 | Swiss-Alpine Folk-Tales
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 |  | Household Ecology: Economic Change and Domestic Life among the Kekchi Maya in Belize
Publication Date: November 1, 1997Development and economic change are often seen as destructive to the family and to other traditional forms of social organization. Wilk's study of household ecology reveals that the Kekchi Maya of Belize have responded by creating new forms of family organization, working together to face challenges posed by development. Not merely survivors of an ancient splendor, the Kekchi Maya build upon their rich heritage to approach such problems as ethnic strife and rainforest destruction as creative agents.Wilk combines a wealth of detail on agricultural calendars, ...
|  | Yoruba Folktales
Publication Date: September 5, 2000| ISBN-10: 9781211865 | ISBN-13: 978-9781211867The author ranks as one of the foremost living traditional African storytellers - as recognised by the acclaim of his first book, The Palmvine Drinkard. This book includes seven folktales especially for young adults, but of universal appeal. Beautiful black and white ink drawings illustrate the tales whose cast of characters include humans, a goddess, an elephant woman, a boa constrictor and a shell-man. ...
|  | Mythology: Myths, Legends and Fantasies
Publication Date: July 2005MYTHOLOGY: Myths, Legends, & Fantasies! Global Book Publishing, 2003, 527 page oversized (coffeetable type) hardbound book w/dustjacket. Retail $75US. ...
|  | Favorite Folktales From Around the World
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|  | Tall Tale America: A Legendary History of our Humorous Heroes
Publication Date: January 15, 1987"Johnny Appleseed, Davy Crockett, Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan and John Henry have all become heroes of American folklore. Some of them, like Crokett, were real, but all have become the subject of tall tales. This is a folksy history of the United States, told as if the characters were all real. This panoramic (if completely untrue) history begins with Columbus. . . . En route to its end in the 1940s (where traditional American heroes are enlisted to fight in World War II), it covers the great and small events of our national history, including the overlooked, bu...
|  | The Age of Fable: The Illustrated Bulfinch's Mythology
Publication Date: October 1997| Series: Illustrated Bulfinch's Mythology Here are the world's most-loved stories, in a dynamic visual tour de force for today's readers. Each timeless myth is superbly presented in story form and enhanced with original art work by world-renowned artist Giovanni Caselli. Though Bulfinch's has been heralded for more than a century, it has never been published in so beautiful and accessible a format. Evocative four-color illustrations, many full-page, bring to life key events and characters of these universal tales and sagas -- from the Greek and Roman pantheon o...
|  | Roadside Crosses in Contemporary Memorial Culture
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|  | Algonquin Indian Tales
Publication Date: March 1, 20051903. Chief Big Canoe writes to Young, Dear Friend: Your book of stories gathered from among my tribe has very much pleased me. The reading of them brings up the days of long time ago when I was a boy and heard our old people tell these tales in the wigwams and at the camp fire. I am very glad that you are in this way saving them from being forgotten, and I am sure that many people will be glad to read them. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. ...
| | Oral Epics in India
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|  | Texas Indian Myths & Legends
Publication Date: January 6, 2000Step into a colorful pageantry of the powerful people who once ruled and still influence the great state of Texas. From the Caddo in the Piney Woods, the Lipan Apache in the Southwest, the Wichita at the Red River, and the Comanche across the Great Plains to the Alabama-Coushatta in the Big Thicket, five nations come alive through myth and history in Jane Archer's vividly written book about the first Texans. ...
|  | Wolverine Myths and Visions: Dene Traditions from Northern Alberta (Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians)
Publication Date: February 1, 1990The people who call themselves Den Dhaá, a group of the Athapaskan-speaking natives of northwestern Canada known as the Slave or Slavey Indians, now number about one thousand and occupy three reserves in northwestern Alberta. Because their settlements were until recently widely dispersed and isolated, they have maintained their language and traditions more successfully than most other Indian groups. This collection of their stories, recorded in the Dene language with literal interlinear English glosses and in a free English translation, represents a maj...
|  | The Mystery Animals of the British Isles: Northumberland and Tyneside
Publication Date: June 1, 2008Mystery animals? Great Britain? Surely not. These are not phrases which would normally be thought of in the same sentance. But it is true. The zoogeorgraphy of the British Isles is not as hard and fast as one would have imagined; there are mystery big cats, sea monsters, strangely coloured variants of well known species, animals only known from a handful of specimens or even less, and a body of evidence to suggest that entire new species await discovery. The Fortean zoology of these islands is even more impressive, with dragons, monsters, ghostly animals and wei...
|  | Language of the Robe: American Indian Trade Blankets
Publication Date: November 18, 1992For all Native American cultures, from the Plains and Southwest people to the tribes of the Northwest Coast, the blanket makes a visual statement of "Indianness." Language of the Robe explains a living tradition among the Native American people. Today, trade blankets are collectibles, especially those that were made prior to World War II. Language of the Robe identifies, classifies, and presents the history of the trade blanket.Within the tribe or pueblo, the blanket is a statement of an individual's bond to the older, traditional ways, to roots that run de...
|  | More Tales Alive in Turkey
Publication Date: January 15, 1992More Tales Alive in Turkey is a sequel to Tales Alive in Turkey, the two volumes providing a survey of the wide range of Turkish oral narrative. Materials for both are drawn entirely from the Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative at Texas Tech University. Whereas the tales in the earlier volume were collected between 1961 and 1964, most of those in More Tales Alive in Turkey were taped in Turkey in the 1970s and 1980s. ...
|  | Glastonbury Reader: Selections from the Myths, Legends and Stories of Ancient Avalon
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|  | GREAT FOLK TALES OF IRELAND: The Fate of the Children of Lir; Fior Usga; The White Trout: A Legend of Cong; The Boyhood of Cuchulainn; The Kildare Pooka; How Cormac MacArt Went to Faery; The Brewery of Egg Shells; The Story of Deirdre
Publication Date: 1979Story-telling has always been an intrinsic part of the Celtic way of life, an amusement s old as the race itself. The narratives, peopled with both dieties and mortals who dwell in a land of adventure, warfare ond romance, form perhaps one of the oldest vernacular literatures of any European nation. The Celtic realm is a veritable treasure trove for the keen folklorist, and indeed for all who enjoy an exciting fireside tale. ...
|  | The Sacred Pipe: An Archetypal Theology
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|  | The Goddess and the Bull: A Study in Minoan-Mycenaean Mythology
Publication Date: October 29, 2007| ISBN-10: 0761838341 | ISBN-13: 978-0761838340The Goddess and the Bull defines and describes the aspects of the Mother Goddess as an archetype. Through this study, the role of the feminine comes to light as one of the most important facets of the Minoan-Mycenaean culture. By examining the feminine emphasis in the Bronze Age world of religion and science, the study of the Goddess changes our views of ancient cultures such as this one. The relationship between the Goddess and the Bull forms the basis of the study of the astronomer priestesses of the Minoa...
|  | The Lost Language of Symbolism Volume II
Publication Date: July 6, 2007Subtitled: An Inquiry into the Origin of Certain Letters, Words, Names, Fairy-Tales, Folklore and Mythologies. Symbols tell a story but we must first know how to read them. Otherwise, one just sees a picture without the intended message. This book produces the key to understanding many important symbols. For centuries emblems and symbols have been used for trademarks, watermarks, and decorative purposes. These were covered well in Volume One. Volume Two moves into many sacred and mystical areas, covering such things as the heavenly twins, the white horse, the si...
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