Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge

Was Jesus a Freemason?

A fascinating and wonderfully readable deconstruction of the countless myths that have grown up around the Bront s.

**AS FEATURED ON HOAXED PODCAST**This definitive book delves into why so many people are ready to believe in conspiracy theories, and the damage it can cause.

This is the extraordinary story of Knight and Lomas's fourteen year quest to uncover the secret teachings buried beneath Roslin Chapel near Edinburgh.

FROM THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS AND CREATOR OF NETFLIX'S ANCIENT APOCALYPSE 'Nail-biting' SUNDAY EXPRESS'An intellectual whodunit by a do-it-yourself sleuth' GUARDIAN___________________________________The greatest secret of the last 3000 years is about to be shattered.

The secrets, the myths and the facts behind Washington, D.

The ethical way to perform healing spells, love spells, weather spells, sex magic, and more-from the authors of A Witches' Bible.

An eyewitness account of a modern coven and an overview of Wiccan history in a book that "e;sweep[s] clean the 'old image of witchcraft'"e; (Kirkus Reviews).

Merlin remains the most famous and familiar image of the magician we possess.

The identity of Robin Hood has been questioned many times since the Outlaw of Sherwood first sprang to fame in the twelfth century.

Stonehenge presents us with one of the greatest archaeological mysteries from prehistory.

Did King Cnut really believe that he could turn back the tide?

The identity of Robin Hood is one of the great hystorical mysteries of English history - until now.

Jim Bradbury has been publishing history books since 1975.

Ten-year anniversary edition with new introduction from the author and updated contentFive Star Reader Reviews"e;Captivating, necessary and enlightening.

'Old Time Stories Told by Master Charles Perrault' is translated from the original French by A.

This edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales contains thirty-six tales, selected by Elenore Abbott and decorated with her stunning colour, and black-and-white illustrations.

This beautiful Asbjornsen and Moe folk tale anthology features wondrous stories from Nordic and Norwegian folklore, accompanied by Kay Nielsen's masterful artwork.

A Companion to Greek Mythology presents a series of essays that explore the phenomenon of Greek myth from its origins in shared Indo-European story patterns and the Greeks contacts with their Eastern Mediterranean neighbours through its development as a shared language and thought-system for the Greco-Roman world.

A Companion to Greek Mythology presents a series of essays that explore the phenomenon of Greek myth from its origins in shared Indo-European story patterns and the Greeks contacts with their Eastern Mediterranean neighbours through its development as a shared language and thought-system for the Greco-Roman world.

Rebel Folklore gathers 50 of the darkest and most complicated folktale characters from around the world, showing readers why we should care about the rebels and misfits of ancient stories.

A Companion to Folklore contains an original and comprehensive set of essays from international experts in the field of folklore studies.

A Companion to Folklore contains an original and comprehensive set of essays from international experts in the field of folklore studies.

This Companion offers a chronological sweep of the canon of Arthurian literature - from its earliest beginnings to the contemporary manifestations of Arthur found in film and electronic media.

Renowned today for his contribution to the rise of the modern European fairy tale, Giovan Francesco Straparola (c.

Renowned today for his contribution to the rise of the modern European fairy tale, Giovan Francesco Straparola (c.

Renowned today for his contribution to the rise of the modern European fairy tale, Giovan Francesco Straparola (c.

Renowned today for his contribution to the rise of the modern European fairy tale, Giovan Francesco Straparola (c.

The Guess Who.

The Guess Who.

This book is an account of the personal and collective struggles of First Nations people and how the principles which held traditional societies together can be used today to promote harmonious and cooperative relationships by both aboriginals and non-aboriginals.

Politics, Society, and the Media is the first comprehensive political sociology of the media to be published in Canada.

Most writing on Aboriginal self-determination focuses on the constitutional or structural aspects of self-government or related philosophical issues.

This book examines the careers of the Ojibwa chief Shingwaukonse, also known as Little Pine, and of two of his sons, Ogista and Buhkwujjenene, at Garden River near Sault Ste Marie.

The evil eye has received considerable attention in the literature of disciplines as diverse as anthropology and medicine.

This book is an account of the personal and collective struggles of First Nations people and how the principles which held traditional societies together can be used today to promote harmonious and cooperative relationships by both aboriginals and non-aboriginals.

In the 1970s and 80s, Northrop Frye and Jay Macpherson co-taught a very influential course at the University of Toronto's Victoria College on the history of Western mythology - Frye focusing on the biblical myths; Macpherson on the classical.

In National Performance, Erin Hurley examines the complex relationship between performance and national identity.

In Northrop Frye and the Phenomenology of Myth, Glen Robert Gill compares Frye's theories about myth to those of three other major twentieth-century mythologists: C.

Profound and intriguing, Grettir's Saga is the last of the great Icelandic sagas.

Profound and intriguing, Grettir's Saga is the last of the great Icelandic sagas.

We are said to be living in the age of entitlement.

We are said to be living in the age of entitlement.

Asking what it means to be quilombola (descendants of African slaves) in the twenty-first century, Kenny illustrates how heritage and identity do not simply exist, but are continually being constructed to reflect particular historical circumstances.

Asking what it means to be quilombola (descendants of African slaves) in the twenty-first century, Kenny illustrates how heritage and identity do not simply exist, but are continually being constructed to reflect particular historical circumstances.

Myths are commonly associated with illusions or with deceptive, dangerous discourse, and are often perceived as largely the domain of premodern societies.

Myths are commonly associated with illusions or with deceptive, dangerous discourse, and are often perceived as largely the domain of premodern societies.

The Jie people of northern Uganda and the Turkana of northern Kenya have a genesis myth about Nayeche, a Jie woman who followed the footprints of a gray bull across the waterless plateau and who founded a “cradle land” in the plains of Turkana.

The Jie people of northern Uganda and the Turkana of northern Kenya have a genesis myth about Nayeche, a Jie woman who followed the footprints of a gray bull across the waterless plateau and who founded a “cradle land” in the plains of Turkana.

What makes Canada a different kind of society from the United States?