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Forgotten Books Notes on the FolkLore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders Classic Reprint
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HISTORIA DEL ESOTERISMO EN ESPANA
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Ediciones Akal Mitos persas Persian Myths Pasado Legendario
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Editorial Kairos Shambhala: La Senda Sagrada del Guerrero
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Editorial Kairs SA Mito De La Libertad Y El Camino Dela Meditacion
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Editorial Kairos Mahabharata
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Editorial Pamiela DANZAS MORRIS ORIGEN Y METAFORA
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Siruela Mitos de otros pueblos
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Obelisco Bajo La Luna
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Ediciones Absalon Dónde está el flamenco Where is flamenco
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Paginas de Espuma El mago Merln biografa
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Robinbook Enciclopedia de Los Mitos
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Sexto Piso Editorial Python
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Siruela Cuentos populares de los gitanos españoles
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Editorial Kairos Los Mitos: Su Impacto en el Mundo Actual
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Editorial Kairos En Busca de la Felicidad: Mitología Y
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Editorial Kairos Artemisa: El Espíritu Indómito de Cada Mujer
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La tragedia de los buscadores del grial
Book SynopsisEs el Grial una bendición o una condena?La búsqueda de la gloria se convirtió en tragedia para todos los que persiguieron el grial. Este libro resume una locura que no cesa.Sus protagonistas son fanáticos predicadores, caballeros legendarios, reyes que inspiraron cuentos, templarios juzgados como herejes, cátaros que eligieron la hoguera antes que revelar su secreto, genealogías imposibles que defienden una supuesta descendencia de Jesús y María Magdalena, e incluso arqueólogos nazis que parecen salidos de una popular saga cinematográfica.Todo comenzó realmente en la Última Cena? Es el grial una simple copa o un símbolo mucho más antiguo que el cristianismo? Dónde se encuentra Montsalvaesche, el castillo donde se dice que fue custodiado? Existió realmente el rey Arturo? Y por qué Heinrich Himmler se obsesionó con este mito?Este libro recorre las huellas de esa fascinación e invita al lector a realizar un viaje a través del tiempo y del espacio: Jerusalén, Egipto, Grecia, Inglaterra, Francia, España. Con rigor histórico y una narración vibrante, La tragedia de los buscadores del grial no solo responde a estas preguntas, sino que plantea otras aún más inquietantes.Porque quizá el verdadero enigma no sea dónde está el grial, sino por qué seguimos buscándolo.Un apasionante viaje por uno de los mitos más poderosos de la humanidad, donde la frontera entre la fe, la historia y la locura se vuelve peligrosamente difusa.
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Inner Traditions International Gatos
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OUP USA Medieval Folklore
Book SynopsisOver a decade in the making, Medieval Folklore offers a wide-ranging guide to the lore of the Middle Ages--from the mundane to the supernatural. Definitive and lively articles focus on the great tales and traditions of the age and includes information on daily and nightly customs and activities; religious beliefs of the pagan, Christian, Muslim, and Jew; key works of oral and written literature; traditional music and art; holidays and feasts; food and drink; and plants and animals, both real and fantastical. While most books on medieval folklore focus primarily on the West, this unique volume brings together an eclectic range of experts to treat the subject from a global perspective. Especially remarkable are the surveys of the major medieval traditions including Arab-Islamic, Baltic, English, Finno-Ugric, French, Hispanic, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Scandinavian, Scottish, Slavic, and Welsh. For anyone who has ever wanted a path through the tangle of Arthurian legends,
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Oxford University Press Handbook of Native American Mythology Handbooks of World Mythology
Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Time ; Deities, Themes, and Concepts ; Annotated Print and Nonprint Resources ; Reference List ; Glossary ; Index ; About the Editors
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Oxford University Press When the Great Abyss Opened Classic and Contemporary Readings of Noahs Flood
Trade Review"Pleins has written a stimulating book. His writing is lucid, his arguments are cogent, and his interpretations are insightful. * The Catholic Biblical Quarterly *"This book is enjoyable and thought-provoking. One can recommend it to biblical scholars, archaeologists, theologians, and scientists-all who are interested in a lively discussion about human culture and religion." * RBL *Table of ContentsCONCLUSION. TELLING MANY STORIES; APPENDIX; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Folklore
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Taylor & Francis Apollo Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World
Book SynopsisFrom his first attestations in Homer, to the opposition between Apollo and Dionysos in nineteenth- and twentieth-century thinking, Graf examines Greek religion and myth to provide a full account of Apollo in the ancient world.Table of ContentsWhy Apollo?: Why Write a Book on a God? Key Themes 1. Apollo in Homer 2. Apollo the Musician 3. Oracular Apollo 4. Apollo, God of Healing 5. Apollo, the Young, and the City 6. Origins Apollo afterwards Chapter 7. Apollo’s Flourishing Aftermath
