Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales

A new critical look at Mani''s life to establish a proper historical foundation for the study of this fascinating thinker.

Presents an edition of this outstanding book containing a clear and readable introduction, concise notes on the text and strong literary appreciation.

A new critical look at Mani''s life to establish a proper historical foundation for the study of this fascinating thinker.

This book rethinks the relations between reasoning and revelation and, therefore, the nature of philosophy and religion in archaic Greece.

This book rethinks the relations between reasoning and revelation and, therefore, the nature of philosophy and religion in archaic Greece.

A study of the Trojan War as retold in carved images and texts at the dawn of the Roman Empire.

A study of the Trojan War as retold in carved images and texts at the dawn of the Roman Empire.

A unique collaboration between archaeologists and a range of specialists in ritual and religion, looking at the role of religion in early human societies.

Examines the relationship between social networks and religious transmission to reappraise how new religious ideas spread in the Roman Empire.

A unique collaboration between archaeologists and a range of specialists in ritual and religion, looking at the role of religion in early human societies.

Examines the relationship between social networks and religious transmission to reappraise how new religious ideas spread in the Roman Empire.

In a magical world where light and darkness are inextricably linked, the story of Lia, a young woman who lives in a small, lively village on the edge of an enchanted forest, unfolds.

An innovative case study in religious change in Rome that examines how Cicero explores and experiments with concepts of deification.

An innovative case study in religious change in Rome that examines how Cicero explores and experiments with concepts of deification.

In a paradigm shift, this book redefines Orphism as a polemical label for extra-ordinary religion, good or bad.

Provides an introduction to the major religions of the ancient Mediterranean and explores current research regarding the similarities and differences among them.

The first comprehensive study of theōroi - sacred delegates sent by Greek city-states to represent them at common sanctuaries.

In a paradigm shift, this book redefines Orphism as a polemical label for extra-ordinary religion, good or bad.

Provides an introduction to the major religions of the ancient Mediterranean and explores current research regarding the similarities and differences among them.

This book examines the Hebrew Bible''s numerous laws about sacrificial procedure to understand the significance of gender in sacrificial rituals.

This book examines the Hebrew Bible''s numerous laws about sacrificial procedure to understand the significance of gender in sacrificial rituals.

This book compares the intellectual and social history and past and present contexts of mantic practices (divination) in Chinese and Greek antiquity.

This book compares the intellectual and social history and past and present contexts of mantic practices (divination) in Chinese and Greek antiquity.

The first comprehensive assessment of the intersection between Roman politics, culture and divination in the late Republic.

The first comprehensive assessment of the intersection between Roman politics, culture and divination in the late Republic.

WINNER OF THE TADEUSZ BRADECKI PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE ENCORE AWARD A novel with oodles of charm The Times Elegant, decadent, vulgar, clever, enchanting and dark Sarah Perry, author of EnlightenmentVersailles, 1682: a city of the rich, a living fairy-tale, Louis XIV's fever dream.

'The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie' was written by the German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883).

Long before the Spanish explore the American West, God entrusts lightning seeds from the fabled tree of life to a noble Native American tribe.

In einer Zeit, in der das Land, in dem wir leben, sich wieder intensiv mit dem Aufrüsten zur militärischen Antwort im Kriegsfalle beschäftigt, wünschen wir uns sehnlichst, daß statt der Waffen die Möglichkeiten der Psychotherapieausbildungen und die Möglichkeiten der Kunst in unseren Gesellschaften ausgeweitet würden - um möglichst viele Menschen über einfache Methoden zu informieren, wie sie ihre im Krieg erschrockenen und gestressten Nachbarn, Freunde, Verwandten, die zu uns Flüchtenden und – eben gerade auch – die uns mißtrauenden Fremden, noch bevor sie zu unseren Freunden werden, beruhigen, stabilisieren und aufbauen können!

XVII secolo.

This collection of tales and short stories suggests the presence of many voices, sculpted and tooled in the course of situations and plots that were created as the author wandered around and encountered people and places of different cultures.

Un nuevo mundo de magia y aventura
Ayden Dracre, el hijo menor de una familia de notorios hechiceros, siempre ha respetado a los dragones.

La favola del Grasso Re Panciuto - dove le verdure diventano personaggi e il tavolo della cucina si trasforma in scena - trasporta i bambini in un magico mondo fatto di linee semplici e di verdure che hanno una propria personalità e, in modo giocoso, arrivano a far parte del loro quotidiano, rendendo l'alimentazione più sana e divertente, oltre che rafforzando l'autostima dei bimbi più in carne.

Verhale van Erana: Mites en LegendesIn 'n wêreld waar magie onwettig is, en elwe wat verslaaf is, durf jy die verhale van ouds hoor?

Feliz propietario de un pequeño rebaño bovino, Eurymaque fue el desafortunado testigo de un terrible genocidio.

Ao chegar em Massália, Erix e seu companheiro Boentos decidem espoliar o santuário de Ártemis.

O autor partilha oito contos tradicionais que retratam a benevolência, gentileza, coragem, compaixão, entre outros.

Chaîne des Pyrénées, XVIIe siècle.

“La Volpe” è una storia ispirata a un’antica leggenda giapponese, cioè quella della Kitsune, uno spirito capace di prendere forma umana, solitamente per ottenere piacere sessuale o vendetta.

Kwé!

En 1691, la ville de Crossfall a enseigné à la sorcière Thessaly comment mourir.