The Mystery of the White Snake
Author : Samuel I. Woodbridge
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 22,8 MB
Release : 1896
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
The Global White Snake
Author : Liang Luo
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 10,33 MB
Release : 2021-08-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0472038605
Book Description
Tracing the history and adaptation of one of China's foundational texts
The Snake the Crocodile and the Dog
Author : Elizabeth Peters
Publisher : C & R Crime
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,79 MB
Release : 2012-05-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1472100964
Book Description
In Amelia's seventh adventure, she and Emerson take passage on a boat travelling up the Nile, enjoying a second honeymoon while they search for Nefertiti's tomb. On the other hand, they might be heading towards murder. An exotic slave woman, a Siamese cat and a den of conspirators unite to snatch away Amelia's happiness unless she reveals a certain secret...and at the remote dig in Amarna what she uncovers is a shocking present-day peril: the loss of treasures far more precious than any antiquity - her husband's love or both their lives!
Serpent in White
Author : Nyla K
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 11,48 MB
Release : 2021-11-19
Category :
ISBN : 9781735916231
Book Description
Deep in the Empyrean forest? Nothing stays hidden. We are The Principality, and our community is special. Some of us joined, some were born into it. But regardless of how we got here, we all serve him. Our Head Priest is a wise and fearless leader. All-knowing, the secrets of our land are spoken to him through the air. We follow him willingly, worshipping the Earth as intended. While his brother lurks in the shadows...But who is this King I can't stop watching, so captivating and beautiful? And who is the man with the snake eyes?I must know more about them both? I must peek beneath the cover. Unearthing the truth brings me between a King and a Serpent, and the lust we share isn't the only unexpected gift. What is a young servant to do but follow his path? I will seek answers in the woods of the mountain... Where existence is not what it seems.
The Man and the Snake
Author : Ambrose Bierce
Publisher : Modernista
Page : 11 pages
File Size : 45,52 MB
Release : 2024-06-13
Category :
ISBN : 918108028X
Book Description
»The Man and the Snake« is a short story by Ambrose Bierce, originally published in 1893. AMBROSE BIERCE [1842-1914] was an American author, journalist, and war veteran. He was one of the most influential journalists in the United States in the late 19th century and alongside his success as a horror writer he was hailed as a pioneer of realism. Among his most famous works are The Devil's Dictionary and the short story »An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.«
Orope -The White Snake
Author : Guenevere Lee
Publisher : Morgan James Fiction
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,42 MB
Release : 2018-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781683507390
Book Description
Orope: The White Snake explores the mystery of why the Bronze Age ended through the fictional tale of people caught up in the tragedy.
The White Snake and Her Son
Author :
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 26,68 MB
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1603842144
Book Description
A cornerstone of Chinese popular culture, the legend of the White Snake--the admirable demon who loves her victim--has been continually rewritten, reinterpreted, and readapted for over five hundred years. The Precious Scroll of Thunder Peak was one of the most popular nineteenth-century versions of the legend. In bringing together translations of the Scroll, four anonymous youth books, and other texts related to the development of the White Snake legend, this volume opens a window into the richness and variety of premodern Chinese popular literature. It also illustrates the ways in which traditional and modern Chinese societies have treated a host of vital cultural issues, including the role of women in society, perceptions of sexuality, and folk religion. Wilt L. Idema's Introduction traces the evolution of the legend and places the translated texts in the history of Chinese popular literature and culture. Annotations explaining terms and references that may be unfamiliar to Western readers, a glossary, and a thorough bibliography further enhance the value of this book for both scholars and students.
Snake
Author : Erica Wright
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 27,76 MB
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1501348736
Book Description
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Feared and worshiped in equal measure, snakes have captured the imagination of poets, painters, and philosophers for centuries. From Ice Age cave drawings to Snakes on a Plane, this creature continues to enthrall the public. But what harm has been caused by our mythologizing? While considering the dangers of stigma, Erica Wright moves from art and pop culture to religion, fetish, and ecologic disaster. This book considers how the snake has become more symbol than animal, a metaphor for how we treat whatever scares us the most, whether or not our panic is justified. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in the The Atlantic.
The Snake Stone
Author : Jason Goodwin
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 13,55 MB
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0571267505
Book Description
Lefèvre, a French archaeologist, has arrived in Istanbul determined to uncover a lost Byzantine treasure. Yashim is commissioned to find out more about him. But when Lefèvre's mutilated body is discovered outside the French embassy, it turns out that there is only one suspect: Yashim himself. Once again, Yashim finds himself in a race against time to find the startling truth behind a shadowy secret society dedicated to the revival of the Byzantine Empire, caught in a deadly game deep beneath the city streets, a place where the stakes are high - and betrayal is death.
Salvation on Sand Mountain
Author : Dennis Covington
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 37,59 MB
Release : 2010-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1458766276
Book Description
For Dennis Covington, what began as a journalistic assignment - covering the trial of an Alabama preacher convicted of attempting to murder his wife with poisonous snakes - would evolve into a headlong plunge into a bizarre, mysterious, and ultimately irresistible world of unshakable faith: the world of holiness snake handling, where people drink strychnine, speak in tongues, lay hands on the sick, and, some claim, raise the dead. Set in the heart of Appalachia, Salvation on Sand Mountain is Covington's unsurpassed and chillingly captivating exploration of the nature, power, and extremity of faith - an exploration that gradually turns inward, until Covington finds himself taking up the snakes. University.