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Taylor & Francis Ltd African Folklore An Encyclopedia
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
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Oxford University Press Alpha The Myths of Creation Classics in Religious StudiesScholars Press and the Ameri AAR Classics in Religious Studies
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Cambridge University Press Defiant Maids and Stubborn Farmers Tradition and Invention in Mende Story Performance 4 Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture Series Number 4
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Cambridge University Press SheWolf
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Cambridge University Press Power Marginality and African Oral Literature
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Cambridge University Press Voices of the People in NineteenthCentury France 18 Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories Series Number 18
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Cambridge University Press The Outlaw Legend
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Cambridge University Press The Outlaw Legend A Cultural Tradition in Britain America and Australia
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend
Book SynopsisFor more than a thousand years, the adventures of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table have inspired some of the most important works of European literature. This Companion outlines the evolution of the legend from the earliest documentary sources to Spamalot.Trade Review'The welcome new addition to the authoritative Cambridge Companion series traces Arthurian narrative from history through pseudo-history to romance, and on into the post-medieval centuries. … Ad Putter's chapter on the twelfth century is a masterpiece of compression …' The Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsChronology; Introduction Ad Putter and Elizabeth Archibald; Part I. Evolution: 1. The early Arthur: history and myth Ronald Hutton; 2. The twelfth-century Arthur Ad Putter; 3. The thirteenth-century Arthur Jane H. M. Taylor; 4. The fourteenth-century Arthur John Burrow; 5. The fifteenth-century Arthur Barry Windeatt; 6. The Arthur of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries Rob Gossedge and Stephen Knight; 7. The Arthur of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries Norris Lacy; Part II. Themes: 8. Questioning Arthurian ideals Elizabeth Archibald; 9. Arthurian ethics Jane Gilbert; 10. Imperial Arthur: home and away Andrew Lynch; 11. Love and adultery: Arthur's affairs Peggy McCracken; 12. Religion and magic Corinne Saunders; 13. Arthurian geography Robert Allen Rouse and Cory James Rushton; Further reading; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Images of Myths in Classical Antiquity
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Cambridge University Press The Image of Ivan the Terrible in Russian Folklore 16 Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture Series Number 16
Book SynopsisIvan the Terrible has long been a controversial figure. Some historians regard him as a crazed and evil tyrant; while others (especially Soviet scholars of the Stalin period) have viewed him as a progressive and far-sighted statesman. The folklore about Ivan has played an important part in these debates. Was Ivan's depiction in folklore favourable or hostile? And how far can it be regarded as evidence of contemporary popular attitudes towards the tsar? In this unusual and far-ranging study, Maureen Perrie discusses the nature of Ivan's image in Russian folklore; its historical basis; its development; and the controversies which have surrounded it in pre-revolutionary and Soviet Russian scholarship. She argues that Ivan was in general portrayed in folklore in a positive light, but that this image does not necessarily reflect sixteenth-century views.Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction: the myth of the tsar; Part I. Folkloristics: 1. The image of the tsar: a review of the literature; 2. History and folklore: some methodological; Part II. Folklore: 3. The image of Ivan the Terrible in folklore; 4. The historical content of the folklore; 5. The development of Ivan's popular image; Conclusion; Texts; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Stories of Origins in the Bible and Ancient Mediterranean Literature
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Fairy Tales
Book SynopsisA lively account of the historical origins, evolution, dissemination and influence of some of the simplest and most universal stories ever created. Essays by leading scholars from a range of academic disciplines explore the diverse interpretations these tales have attracted over the centuries and the reasons for their ongoing power.Table of ContentsIntroduction Maria Tatar; 1. Fairy tales, copyright, and the public domain Valdimar Hafstein; 2. Female tricksters as double agents Maria Tatar; 3. While beauty sleeps Shuli Barzilai; 4. Fairy-tale adaptations and economies of desire Cristina Bacchilega; 5. Fairy-tale symbolism Francisco Vaz da Silva; 6. Trickster heroes in 'The Boy Who Steals the Ogre's Treasure' Nancy Canepa; 7. Exploring empathy and ethics in 'Tales about Three Brothers' Maria Nikolajeva; 8. The creation of Cinderella from Basile to the Brothers Grimm Armando Maggi; 9. The soul music of 'The Juniper Tree' Stephen Benson; 10. Sex, crime, magic, and mystery in the One Thousand and One Nights Ulrich Marzolph; 11. Media-hyping of fairy tales Jack Zipes; 12. Transformations of E. T. A. Hoffmann's Tales from Hawthorne to Oz Holly Blackford.
