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Author : Donna Rosenberg
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 084425780X
Covers folklore, myths and legends in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, and the Far East.
Author : Jane Polley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Social Science
ISBN : IND:39000005789420
This illustrated account presents an interesting history of folklore as well as a retelling of famous American legends.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Folklore
ISBN : HARVARD:HXCR53
Author : Maria Leach
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Folklore
ISBN : IND:39000005646505
Tales from American folklore about bad men, ghosts, lies, and Native American tales.
Author : H. A. Guerber
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0486273482
Reliable versions of age-old Germanic and Scandinavian myths that have helped shape Western culture. Creation of world, deeds of gods and heroes such as Odin and Thor, machinations of Loki, more.
Author : Michael Scott
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780593381779
Myths, legends, and magic are woven together in a collection of enthralling Irish folktales from the New York Times bestselling author of the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series. A competition to become King of the Leprechauns... A trick designed to fool the Queen of the Fairies... A terrifying lake monster confronted by the unlikeliest of heroes... Nine Irish legends come to life in these timeless, action-packed folktales about mythological creatures and epic heroes. A master of Irish mythology, bestselling author Michael Scott has crafted stories guaranteed to enthrall young readers who love magic, legends, and lore. And don't miss the companion collection of Irish fairy tales, Magic & Myth!
Author : Robert Bringhurst
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781553658399
A seminal collection of Haida myths and legends; now in a gorgeous new package. The linguist and ethnographer John Swanton took dictation from the last great Haida-speaking storytellers, poets and historians from the fall of 1900 through the summer of 1901. Together they created a great treasury of Haida oral literature in written form. Having worked for many years with these century-old manuscripts, linguist and poet Robert Bringhurst brings both rigorous scholarship and a literary voice to the English translation of John Swanton's careful work. He sets the stories in a rich context that reaches out to dozens of native oral literatures and to myth-telling traditions around the globe. Attractively redesigned, this collection of First Nations oral literature is an important cultural record for future generations of Haida, scholars and other interested readers. It won the Edward Sapir Prize, awarded by the Society for Linguistic Anthropology, and it was chosen as the Literary Editor's Book of the Year by the Times of London. Bringhurst brings these works to life in the English language and sets them in a context just as rich as the stories themselves one that reaches out to dozens of Native American oral literatures, and to mythtelling traditions around the world.
Author : Katherine Langrish
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1911122045
Author : William Somerset Maugham
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Fairy tales
ISBN : 0195124804
First published in 1939 and long out of print, W. Somerset Maugham's PRINCESS SEPTEMBER AND THE NIGHTINGALE is now reissued with original text and illustrations. The story is a classic fairytale of Siam (now Thailand). The ninth daughter of the king is the object of envy by her sisters, who try to kill her lucky nightingale. But the bird's life is saved, and all is well. Color illustrations.
Author : Various
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781907256110
In this volume you will find stories about One-eyed, Seven Horned Monsters that double as mothers-in-law, as well as Tricksters, Illusionists, Shape-shifters, Ogres and even the Origin of the Meaning of Fate itself. The Uyghur people have origins that are as ancient as the Han Chinese, if not older. Originating in central China, they were slowly pushed further west until they settled in the Tarim Basin. But the Uyghurs are not just limited to East Turkestan and can also be found inhabiting the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. Smaller communities can also be found in Mongolia, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Russia. Because they have travelled so far and have encountered so many different cultures, it is therefore not surprising that Uyghur Folk-Lore is extensive, which when woven together in such a volume, results in a rich tapestry that can only be pleasing for the reader. We invite you to curl up with this volume and indulge yourself in the fifty-nine tales and stories that stretch back in time, almost to the great flood itself. The Uyghurs are an ethnic minority, who like the Tibetans, have been fighting for their independence for generations. A percentage of the sales from this book will be donated to charities, schools and special causes.
Author : Various
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781907256103
ASIA is rich in folklore, legends, and fairy tales. In your hands lies a collection of tales whose epicentre lies somewhere in ancient Persia. The 25 tales in Oriental Folklore and Legend originate from countries along the fabled Silk Route [Arabia, Persia, India, and Kalmykia] and, as one would expect, they are infused with elements of Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and Zoroastrian culture. All were acquired from Asian storytellers. Because of this rich cultural mix, the tales abound with magicians, viziers, cobblers who become astrologers, adventures and quests by the score, and common men who best both Shahs and Kings showing that brains always win over brawn. So curl up with this snippet of ancient Central Asian folklore and absorb yourself in Sinbad and Aladdin-like folk tales from yesteryear. The Kalmyk tales are of especial interest, both because of their contents and their oblique history. The extended Scheherazade-like Relations of Ssidi Kur is a marchen-cycle from the people of Buddhist Kalmykia. The Kalmykians migrated from southern Siberia to the northwest shore of the Caspian Sea in the 1600's. Even so, they maintained strong historical connections to Tibet and Mongolia, mainly because Buddhism remains their national religion. During their "deportation" by the Russians [1943 - 1957], Kalmyk folk stories and tales kept alive the people's hope of nation-hood and eventual repatriation. Oriental Folklore and Legend was originally published in a series of Folklore and Legends volumes by W.W. Gibbings between 1891 and 1905. The author/editor was unnamed, but the initials C.J.T. given after the preface are apparently those of one Charles John Tibbitts. A percentage of the sales will be donated to educational scholarships for the underprivileged in Kalmykia.
Author : Edward McClelland
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781948742245
America's first superheroes lived in the Midwest. There was Nanabozho, the Ojibway man-god who conquered the King of Fish, took control of the North Wind, and inspired Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha. Paul Bunyan, the larger-than-life North Woods lumberjack, created Minnesota's 10,000 lakes with his giant footsteps. More recently, Pittsburgh steelworker Joe Magerac squeezed out rails between his fingers, and Rosie the Riveter churned out the planes that won the world's most terrible war. In Folktales and Legends of the Middle West, Edward McClelland collects these stories and more. Readers will learn the sea shanties of the Great Lakes sailors and the spirituals of the slaves following the North Star across the Ohio River, and be frightened by tales of the Lake Erie Monster and Wisconsin's dangerous Hodag. A history of the region as told through its folklore, music, and legends, this is a book every Midwestern family should own.
Author : Arthur William Moore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Celts
ISBN : IND:30000118485873
Author : Barbara Ker Wilson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Folk literature
ISBN : 0192741411
Folktales tell the stories of clans, mermaids, castles, fairies, giants, and adventurers.
Author : Enys Tregarthen
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547232742
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Piskey-Purse: Legends and Tales of North Cornwall" by Enys Tregarthen. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.