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 Folk Traditions of the Arab World: A Guide to Motif ClassificationBest Price: $96.00 "This is an essential reference tool for all folklore and Arabic literature... |  Hikaye: Turkish Folk Romance as Performance Art (Special Publications of the Folklore Institute, Indiana University)Best Price: $21.94 Hikae is an engaging study of Turkish romance by its leading contemporary... |  The Iliad, the Ramayana, and the Work of Religion: Failed Persuasion and Religious Mystification (Hermeneutics, Studies in the History of Religions)Best Price: $37.50 This text examines how two epics from different cultures, the "Iliad" and the... |  The Ben Lilly LegendBest Price: $13.84 Ben Lilly lived in the wild, and he was as wild as the predators he hunted. No animal in the... |  The Huarochiri ManuscriptBest Price: $33.26 This book takes the reader back to the beginning of the 17th century and tells the customs and... |
 The Bear and His Sons: Masculinity in Spanish and Mexican FolktalesBest Price: $0.30 In this text, an anthropologist compares the folktale style of a Spaniard and an indigenous... |  The Holy Grail (Mysteries of the Ancient World) |  The Cassell Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and LegendsFrom earliest times human communities invented stories to answer questions of origin and to... |  Latin American Folktales: Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library)Best Price: $38.26 Bierhorst, a distinguished (elderly, to boot) scholar of the American Indian--both north and... |  Japanese Tales (Pantheon fairy tale & folklore library)Best Price: $12.65 By using his extensive knowledge in the Japanese literature, Royall Tyler collected and... |
 Apollodorus: The Library, Volume I: Books 1-3.9 (Loeb Classical Library no. 121)Best Price: $21.88 A good solid, word for word translation of Apollodorus's collection of classical myths. ... |  The Seventh Sword: Psychic Quest for King Arthur's Sword |  Celtic Gods, Celtic GoddessesBest Price: $41.94 This is an excellent book and a worthy addition to any collection of Celtic studies. It offers... |  Celtic Myths, Celtic LegendsBest Price: $17.69 The first thing that struck me about this book was the pictures. Picture books are always fun;... |  Mysteries on the High SeasBest Price: $89.94 |
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 'Siva in the Forest of Pines: An Essay on Sorcery and Self-KnowledgeThe sequel to God Inside Out: Siva's Game of Dice (OUP, 1997). The story of Daruvana is... |  Dictionary of Celtic MythologyBest Price: $29.50 Less expensive dictionaries of Celtic mythology are available, but this carefully researched,... |  American, African, and Old European MythologiesBest Price: $19.35 Mythologies offers illuminating examples of the workings of myth in the structure of societies... |  Folktales of Norway (Folktales of the World)Best Price: $21.97 I've owned a copy of this 1964 publication for quite a while; my paperback copy is of the... |  Buying the Wind: Regional Folklore in the United States (Phoenix Books)Best Price: $45.59 "Buying the Wind" is an ancient motif from folk literature that shows up most... |
 The Cuisine of Sacrifice among the GreeksFor the Greeks, the sharing of cooked meats was the fundamental communal act, so that to become... |  The Curse of Cain: The Violent Legacy of MonotheismBest Price: $8.98 Schwartz makes many valid points, but she doesn't deliver on the promises implied by her... |  The Implied SpiderBest Price: $7.98 At this time of heightened political sensitivities, it may seem impossible to make serious... |  Pissing in the Snow and Other Ozark FolktalesBest Price: $38.85 I have a copy of this book that has been with me for a number of years now and every now and... |  Indiana Folklore: A ReaderBest Price: $29.95 Discusses old crafts and folk skills, from covered bridge building to quiltmaking, as well as... |
 Celtic Mythology and ReligionBest Price: $17.98 1917. With chapters upon Druid circles and Celtic burial. The author is considered one of the... |  Barnacles in Nature and in MythBest Price: $5.01 This volume had its origin in a post-prandial discourse delivered in 1926 before the "Sette... |  Age of Chivalry Or Legends of King ArthurBest Price: $24.48 It is believed that this presentation of a literature which held unrivaled sway over the... |  The PanchatantraArthur W. Ryder has done an exemplary job in translating this monumental book. I read many... |  The Holy Grail: The Legend, the History, the EvidenceBest Price: $29.07 I confess I'm obsessed with the Grail, the Knights Templar, Mary Magdalene, the Tarot. Blame... |
