 | They write their dreams on the rock forever: Rock writings of the Stein River Valley of British Columbia
Publication Date: January 1, 1993In They Write Their Dreams on the Rock Forever, ‘Nlaka’pamux elder Annie York explains the red-ochre inscriptions written on the rocks and cliffs of the lower Stein Valley in British Columbia. This is perhaps the first time that a Native elder has presented a detailed and comprehensive explanation of rock-art images from her people’s culture. As Annie York’s narratives unfold, we are taken back to the fresh wonder of childhood, as well as to a time in human society when people and animals lived together in one psychic dimension.This ...
 |  | More Amazing Tales from Indiana
Release Date: November 19, 2003The stories in this book will provide entertainment for everyone and evoke wonder in the most jaded observer of the human condition. Some of the exploits that Fred D. Cavinder describes are half-hidden footnotes to national and international happenings. Others seem so typical of Indiana that they will appeal to anyone who understands the Hoosier spirit. But all of them are true—recorded in reliable accounts or by reliable witnesses from early times to the present.In "Saving Face," Cavinder introduces us to General Ambrose Burnside of Liberty. Burnside bl...
|  | The Ancient Fable: An Introduction
Release Date: December 10, 2002| Series: Studies in Ancient Folklore and Popular Culture We are all familiar with the moralizing animal tales ascribed to Aesop. Described as fiction that conveys truths, fables can be found in some of the earliest Greek literature and have been an important component of European literature ever since. The fable as a literary form is a subject to which scholars of various modern literatures have recently turned their attention, but ancient Greek and Latin texts of this kind have fared less well. In The Ancient Fable: An Introduction, Niklas Holzberg provides t...
|  | Tales from the Cloud Walking Country
Publication Date: March 23, 2000Assembled here are seventy-eight stories from six of the "ballad-singingest, tale-tellingest" residents of the eastern Kentucky mountain country. Based on stories rooted in European traditions from German fairy tales to Irish hero stories to Greek myths, the tales had been handed down through generations of telling before Marie Campbell collected them in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Readers will recognize the story of Snow White in "A Stepchild That Was Treated Mighty Bad," while "Three Shirts and a Golden Finger Ring" recalls the fairy tale of the Seven Sw...
|  | Tale Of The Five: The Sword And The Dragon
Publication Date: November 10, 2004This is an omnibus reprint of Diane Duane's first two titles in this series,The Door into Fire and The Door into Shadow. In The Door into Fire, Herewiss, Prince of the Brightwood, is the only man in centuries to possess the Power of the Flame, but he cannot control it. Even though he cannot control the Power of the Flame, he does have a talent for sorcery and with the help of Sunspark, a fire elemental, he is able to free his best friend Freelorn, the Prince of Arlen. Now Herewiss must make a choice. Does he go with his best friend to aide him in his fight ...
|  | Mimekor Yisrael, Abridged and Annotated Edition: Classical Jewish Folktales
Release Date: January 22, 1991"[Bin Gorion's] crowning achievement was Mimekor Yisrael, a multilayered compendium of post-biblical Jewish lore and demonology." —Commentary"One of the most extraordinary publishing events in my memory—a huge source of discoveries of the quintessential Jewish experience." —Nat Hentoff"This is a most important collection, actually unique in its field. I recommend it to all good readers." —Isaac Bashevis Singer"It is wonderful to have this treasure trove of Jewish Folktales finally available in English." —Bruno Bettelheim"Indisp...
|  | The Epics of Celtic Ireland: Ancient Tales of Mystery and Magic
Release Date: June 1, 2000A world-renowned Celtic historian restores the classic Irish epics to their original sacred context. • Restores the true Celtic morality and sentiment to these tales, which were expurgated by Christian monks. • Reveals how deeply these mythic tales have shaped modern sensibility. • Shows how the ancient Celtic tradition provides answers to contemporary spiritual needs. Some of the most powerfully moving tales in Western literature are to be found in the epics of Celtic Ireland. Heroes and heroines like Finn Mac Cool, Grainne, and Cuchulainn are now...
|  | The Glass Mountain: Twenty-Eight Ancient Polish Folktales and Fables
Publication Date: September 1997| Age Level: 9 and up As a child in a far-away misty corner of Volhynia, W.S. Kuniczak was carried away to an extraordinary world of magic and illusion by the folk tales of his Polish nurse. "To this day I merely need to close my eyes to see...an imaginary picture show and chart the marvelous geography of the fantastic, " he writes in his introduction. Many of the tales are universal to all Western Slavic languages and cultures and have been told and retold for 1,000 years. ...
|  | Ladies Of The Lake: Women Rooted in Water
Publication Date: August 15, 2004| ISBN-10: 0954767608 | ISBN-13: 978-0954767600| Edition: First Edition A glimpse into the lives of the women who are drawn to the magical power of water and the enduring legacy of life on Lake Placid in Upstate New York.Ladies of the Lake is a collection of twenty-three interviews and 120 accompanying photographs of the women at home in their unusual camps and surrounding environments. Ladies like eighty-two-year-old Helen Murray, who converted her camp to a popular club after World War II with zany style and grace; the eccentric yet practical artist Mar...