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Cambridge University Press The Ancient History of the Maori His Mythology and Traditions Volume 3
Book SynopsisThis compilation of Maori oral literature was commissioned in 1879 by the New Zealand government to help preserve indigenous traditions. The ethnographer John White (182691) collected the texts and provided accompanying English translations. Volume 3 (1887) includes narratives about the rainbow god Uenuku, and the South Island Maori.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Ue-nuku and Whena; 2. Ue-nuku; 3. Pou-heni and Hine-kau-i-rangi; 4. Tama-tea and Rongo-kako; 5. Rongo-i-tua and Kahui-tupua; 6. Tara-ki-uta and Tara-ki-tai; 7. Nga-ti-ira; 8. Rau-rika; 9. Kui, Tutu-mai-ao, and Turehu; 10. Pa o Nga-toko-ono (The Pa of the Six); 11. The acts of Te-wera; 12. Last migration from Ha-taitai; 13. Tama-i-hara-nui; 14. Nga-ti-mamoe and South Island history.
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Cambridge University Press The Lore of the Wharewnanga Volume 2
Book SynopsisThe Maori texts in this 191315 publication were written down over fifty years earlier by W. H. Whatahoro, acting as scribe for senior Maori elders. Whatahoro himself helped prepare the accompanying English translation. Volume 2 covers traditions concerning the origins and early history of the Maori people and their migrations.Table of Contents1. The Fatherland Irihia. Migration from there to Tawhiti-roa. The Uruao canoe. Was Tama-rereti identical with Hawaii-loa? Ancient Indian vessels; 2. The migration to Tawhiti-nui. Te Irapanga-nui sails across the North Pacific to Oahu. Migration to Tahiti; 3. The discovery of New Zealand by Kupe as related by Te Matorohanga; 4. The Tangata-whenua of New Zealand; 5. The migration of Toi-te-huatahi to New Zealand; 6. The coming of Manaia to New Zealand; 7. Kāhu goes to the Chatham Islands. Te Uru-o-Manono. The canoes of the migration from Hawaiki. Kāhu-koka returns to Hawaiki; 8. Doings in Tahiti shortly before the fleet left for New Zealand, circa, 1350; 9. The coming of 'Takitimu' canoe to New Zealand; 10. The coming of 'Takitimu' canoe to New Zealand continued; 11. The reason why details of the other canoes are not here given. Of Toi-te-hautahi. 'Tainui' and 'Te Arawa' canoes. The Migration of Tara-pounamu. The Ngati-Awa tribe; 12. Turanga-i-mua and Tane-roa. Ngati-Awa migrate to the West Coast. Ngati-Mamoe migrate to the South Island; 13. The expedition of Turanga-i-mua to the North; 14. The heavenly Whare-wānanga. The Whare-kura at O-akura. Tama-ahua and Raumati. The burning of 'Te Arawa' canoe. Tara, of Ngai-Tara and Timuaki; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Demonology and DevilLore Volume 1 Cambridge
Book SynopsisMoncure Daniel Conway (1832â1907), the son of a Virginian plantation-owner, became a Unitarian minister but his anti-slavery views made him controversial. He later became a freethinker, and following the outbreak of the Civil War, which deeply divided his own family, he left the United States for England in 1863. He gained a reputation for being the 'least orthodox preacher in London', and was acquainted with many figures in the literary and scientific world, including Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin. In this two-volume work, first published in 1879, Conway draws from examples across the world to discuss the origins and decline of beliefs in demons. In Volume 1, he classifies types of demon and argues that the various types are personifications of the main obstacles to 'primitive man': he finds in mythology across the world examples of animal demons and demons of hunger, fire and disease.Table of ContentsPart I: 1. Dualism; 2. The genesis of demons; 3. Degradation; 4. The abgott; 5. Classiciation; Part II: 1. Hunger; 2. Heat; 3. Cold; 4. Elements; 5. Animals; 6. Enemies; 7. Barrenness; 8. Obstacles; 9. Illusion; 10. Darkness; 11. Diseases; 12. Death; Part III: 1. Decline of demons; 2. Generalisation of demons; 3. The serpent; 4. The worm; 5. Apophis; 6. The serpent in India; 7. The basilisk; 8. The dragon's eye; 9. The combat; 10. The dragon-slayer; 11. The dragon's breath; 12. Fate.