 The Complete Encyclopedia of Elves, Goblins, and Other Little CreaturesBest Price: $21.00 Pierre Dubois' The Complete Encyclopedia of Elves, Goblins and Other Little Creatures (2005)... | ![Theogony; Works and Days; [and] Shield](/images/Theogony-Works-and-Days-and-Shield-0801829992-X.jpg){kind=small} Theogony; Works and Days; [and] ShieldBest Price: $6.89 Hesiod belongs to the transitional period in Greek civilization. |  Our Voices: Native Stories of Alaska and the YukonBest Price: $14.92 Storytelling is a precious, vibrant tradition among the Native peoples of the Far North.... |  The Tale of Caliph StorkBest Price: $13.27 When the Caliph of Baghdad finds himself trapped in the body of a stork, only the evil sorcerer... |  Sleeping BeautyBest Price: $7.99 Enraged at not being invited to the princess' christening, the wicked fairy casts a spell... |
 Folklore of the Winnebago TribeBest Price: $14.99 I used this book in a mythology class project and it was a great help. The book reveals a great... |  The Montana Cree: A Study in Religious PersistenceBest Price: $14.70 Both me, a (mostly) white woman- and a friend, a Cree man- agree that this is a good one for... |  Living Stories of the Cherokee |  Linthead Stomp: The Creation of Country Music in the Piedmont SouthBest Price: $22.02 Linthead Stomp is, as the subtitle says, a story of how country music was created from a musical... |  Legends of the Delaware Indians and Picture Writing (Iroquois & Their Neighbors)Best Price: $47.56 |
 Stars Fell on Alabama (Library Alabama Classics)Best Price: $13.00 Reading "Stars Fell on Alabama" brings to mind lines from the opening scenes of... |  Heaven, Heroes and HappinessBest Price: $395.31 Heaven, Heroes and Happiness explores Western culture and its pervasive ideology while tracing... |  Scandinavian Mythology: An Annotated Bibliography (Garland Folklore Bibliographies, Volume 13) |  Navaho Folk TalesBest Price: $4.50 When Water Monster caused the Great Flood, the thirty-two clans of the first people left the... |  Bulfinch's Mythology (Laurel Classic)Best Price: $1.95 Thomas Bulfinch taught at Harvard College in the mid-1800s. He saw a need to collect myths and... |
 From Achilles' Heel to Zeus' ShieldBest Price: $7.54 Many words and expressions commonly used in English are rooted in Mythology. Dibbley looks at... |  Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of FableBest Price: $6.50 |  Fairy Tales (Children's Illustrated Classics) |  Leonardo Da Vinci: The Marvellous Works of Nature and ManThis masterly account of Leonardo da Vinci and his vision of the world has long been recognized... |  The Sacred Executioner: Human Sacrifice and the Legacy of GuiltBest Price: $135.00 This author, being outside of the government-approved anthropological system, is able to get a... |
 Dictionary of Celtic Myth and LegendBest Price: $21.95 Contains entries on every aspect of Celtic myth, religion and folklore in Britain and Europe... |  AmuletsBest Price: $2.96 All over the world, throughout history, amulets have offered protection against negative forces,... |  Dictionary of All Scriptures and MythsBest Price: $39.95 This dictionary is the most accurate and comprehensive book on religious and mythical symbolism... |  A Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend & Folklore: Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish PeasantryBest Price: $48.19 I love reading stories of various cultures' folktales, myths, and legends, and came across... |  Folktales and Society: Story-Telling in a Hungarian Peasant Community (A Midland Book)A study of the Szeklers and their folktales. |
 Crime Victim Stories: New York City's Urban FolkloreBest Price: $3.90 On a scale of suckage, I would have given the book a 5. But it specifies that 5 stars... |  Rainbow Round My Shoulder: The Blue Trail of Black UlyssesBest Price: $11.23 Howard W. Odum was a pioneering sociologist and folklorist who, as Steven C. Tracy states in his... |  Griots and Griottes: Masters of Words and Music (African Expressive Cultures)Best Price: $23.10 "Hale explains the importance and genius of the music and stories told by these unique... |  German Volkskunde: A Decade of Theoretical Confrontation, Debate, and Reorientation (1967-1977)Best Price: $13.90 |  Hoosier Folk Legends (Midland Bks Series: No. 334)Best Price: $88.50 A curious mixture of humor and Hoosier horror stories as it relates to Hoosier folk tales. |
