Traces the history of good fortune traditions from sacred divination to modern gambling*; Reveals how dice were originally considered sacred objects of divination and details the techniques and meanings of a dice oracle*; Looks at medieval grimoires for fortune-telling and other divination traditions, including those using cowrie shells, bones, coins, cards, sticks, and stones*; Examines how dice became a means of gaming and gambling and how gambling gave rise to specialized lucky charmsSome believe that our future is predetermined, while others assert that we have free will and our future can take many different courses depending on our actions.
Mythology is the body of myths and teachings that belong to the ancient people, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices.
A new translation of the classic magical text from the original Latin*; Learn how medieval magicians conducted the rituals of angelic magic for quickly learning scholastic knowledge by means of prayers and figures*; Provides a complete translation of Ars Notoria, both the short and long versions based on Julien Veronese's critical Latin edition*; Includes the first translation of The Work of Works (Opus Operum), The Short Art (Ars Brevis), the abridged version attributed to Thomas of Toledo, and The Pauline Art (Ars Paulina)*; Presents all of the original figures (notae), essential for inspection during ritualThe magical treatise Ars Notoria offers a secret account of how King Solomon gained his famed wisdom and learning through sacred magic, revealed to him by the angel Pamphilius, thereby expanding upon the biblical narrative of Solomon's vision from God.
Discover the history of precious, semi-precious, and organic gemstones, their scientific properties, their mythical powers, and their traditional uses.
Professor Holz hat sich in diesem Buch der Aufgabe gewidmet, die am weitesten verbreitete deutsche Sage des Mittelalters ihrer Entstehung und Weiterbildung nach zu schildern.
In Grimm Legacies, esteemed literary scholar Jack Zipes explores the legacy of the Brothers Grimm in Europe and North America, from the nineteenth century to the present.
"Der Kapitalismus hält sich nicht deshalb so hartnäckig, weil er sich gegen jede Kritik immunisiert, sondern weil er sie in null Komma nix schluckt und obendrein noch Geld daraus zieht.
El coneixement sobre els sants Abdó i Senent ('"els Sants de la Pedra" també coneguts, per exemple, com "Sant Nin i Sant Non") permet aplegar a la conclusió que formen part d'u dels elements matriarcals vinculats a la cultura catalana del segle X i que, des dels Pirineus, s'expandí per moltes poblacions de la Corona Catalanoaragonesa.
Un recull de contes tradicionals destinats als adultsContes i llegendes dels arbres aplega trenta-tres històries d'orígens molt diversos: Europa, Sibèria, Àfrica, Orient Mitjà, Àsia, el Pacífic i Sud-amèrica.
It was in a mist the Tuatha de Danaan, the people of the gods of Dana, or as some called them, the Men of Dea, came through the air and the high air to Ireland.
Während ihre Welt in einen Krieg zu stürzen droht, begeben sich drei junge Helden von verschiedenen Seiten des Konflikts auf eine gefährliche Suche, die alles verändern könnte.
The legends are of a little archipelago which was unknown to the civilized world until the closing years of the last century, and of a people who for many centuries exchanged no word or product with the rest of mankind; who had lost all knowledge, save the little retained by the dreamiest of legends, of the great world beyond their island home; whose origin may be traced to the ancient Cushites of Arabia, and whose legends repeat the story of the Jewish genesis; who developed and passed through an age of chivalry somewhat more barbarous, perhaps, but scarcely less affluent in deeds of enterprise and valor than that which characterized the contemporaneous races of the continental world; whose chiefs and priests claimed kinship with the gods, and step by step told back their lineage not only to him who rode the floods, but to the sinning pair whose re-entrance to the forfeited joys of Paradise was prevented by the large, white bird of Kane ; who fought without shields and went to their death without fear; whose implements of war and industry were of wood, stone and bone, yet who erected great temples to their gods, and constructed barges and canoes which they navigated by the stars; who peopled the elements with spirits, reverenced the priesthood, bowed to the revelations of their prophets, and submitted without complaint to the oppressions of the tabu ; who observed the rite of circumcision, built places of refuge after the manner of the ancient Israelites, and held sacred the religious legends of the priests and chronological meles of the chiefs.
