Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales

We all know the story of Jesus told by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, but what about the version according to Judas?

This book interprets films as visual texts and demonstrates the affinities between Greco-Roman literature and the cinema.

The conclusion to the New York Times–bestselling trilogy of ancient Greece by the author Hilary Mantel calls “a shining light.

More Celtic Fairy Tales is part of a series written by the Australian born folklorist Joseph Jacobs.

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**Willkommen in der Welt der Fairies …**Für die pummelige Abiturientin Sophie ist Schönheit etwas, was anderen Mädchen gehört – oder exzessiv in Märchen zu finden ist.

MICHAEL STRELOW WEAVES THE STORY OF A TOWN and its mysteries in his debut novel, The Greening of Ben Brown, an Oregon Book Award Finalist for fiction 2005.

An enchanting treasury of unicorn lore!

Das geheimnisvolle Norwegen gilt als Land der Mitternachtssonne und Nordlichter, der Trolle, Fjorde und Wasserfälle.

Headstrong heroines and hot-tempered chieftains, loch monsters and hill fairies, cattle raids and clan feuds, wise animals and foolish saints: the Scottish Highlands' folktales date back centuries and preserve the history and beliefs of a people deeply rooted in their land and culture.

This volume proposes new insights into the uses of classical mythology by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, focusing on interweaving processes in early modern appropriations of myth.

Part of the successful county folklore series - this book is packed full of superstitions, customs and old wives tales.

The fourth issue of Fairy Tale Review, The White Issue features original fiction and poetry with fairy tale aesthetics.

A new collection of subversive French fairy talesThe wolf is tricked by Red Riding Hood into strangling her grandmother and is subsequently arrested.

A wicked fairy tale of witchcraft, bullying, revenge, and a mysterious bowler hat.

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Presents essays by leading short-story writers on their favorite American short stories and why they like them.

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This edition of Grimm Tales Made Gay, contains parodies of many of the Brothers Grimm's narratives - as never seen before.

The next enchanting instalment of the sensational #1 SUNDAY TIMES bestselling HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL COVEN fantasy series takes us back to the reign of Henry VIII and the origins of Her Majesty's Royal Coven under the beautiful, the bewitching, Anne Boleyn.

Eden Phillpotts's classical fantasy will whisk you away to a world where shepherdesses are fair, gods wax philosophical, and where a lesson is always learned in the nick of time.

MICHAEL STRELOW WEAVES THE STORY OF A TOWN and its mysteries in his debut novel, The Greening of Ben Brown, an Oregon Book Award Finalist for fiction 2005.

THE CHINESE "e;LORD OF THE RINGS"e; - NOW IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME.

Fascinating profiles of modern writers and artists who tapped the political potential of fairy talesJack Zipes has spent decades as a "e;scholarly scavenger,"e; discovering forgotten fairy tales in libraries, flea markets, used bookstores, and internet searches, and he has introduced countless readers to these remarkable works and their authors.

Shortly after his twenty-first birthday, Anodos arrives in a magical world inhabited by strange creatures, where he's forced to face many physical and emotional battles.

Winner of the Compton Crook AwardFrom a new voice in the tradition of Lauren Beukes, Ian McDonald, and Nnedi Okorafor comes The Prey of Gods, a fantastic, boundary-challenging tale, set in a South African locale both familiar and yet utterly new, which braids elements of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and dark humor.

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This charming early work, first published in 1910, is the final book in a series of twelve 'coloured' fairy books published by Andrew Lang between 1889 and 1910.

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'This was damn fun.

An unforgettable collection of retold myths and folk tales, celebrating the wisdom and power of women in midlife and beyond, from the award-winning author of Hagitude'An extra ordinary selection of stories .

The world's largest archipelago, Indonesia is home to hundreds of ethnic groups with diverse cultures and languages.

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In a time of sinister political intrigue and brewing civil war, ancient mythologies spring suddenly to life, upending the social order and complicating the swelling crisis.

The great Norse Myths are among the most dramatic and unforgettable stories in all human history.

A book of Folktales and Recipes of Syria and Its Ethnic Groups.

Written in Kashmir around 400 CE, Haribhatta's Jatakamala is a remarkable example of classical Sanskrit literature in a mixture of prose and verse that for centuries was known only in its Tibetan translation.

A TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!

'A modern-day bard.