 Art and Life in BangladeshBest Price: $80.00 Henry Glassie has written one of the great books of the 21st Century. His descriptions of the... |  Griots and Griottes: Masters of Words and MusicBest Price: $162.15 As a Jali in America this book was a great resource, it is filled with so much info it is a must... |  Once Upon a Kingdom: Myth, Hegemony, and IdentityBest Price: $39.95 "Isidore Okpewho has written another landmark study.... Written with exceptional clarity,... |  A Motif Index of The Thousand and One NightsBest Price: $48.23 In 1704 the French Orientalist Antoin Galland introduced to the Western world a translation of... |  Dreams of Isis: A Woman's Spiritual SojournBest Price: $10.23 I love this book,but than again I love all the author's books.I didn't know what to... |
 Nightmare and Dawn |  King Arthur: Hero and LegendBest Price: $18.00 `The whole subject is brought up to date- Arthurian buffs will want this book.' DAILY... |  The Sacred Isle: Pre-Christian Religions in IrelandBest Price: $42.69 This is a definitive work on the subject. The author surpasses credible to the level of genuine... |  Savage Delight: White Myths of ShakaBest Price: $27.70 |  Golem!: Danger, Deliverance, and ArtBest Price: $487.39 Emily Bilski was the exhibition curator for an exhibition on the golem at the Jewish Museum, and... |
 Voyages in Classical MythologyBest Price: $28.63 Organized by character or traveler's name, each entry includes a description of the... |  The Long Journey HomeBest Price: $302.24 The myth of Demeter and Persephone is regarded as the myth for women, as Oedipus is the myth for... |  Swapping Stories: Folktales from LouisianaBest Price: $20.99 This is an amusing set of tales, anecdotes, and events that were created by or happened to... | Dreams of Isis: A Woman's Spiritual Sojourn Best Price: $10.23 I love this book,but than again I love all the author's books.I didn't know what to... | Nightmare and Dawn |
| King Arthur: Hero and Legend Best Price: $18.00 `The whole subject is brought up to date- Arthurian buffs will want this book.' DAILY... | The Sacred Isle: Pre-Christian Religions in Ireland Best Price: $42.69 This is a definitive work on the subject. The author surpasses credible to the level of genuine... | Savage Delight: White Myths of Shaka Best Price: $27.70 | Golem!: Danger, Deliverance, and Art Best Price: $487.39 Emily Bilski was the exhibition curator for an exhibition on the golem at the Jewish Museum, and... | Voyages in Classical Mythology Best Price: $28.63 Organized by character or traveler's name, each entry includes a description of the... |
| The Long Journey Home Best Price: $302.24 The myth of Demeter and Persephone is regarded as the myth for women, as Oedipus is the myth for... | Swapping Stories: Folktales from Louisiana Best Price: $20.99 This is an amusing set of tales, anecdotes, and events that were created by or happened to... |  A'aisa's Gifts: A Study of Magic and the Self (Stories in Melanesian Anthropology)Best Price: $25.50 IMHO: Absolutely boring book if you are not a specialist on the topic. The language/style is... |  The Sword and the Flute - Kali and Krsna: Dark Visions of the Terrible and (Hermeneutics: Studies in the History of Religions)Best Price: $17.41 I was wanting a devotional book that compared my 2 favorites, Krishna and Kali. Instead it is a... |  The Underneath of Things: Violence, History, and the Everyday in Sierra LeoneBest Price: $59.90 In this erudite and gracefully written ethnography, Mariane Ferme explores the links between a... |
 The Book of Imaginary BeingsBest Price: $84.60 Borges has compiled a zoology of the imagination under the title The Book of Imaginary Beings.... |  West Country Walks and Legends |  Hero With a Thousand Faces (Paladin Books)Best Price: $30.89 That's not just my personal opinion. This book was rated among the most important of the... |  Legends of the CeltsBest Price: $25.25 The Celtic peoples fed on a rich mixture of legend and myth which, in many versions and... |  And Then the Mouse....Three folktales relating the adventures of mice. |
 The Gods in Their Cities: Geomantic Locales of the Ray Masters and Great White Brotherhood, and How to Interact with ThemBest Price: $18.82 It took me a long while to read it, because with so much to learn I needed time to absorb all... |  A Concise Dictionary of Classical MythologyBest Price: $11.95 "The Concise Dictionary of Classical Mythology" is a distillation into brief form of... | |||
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