Book Description
Contributed articles.
Folklores of Mankind
Author : Chittaranjan Das
Publisher :
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 21,36 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
A Picturesque Tale of Progress
Author : Olive Beaupré Miller
Publisher : Dawn Chorus Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 13,26 MB
Release : 2009-10
Category : World history
ISBN : 9781597313995
Book Description
Originally published: Lake Bluff, IL: Bookhouse for Children, c1929-33.
Living Myths
Author : J. F. Bierlein
Publisher : Wellspring/Ballantine
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,42 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345422074
Book Description
Reveals how key myths of the world present timeless truths that enrich our understanding of the world and the role humans play today.
Human Tales
Author : Seanan McGuire
Publisher :
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,42 MB
Release : 2011-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780983099338
Book Description
Be Wary and Beware.... There are tales that every parent knows and must pass on to their child... Tales of warning and terror...of those who break their vows and kill for no reason other than malice. Tales of saving the lovely princess from a prince that is much less than charming...and what it takes to bring her home, of rescuing babes from parents not fit to raise them, and the reason no supernatural can truly win a bargain with such vile creatures. These are Human Tales. Tales by: Ivan Ewert, Matthew McFarland, Seanan McGuire, Ari Marmell, Chuck Wendig, Sara M. Harvey, Spencer Ellsworth, Ryan Macklin, Jess Hartley, Shannon Page, Dylan Birtolo, Deborah Brannon, Alma Alexander, Renee Stern, David Lee Summers, James Sutter, Nathan Crowder.
Forests of the Vampire
Author : Charles Phillips
Publisher : Time Life Medical
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 37,12 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
It's the cultural information that never seems to make it into history books: strange stories, mystic rites, angry gods, vision quests, magic symbols. This series captures, culture by culture, the intersection of imagination, history, wisdom, dream, and reality.
Voices of the Ancestors
Author : Tony Allan
Publisher : Time Life Medical
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 21,92 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
This book is filled with strange stories, mystic rites, angry gods, vision quests and magic symbols at the heart of African culture.
Gods of Sun and Sacrifice
Author : Tony Allan
Publisher : Time Life Medical
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,86 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Aztec mythology
ISBN : 9780705435437
Book Description
When Cortes and his battle-weary Spanish soldiers first gazed on the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan in 1519, they viewed the amazing culmination of 3,000 years of continuous cultural development. Aztec and Maya cities, temples, and palaces were in some ways like those found in Mesopotamia and Egypt: civilizations that had developed in isolation, free of outside influences. Here are the legends and stories of these two unique, ancient cultures.
Land of the Dragon
Author : Tony Allan
Publisher : Time Life Medical
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 14,16 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
China is among the world's oldest civilizations and home to many of the earliest achievements in the history of humankind. The origins of China's imperial rulers lie in a time when the worlds of men and gods were closer than they are now. Chinese mythology relates these origins and those of China, together with the many gifts given to its people by the gods.
Wise Lord of the Sky
Author : Tony Allan
Publisher : Time Life Medical
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 21,54 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
Includes legends of the early world of Persia, the epic of the Kings, Story-tellers, myths and mythology, and more.
Greek Gods, Human Lives
Author : Mary R. Lefkowitz
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 21,12 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780300107692
Book Description
Insightful and fun, this new guide to an ancient mythology explains why the Greek gods and goddesses are still so captivating to us, revisiting the work of Homer, Ovid, Virgil, and Shakespeare in search of the essence of these stories. (Mythology & Folklore)
