Folklore studies / Study of myth Books
The Chinese University Press Sages and Filial Sons: Mythology and Archaeology
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NUS Press The Mystery of “A Yellow Sleuth”: Detective
Book SynopsisIn 1931 a book appeared in London with the title A Yellow Sleuth: Being the Autobiography of “Nor Nalla” (Detective-Sergeant Federated Malay States Police). It was met with puzzled enthusiasm, TheStraits Times commenting that the book “presents an interesting problem of distinguishing fact from fiction”. The author claimed to be of mixed Malay and Sakai descent, fluent in many of the languages spoken in Southeast Asia, and able to pass as Malay, Sakai, Chinese, Javanese or Burmese. He began by stating that “this story will honestly recount the part I have played in the detection of crime”, but added that he had changed personal and place names, and used a pseudonym because it would “be foolish of me to advertise my identity”. He concluded, engagingly enough, “So there you have it! A true history! And, for a start you learn that it is largely untrue.”The name Nor Nalla is an anagram, and the author has been identified as Ronald (Ron) Allan, who worked on a rubber plantation in Malaya shortly before World War I. But many questions about his authorship remain.Nor Nalla is an “impossible fantasy of hybridity” in the words of Philip Holden’s introduction. Like Kipling’s famous colonial spy, Kim, the yellow sleuth is a master of the undercover operation, from the forests of Malaya, to the ports of Java, in London’s Chinatown and with Chinese labourers in WWI Flanders. Contemporary readers will enjoy the book’s stories of detection and adventure, but they can also savour the way the author and his narrator navigate and reveal the contradictions of late colonial society.
£16.16
Forgotten Books Griechische Mythologie Classic Reprint
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Forgotten Books Le Pays Basque Sa Population Sa Langue Ses Mœurs Sa Littérature Et Sa Musique Classic Reprint
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Forgotten Books Twilight Tales of the Black Baganda Classic Reprint
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Forgotten Books Babylonian Influence on the Bible and Popular Beliefs Tehôm and Tiâmat Hades and Satan a Comparative Study of Genesis I. 2 Classic Reprint
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Forgotten Books Byliny Book Hero Tales of Russia Classic Reprint
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Hardpress Publishing A Compleat Collection of English Proverbs Also the Most Celebrated Proverbs of the Scotch Italian French Spanish and Other Languages 1
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Hardpress Publishing The General Prevalence of the Worship of Human Spirits in the Antient Heathen Nations Asserted and Proved by Hugh Farmer 1
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Hardpress Publishing The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury 1
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Hardpress Publishing The Fairy Mythology Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Vairous Countries 1
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Hardpress Publishing The Poetical Remains of the Late Dr John Leyden With Memoirs of His Life 1
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Hardpress Publishing The Testimony of Profane Antiquity to the Account Given by Moses of Paradise and the Fall of Man 1
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Hardpress Publishing A New System Or an Analysis of Ancient Mythology Wherein an Attempt Is Made to Divest Tradition of Fable and to Reduce the Truth to Its Original Purity 1
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Hardpress Publishing Northern Mythology Comprising the Principal Popular Traditions and Superstitions of Scandinavia North Germany and the Netherlands
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Hardpress Publishing Scandinavian Influence on Southern Lowland Scotch
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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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Alianza Editorial Breve diccionario artúrico
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Anagrama Mythos: Los Mitos Griegos Revisitados
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£23.80
Ediciones Akal Mitos persas Persian Myths Pasado Legendario
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£12.96
Ediciones Akal Mitos y cuentos egipcios de la epoca faraonica
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£24.28
Editorial Kairos Shambhala: La Senda Sagrada del Guerrero
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£23.56
Editorial Kairs SA Mito De La Libertad Y El Camino Dela Meditacion
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£13.59
Editorial Kairos Mahabharata
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£15.87
Editorial Pamiela DANZAS MORRIS ORIGEN Y METAFORA
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Miraguano Espejos de Poder. Un aspecto de la civilización
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£22.63
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.
£21.84
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,
£16.64
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
£23.99