|  | Miriam's Tambourine: Jewish Folktales from Around the World
Publication Date: January 5, 1987Drawing upon their rich religious and cultural heritage--a heritage that stretches back to Biblical times and passes through many varied epochs and environments--Jewish sages, artists, writers, and storytellers have continually created imaginative and evocative formulations of Jewish philosophy, literature, art, law, liturgy, ritual, and especially new forms of folklore. Miriam's Tambourine presents fifty classic Jewish folktales that come from virtually every corner of the globe and every historical period.Readers of all ages will delight in the Jewish versi...
|  | Teton Sioux Music and Culture
Publication Date: October 1, 1992Frances Densmore's Teton Sioux Music and Culture is one of the many volumes that resulted from her prolific life-long project to record and transcribe the traditional music of American Indian peoples. The book explores the role of music in all aspects of Sioux life, and is a classic of the descriptive genre produced by members of the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology. Music serves as the vehicle for organizing this detailed account of traditional religion, warfare, and social life, enriched by first-person narrations by the Lakota men and women who w...
|  | Mythical Trickster Figures: Contours, Contexts, and Criticisms
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|  | Creature Teachers: A Guide to the Spirit Animals of the Native American Tradition
Publication Date: February 1, 1997The wild creatures of the North American continent play an important role in Native American spiritual life. First and foremost there are the animals who come to you as your teachers when you embark upon a vision quest. Secondly, there are those animals whose life you take in gratitude in order to provide sustenance. Thirdly, there are those animals who in their own way explain and give information about the shifting shapes of the natural world. Grandmother Twylah Nitsch reveals a full panoply of 52 animals, from ant to wolf, heron to snake, dragonfly to wea...
|  | Grateful Dead Folktales
Publication Date: October 1989| ISBN-10: 096233880X | ISBN-13: 978-0962338809| Edition: First Edition The Grateful Dead is a folktale theme that dates back approximately 2000 years. Over the course of its history the Grateful Dead folktale has interacted with other folktales in a wide range of geographic and cultural settings. This collection presents a diverse sample of 13 Grateful Dead folktales, including: Fair Brow (Italian); John of Calais (French); The Barra Widow's Son (Scottish); The Story of Thorsteinn, the King's Son (Icelandic); The Boy and His Guardian (Greek); The Story of t...
|  | Myth, Legend, and Romance: An Encyclopaedia of Irish Folk Tradition
Publication Date: April 1991The works of Joseph Campbell, his highly acclaimed PBS interview with Bill Moyers, and the steadily expanding awareness of and interest in Jungian psychology have all contributed to an explosion in demand for scholarly yet accessible works on mythology and folklore. This first volume in a series on world mythologies will claim a place in the first ranks of the literature of lore. 100 illustrations. ...
|  | Handbook of Polynesian Mythology (World Mythology)
Publication Date: October 25, 2004| Series: World Mythology Encounters with the West introduced Polynesian mythology to the world—and sealed its fate as a casualty of colonialism. But for centuries before the Europeans came, that mythology was as vast as the triangle of ocean in which it flourished, as diverse as the people it served, and as complex as the mythologies of Greece and Rome.Students, researchers, and enthusiasts can follow vivid retellings of stories of creation, death, and great voyages, tracking variations from island to island. They can use the book's reference section...
|  | Nana I Ke Kumu - Look to the Source, Volume 1 (Hawaiian Folktales)
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|  | The Cockfight: A Casebook
Publication Date: June 15, 1994Originating more than 2500 years ago, cockfighting is one of the oldestdocumented sports in the world. It has continued to flourish despitebans against it in many countries. In The Cockfight: A Casebook,folklorist Alan Dundes brings together a diverse array of writing onthis male-dominated ritual. Vivid descriptions of cockfights from Puerto Rico, Tahiti, Ireland,Spain, Brazil, and the Philippines complement critical commentaries,from the fourth-century reflections of St. Augustine to contemporaryanthropological and psychoanalytic...
|  | Tibetan Folk Tales
Release Date: October 16, 2001| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up Gleaned from an ancient oral tradition, these imaginative, colorful, and wisdom-filled stories will delight children and adults alike. This collection includes the Tibetan myth of creation; some of the famous Jataka tales, or stories of former lives of the Buddha; and the most popular of all the time-honored legends of Tibet, the great epic of King Gesar of Ling, the warrior who became a national hero. ...
|  | The Outlaws of Medieval Legend
Publication Date: December 1989Wonderfully written and beautifully presented , The Outlaws of Medieval Legend brings the popular heroes of the Middle-Ages to life. Featuring both famous - Robin Hood and William Wallace - and now forgotten rogues such as Gamelyn and Fulke Fitzwarin, this book explains the popularity of these semi-mythical figures, and how their stories appealed to the common people of the Middle Ages.Long unavailable, and now featuring a new introduction from the author, this is the perfect book for anyone with a fondness for medieval history and folklore. --This text refers ...
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