 | The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion (Two Volume Set)
Publication Date: March 30, 2005A monumental study of comparative folklore and religion, THE GOLDEN BOUGH was originally published in two volumes in 1890, grew to 12 volumes for the third edition in 1915, then abridged by the author into this one-volume edition in 1922. Drawing on the beliefs and customs of ancient European civilizations and primitive cultures throughout the world, James Frazer's work continues to be an important reference. ...
 |  | The Odyssey" Re-formed (Cornell Studies in Classical Philology)
Release Date: May 30, 1996| Series: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology Frederick Ahl and Hanna M. Roisman believe that contemporary readers who do not know ancient Greek can gain a sophisticated grasp of the Odyssey if they are aware of some of the issues that intrigue and puzzle the experts. They offer a challenging new reading of the epic that is directed to the general student of literature as well as to the classicist.Ahl and Roisman suggest that, while translators have served the Odyssey and its English-speaking readers remarkably well, the nonspecialist wishing to do a more detaile...
|  | Pope Joan: A Novel
Release Date: August 19, 1997"Engaging . . . Pope Joan has all the elements: love, sex, violence, duplicity, and long-buried secrets."--Los Angeles Times Book ReviewFor a thousand years men have denied her existence--Pope Joan, the woman who disguised herself as a man and rose to rule Christianity for two years. Now this compelling novel animates the legend with a portrait of an unforgettable woman who struggles against restrictions her soul cannot accept.When her older brother dies in a Viking attack, the brilliant young Joan assumes his identity and enters a Benedictin...
|  | World Mythology (text only) 3rd (Third) edition by D. Rosenberg
Publication Date: 2001World Mythology: An Anthology of Great Myths and Epics [Paperback]Donna Rosenberg (Author) ...
|  | Connemara: Listening to the Wind (Connemara Trilogy 1)
Release Date: February 26, 2008| Series: Connemara Trilogy 1 In its landscape, history and folklore, Connemara is a singular region: ill-defined geographically, and yet unmistakably a place apart from the rest of Ireland. Tim Robinson, who established himself as Ireland's most brilliant living non-fiction writer with the two-volume "Stones of Aran", moved from Aran to Connemara nearly twenty years ago. This book is the result of his extraordinary engagement with the mountains, bogs and shorelines of the region, and with its folklore and its often terrible history: a work as beautiful and sur...
|  | Mythology's Last Gods: Yahweh and Jesus
Publication Date: June 1992This is a comprehensive history of the development of Judaeo-Christian god-mythology. Harwood traces the beginning of the "god" concept, the evolution of Judaism to the first century, and the evolution of Christianity from its monotheistic beginnings to its emergence as a three-god creed in A.D. 325. Harwood's work reveals many things including that Jesus the Nazarite preached only Essene Judaism, and that every teaching attributed to him can be traced to a pre-Christian source. ...
|  | Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings (The Southern classics library)
Publication Date: 1983| Series: The Southern classics library THE DIALECT, LORE, AND FLAVOR OF BLACK LIFE IN THE SOUTH DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY IS PORTRAYED AS IT APPEARED TO GEORGIA-BORN JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS IN UNCLE REMUS'S LEGENDS OF THE OLD PLANTATION. THIS COMPLETE EDITION CONTAINS THIRTY-FOUR TALES, TEN SONGS, TWENTY-ONE CHARACTER SKETCHES AND FOUR PAGES OF PROVERBS AND USES THE FIRST (1880) EDITION TEXT. --This text refers to the Paperback edition....
|  | Asceticism and Eroticism in the Mythology of Siva (School of Oriental & African Studies)
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|  | Alice Nizzy Nazzy: The Witch of Santa Fe
Publication Date: 1996tale, young Manuela finds herself in the cooking pot of AliceNizzy Nazzy, and when all attempts to win her freedom fail, Manuela isspared because good children taste bad to witches. BOMC Main. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | Mythography: The Study of Myths and Rituals
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|  | Legendary Connecticut: Traditional Tales from the Nutmeg State
Publication Date: July 1, 1995From Litchfield's great church stove war to Hartford's Charter Oak to Stonington's infamous Lantern Hill, these traditional tales from the Nutmeg State span four centuries of Connecticut history. Personal legends, narratives, anecdotes, and supernatural stories--all are fascinating, humorous and rich with the history and lore of the land. ...