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Cambridge University Press Teutonic Mythology Volume 1 Cambridge Library Collection Anthropology
Book SynopsisThe linguist and philologist Jacob Grimm (1785â1863) is best remembered as co-editor, with his brother Wilhelm, of Grimm's Fairy Tales, though their great Deutsches WÃrterbuch remains an influential reference work. Grimm's exhaustive study in comparative mythology and religion, Deutsche Mythologie, was first published in German in 1835: this English translation, published between 1880 and 1888, is of the posthumous fourth German edition of 1875. Drawing on his knowledge of language and world mythology, Grimm outlines a wide variety of themes in Germanic folklore (such as time, creation, destiny and the soul), comparing them to classical and oriental tales as well as charting the influence of Christianity on legends and on Pagan religion. Volume 1 focuses on religion, worship and the portrayal of gods and their powers. Erudite and full of insight, this is an invaluable resource for scholars of mythology and religion as well as of German cultural history.Table of ContentsTranslator's preface; 1. Introduction; 2. God; 3. Worship; 4. Temples; 5. Priests; 6. Gods; 7. Wuotan, Wodan (Odinn); 8. Donar, Thunar (Thorr); 9. Zio, Tiw (Tyr); 10. Fro (Freyr); 11. Paltar (Balder); 12. Other gods; 13. Goddesses; 14. Condition of gods; 15. Heroes; 16. Wise women.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc King Arthur
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Norse Mythology Unabridged CD
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HarperCollins The Widely Unknown Myth of Apple Dorothy
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Night Parade
Book SynopsisA Most Anticipated Book by Poets & Writers • The Boston Globe • San Francisco Chronicle • Los Angeles Times • The Millions • Library Journal • Book Riot • Debutiful • and many more! In the groundbreaking tradition of In the Dream House and The Collected Schizophrenias, a gorgeously illustrated speculative memoir that draws upon the Japanese myth of the Hyakki Yagyo—the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons—to shift the cultural narrative around mental illness, grief, and remembrance. “Jami Nakamura Lin has reinvented the genre of memoir. . . . Serpentine, polyphonic, and stunningly textured, The Night Parade positively pulses with life. — Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, award-winning author of The Fact of a Body Are these the only two stories? The one, where you defeat your monster, and the other, where you succumb to it?Jami Nakamura Lin spent much of her life feeling monstrous for reasons outside of her control. As a young woman with undiagnosed bipolar disorder, much of her adolescence was marked by periods of extreme rage and an array of psychiatric treatments, and her relationships suffered as a result, especially as her father’s cancer grasped hold of their family.As she grew older and learned to better manage her episodes, Lin became frustrated with the familiar pattern she found in mental illness and grief narratives, and their focus on recovery. She sought comfort in the stories she’d loved as a child—tales of ghostly creatures known to terrify in the night. Through the lens of the yokai and other figures from Japanese, Taiwanese, and Okinawan legend, she set out to interrogate the very notion of recovery and the myriad ways fear of difference shapes who we are as a people.Featuring stunning illustrations by her sister, Cori Nakamura Lin, and divided into the four acts of a traditional Japanese narrative structure, The Night Parade is a genre-bending and deeply emotional memoir that mirrors the sensation of being caught between realms. Braiding her experience of mental illness, the death of her father, the grieving process, and other haunted topics with storytelling tradition, Jami Nakamura Lin shines a light into dark corners, driven by a question: How do we learn to live with the things that haunt us?
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