul G. Hoffman’s evocative illustrations. You’ll meet ghosts and witch
- Series: Spooky
- Author: Schlosser, S. E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 270
- Publish Date: July 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1493044915
- Language: English
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The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained
$27.00 Add to cartAmerica’s favorite cultural historian and author of Ghostland takes a “thought-provoking and delicoiusly unsettling” (Publisher’s Weekly) tour of the country’s most persistent “unexplained” phenomena … [more below]
- Author: Dickey, Colin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 20 2021
- ISBN10: 052555758X
- Language: English
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Granny Thornapple’s Book of Charms: Magic & Folklore from the Ozark Mountains
$19.99 Read moreSpeak in the Charming Tradition of Ozark Rhymes, Poems & Verses
Little Ann was born in Nelson’s Holler during a thunderstorm on the same day her grandmother died. She was also born with the gift. Foll
- Author: Weston, Brandon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 08 2024
- ISBN10: 0738776084
- Language: English
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Coyote Stories
$19.95 Add to cartA powerful force and yet the butt of humor, the coyote figure runs through the folklore of many American Indian tribes. He can be held up as a “terrible example” of conduct, a model of what not to do,… [more below]
- Author: Mourning Dove
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 246
- Publish Date: April 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0803281692
- Language: English
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Underworld: The Mysterious Origins of Civilization
$28.00 Add to cartWhat secrets lie beneath the deep blue sea? Underworld takes you on a remarkable journey to the bottom of the ocean in a thrilling hunt for ancient ruins that have never been found–until now.
Graham- Author: Hancock, Graham
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: October 28 2003
- ISBN10: 1400049512
- Language: English
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Legends and Lore of Sleepy Hollow and the Hudson Valley
$23.99 Add to cartLocal storyteller Jonathan Kruk shares the mysterious lore of the Hudson Valley, best known among them Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
The story of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Ho
- Series: American Legends
- Author: Kruk, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: July 21 2011
- ISBN10: 1596297980
- Language: English
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Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology
$19.95 Read moreThe fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial life–and even invented real automated machines
The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant cal- Author: Mayor, Adrienne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: April 21 2020
- ISBN10: 0691202265
- Language: English
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Hell’s Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
$25.00 Add to cartGonzo journalist and literary roustabout Hunter S. Thompson flies with the angels–Hell’s Angels, that is–in this short work of nonfiction.
“California, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog- Series: Modern Library (Hardcover)
- Author: Thompson, Hunter S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 07, 1999
- ISBN10: 067960331X
- Language: English