|  | Mythologies
Publication Date: January 1972| ISBN-10: 080901369X | ISBN-13: 978-0809013692"[Mythologies] illustrates the beautiful generosity of Barthes's progressive interest in the meaning (his word is signification) of practically everything around him, not only the books and paintings of high art, but also the slogans, trivia, toys, food, and popular rituals (cruises, striptease, eating, wrestling matches) of contemporary life . . . For Barthes, words and objects have in common the organized capacity to say something; at the same time, since they are signs, words and objects have the bad faith al...
|  | Jewish Magic and Superstition: A Study in Folk Religion
Publication Date: January 16, 2004| ISBN-10: 0812218620 | ISBN-13: 978-0812218626Alongside the formal development of Judaism from the eleventh through the sixteenth centuries, a robust Jewish folk religion flourished—ideas and practices that never met with wholehearted approval by religious leaders yet enjoyed such wide popularity that they could not be altogether excluded from the religion. According to Joshua Trachtenberg, it is not possible truly to understand the experience and history of the Jewish people without attempting to recover their folklife and beliefs from centuries ...
|  | Southern Paiutes: Legends, Lore, Language and Lineage
Publication Date: June 2, 1992| ISBN-10: 088714070X | ISBN-13: 978-0887140709| Edition: 1st This is a unique collection of information about the Southern Paiutes, which covers mythology and folklore, traditional crafts, historical stories, and information about the Paiute language. LaVan Martineau began collecting a lot of the information in this book during the 1940s from individuals still maintaining the old ways, while their culture eroded beneath their feet. These elders willingly shared this information with Mr. Martineau. Little did he realize that within a few decades almost no on...
|  | Consuming Passions: The Anthropology of Eating
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|  | South of Surrender (Hearts of the Anemoi)
Publication Date: April 9, 2013| Series: Hearts of the Anemoi She's the only one who can see through his golden boy façade to the broken god within...Chrysander Notos, Supreme God of the South Wind and Summer, is on a mission: save Eurus from his death sentence, and prove his troubledbrother can be redeemed. But Eurus fights back, triggering vicious summer storms that threaten the mortal realm, dangerously drain Chrys, and earn the ire of the Olympic gods who ordered Eurus dead. Laney Summerlyn refuses to give up her grandfather's horse farm, despite her deteriorating vision. More than ...
|  | Mansions on Rails: The Folklore of The Private Railway Car
Publication Date: 1959| ISBN-10: 0831070110 | ISBN-13: 978-0831070113| Edition: 1st "Mansions on Rails" is a professional written comprehensive study of a matter in which no bibliography of any sort now exists, an aspect of American social & economic history hitherto undocumented. It is the record of the costly & often beautiful artifact that must rank with the thoroughbraced Concord stagecoaches & the palatial Mississippi river packet. Superb photographs, builder's plans, train sheets & contemporary newspaper accounts are expertly reproduced & complement the ample text. 6 full color rep...
|  | Mexican Sayings: The Treasure of a People/Dichos Mexicanos : El Tesoro De UN Pueblo
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|  | Pollita chiquita
Publication Date: February 1, 1992| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up Cause and effect are humorously apparent in this new edition of an old tale. When the acorn falls on Henny Penny's head, readers will know just where it's come from--two industrious squirrels busily gathering nuts in the trees overhead. (The same two squirrels are seen burying their wealth at the scene of Foxy Loxy's feast on the book's final page.) In similar fashion, Zimmermann extends and lightens this tersely told tale in page after page of colorful watercolor cartoons. Henny Penny and friends appear appropri...
|  | The Stepmother in Fairy Tales: Bereavement and the Feminine Shadow
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