In primeval times, a maiden,Beauteous Daughter of the Ether,Passed for ages her existenceIn the great expanse of heaven,O'er the prairies yet enfolded.
En esta acuciosa investigación Oreste Plath recorre la geografía chilena recogiendo mitos y leyendas de la memoria colectiva en una verdadera incitación a imaginar y soñar con aquello que nos conecta con lo más profundo de nuestras raíces: En esta Geografía se han ordenado mitos pascuenses de la isla chilena etnoarqueológica que proporcionan una gravitación polinésica; mapuches que dan a conocer la genealogía de sus deidades, con la explicación de los atributos peculiares de cada uno de ellos; los chiloenses con personificaciones constituidas con elementos que tienen relación con salud, enfermedad, muerte y animales que conforman un bestiario fantástico; y la cosmogonía de la cultura patagónica con sus espíritus del mal y del bien, con sus sueños y presagios, con sus genios poderosos que maniobran a su arbitrio a los hombres y a los elementos naturales.
Los autores, profundos conocedores de los secretos del arco y la arquería, decidieron embarcarse en una aventura compleja que les requirió mucho tiempo de investigación y recopilación de datos.
La obra propone una aproximacion historica al proceso de construccion del mito la Llorona, con base en una de las profecias que anunciaron la conquista y en torno a las diosas prehispanicas de la fertilidad, nominalmente Cihuacoatl.
The fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial life-and even invented real automated machines The first robot to walk the earth was a bronze giant called Talos.
De les actes dels processos inquisitorials fins a festes populars com el Ball del Cornut de Cornellà del Terri, de l'obra de poetes com Salvador Espriu a les arrels basques de la cultura ibera, Bilbeny ens embarca en un viatge per l'imaginari cultural català, sempre desvetllant les veritats que s'amaguen més enllà dels relats oficials.
It is not the purpose of this volume to deal to any considerable extent with the history of the Indians, but simply to present some of the legends of the Iroquois.
How a legendary woman from classical antiquity has come to embody the threat of transcendent beauty in movies and TVHelen of Troy in Hollywood examines the figure of the mythic Helen in film and television, showing how storytellers from different Hollywood eras have used Helen to grapple with the problems and dynamics of gender and idealized femininity.
'GAVE ME SERIOUS WRITER ENVY' KIRSTY LOGAN'ONE OF MY FAVOURITE STORYTELLERS' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE'AN INCREDIBLE AND UNIQUE IMAGINATION' IRISH TIMES'I WAS DELICIOUSLY HORRIFIED' JENN ASHWORTHThe belly groan of a face unpeeled.
Del talón de Aquiles al suplicio de Tántalo; del Can Cerbero al Minotauro y la Quimera; del hilo de Ariadna a la caja de Pandora y el tejedesteje de Penélope; de lo afrodisíaco y lo erótico a las Bacanales y la lluvia dorada; de la Ambrosía al Néctar de los dioses; del Arco Iris y la Aurora Boreal a los signos del Zodiaco; del complejo de Edipo a los de Electra, Diana y Narciso; el Caballo que hizo Arder Troya; de los demonios del Averno a los dioses del Olimpo; de limpiar las cuadras de Augias a empujar la piedra de Sísifo… Ser una Amazona, ponerse hecho una Furia, ser Agraciada, una Casandra, una Esfinge, una Harpía, Musa de alguien, una Ninfa, una Sirena, una Vestal… Son muchas las expresiones que a diario utilizamos cuya base está en la mitología grecolatina.
Unos dicen que proviene de tiempos prehispánicos, otros, que su aparición anunció el término del imperio azteca, otros más, que se trata de una mujer desdichada que sufre un profundo dolor que ni la muerte puede borrar; sin duda, la leyenda de "La Llorona" es la piedra de toque de esta antología.
