Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)

Long ago the brother gods Osiris and Set ruled peacefully over the lands of Upper and Lower Egypt, each in his own kingdom.

Myths reflect, reinforce, and sometimes subvert gender ideologies and so have an influence in the 'real world'.

Myths reflect, reinforce, and sometimes subvert gender ideologies and so have an influence in the 'real world'.

Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with The Big Book of Christmas, a heartwarming collection of festive stories, carols, and traditions that will fill your holidays with joy and wonder ?

From the award-winning creators Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran comes a stunning new graphic novel.

For readers of THE VIRGIN SUICIDES or THE GIRLS, a story of two extraordinary, magnetic women and their disappearances - a hundred years apart - from the small New England town they call home.

A chilling fantasy retelling of the Snow White fairy tale by bestselling creators Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran.

'A twisting gothic tale of darkness, intrigue, heartbreak and revenge' Jennifer Saint, author of ARIADNE'This story of bewitchment and revenge weaves a spell over you, and won't quite let go' Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of PANDORA'Stunning.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERAs seen on BBC2 Between the Covers'Beautifully written and full of joy.

For fans of Neil Gaiman and Welcome to Night Vale, Aaron Mahnke's The World of Lore (based on the hit LORE podcast) explores the chilling truth behind the legendary creatures, peculiar people and horrific places that arouse our deepest fears.

A fascinating, beautifully illustrated collection of stories from the hit podcast Lore - now an online streaming series They live in shadows - deep in the forest, late in the night, in the dark recesses of our mind.

A chilling, lavishly illustrated who's-who of the most despicable people ever to walk the earth, featuring both rare and best-loved stories from the hit podcast Lore, now an online streaming series.

Two young girls.

'A terrific, detailed introduction of these wonderful stories and the pantheon of characters in them .

'Leo Ruickbie's impeccably-written The Impossible Zoo is a menagerie like no other, as its exotic inhabitants are fabulous in every sense of the word.

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Legend of the Rainbow Warriors is a journalist's account of one of the core myths of America, and an electrifying exploration of how that myth is playing out in real time.

In his captivating study of faith and class, John Hayes examines the ways folk religion in the early twentieth century allowed the South's poor--both white and black--to listen, borrow, and learn from each other about what it meant to live as Christians in a world of severe struggle.

The arson attacks in early 2006 on a number of small Baptist churches in rural Alabama recalled the rash of burnings at dozens of predominantly black houses of worship in the South during the mid-1990s.

For poets, priests, and politicians--and especially ordinary Germans--in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the image of the loving nuclear family gathered around the Christmas tree symbolized the unity of the nation at large.

Note: Although this book is listed as biography/autobiography, it is actually FOLKLORE from the Midland Region of the United States and can be considered as Americana and nostalgia.

The story is set mid 14th Century when England was periodically at war with both the French and the Scots.

The Malleus is an important text and is frequently quoted by authors across a wide range of scholarly disciplines.

La luna y el cometa es una historia que nos ensear que el amor no es tomar, arrancar, forzar,ganar, perder o capturar.

Esta historia nos habla de la Luna (el satlite de la Tierra) la que despus de estar por tanto tiempo alumbrando nuestros pasos, decide querer venir a la tierra convertida en mujer, pero para ello deber tomar lecciones de cmo ser humana viajando por todo el universo.

Paranormal and supernatural events have been reported for millennia.

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Jim Gramon, a native Texas storyteller, introduces you to some of his friends: John Henry Faulk, Cactus Pryor, Allen Damron,Mason Brewer, Mody Boatright, and Ben King Green.

Why is one person a believer and another an atheist?

The stories presented in Peninnah Schram's highly anticipated Stories within Stories: From the Jewish Oral Tradition are drawn primarily from talmudic and midrashic sources, medieval texts, and the Israel Folktale Archives.

"e;The purpose of this book is to elevate stories and storytelling in people's esteem, so they will understand their holiness and appreciate them at their full worth.

Exploring Anthropology through Folklore and Mythology is a comprehensive textbook which examines how people around the world express themselves culturally, and how these practices provide a window into the diversity of human culture.

It is a prose fiction that mirrors how the problems of man started right from the day the first man was created to this moment

This unique Festschrift in honor of Professor Kevin J.

Doing Ministry in the Igbo Context: Towards an Emerging Model and Method for the Church in Africa arises out of reflection on experience and practice.

Folktales For Lifes Journey presents the folktales and parables of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, one of Judaisms greatest luminaries, who lived from 1772-1810.

This vintage book contains Mary Clarke's 1897 work, "e;The Story Of Troy"e;.

The Mermaids Tail tells the story of the Universal Feminines emergence in history of humanity as a viable force in evolution.

It has often been claimed that "e;monsters"e;--supernatural creatures with bodies composed from multiple species--play a significant part in the thought and imagery of all people from all times.

Primordial Psyche (iUniverse 2011) introduces innovative perspectives to the etiology of personality disorders and their connection with the unconscious phenomena,tribal rituals in pre-ancestral religions,magical thinking and animistic thought,visionary revelations in ancient worldviews reviewed from an archetypal perspective as reorganization of the archaic depth of the psyche in psychosis.