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Artsmith, Inc. Dog T-Shirt Chinese Dancing Dragon Product Number: 030-503704309 Put your pooch in his own cool doggie t-shirt from American Apparel. He’ll be the envy of all the pups in the park. Let him wear a doggie-cool design so he can express what he’d like to bark out loud. Do it up in doggie style! * Made of 100% ring spun cotton. 5.8oz. 1×1 rib. * Black ringer accent on sleeves and collar. * Five sizes to choose from * (SMALL – Body Lengt… |
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American Indian Myths and Legends (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library) $5.97 Trade Paperback…. |
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A Child’s Introduction to Greek Mythology: The Stories of the Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, Monsters, and Other Mythical Creatures $13.55 The newest book in Black Dog’s best-selling, award-winning series explores the fascinating world of Greek mythology from the myth of Narcissus to Odysseus versus the Cyclopes. Includes a Gods and Goddesses Family Tree Poster, Stickers, and Temporary Tattoos Packed with action, adventure, tragedy, and triumph, A Child’s Introduction to Greek Mythology acquaints kids ages 9–12 with all the fantast… |
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Mythical Monsters: The Scariest Creatures from Legends, Books, and Movies $59.99 This book features ancient legends and folklore, mythological monsters, media monsters, and modern monsters. The book is illustrated throughout with stunning full-color artwork. Includes maps and information boxes describing the background to the myth that created the monster…. |
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Folklore $106.74 Folklore culture, including stories, music, dance, legends, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, customs, and so forth within a particular population comprising the traditions of that culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The academic and usually ethnographic study of folklore is sometimes called folkloristics. The word folklore was first used by the English antiquarian William Thoms in a letter published by the London Journal Athenaeum in 1846. In usage, there is a continuum between folklore and mythology. Stith Thompson made a major attempt to index the motifs of both folklore and mythology, providing an outline into which new motifs can be placed, and scholars can keep track of all older motifs. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 142 Publication Date: 2009/11/24 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.33 inches |
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Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore and Symbols V1 $104.57 Author: Jobes, Gertrude Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 878 Publication Date: 2011/07/16 Language: English Dimensions: 9.02 x 5.98 x 2.06 inches |
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Bible FolkLore: A Study in Comparative Mythology $36.88 Author: Anonymous Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 372 Publication Date: 2006/05/01 Language: English Dimensions: 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.83 inches |
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The Forest in Folklore and Mythology By Porteous, Alexander $17.73 Author: Porteous, Alexander Publication Date: 2001/12/19 Number of Pages: 319 Binding Type: Paperback Language: English Depth: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Height: 8.50 |
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A Handbook of Norse Mythology $15.7 Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell Publication date: 1913 Subjects: Mythology, Norse Sagas Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folklore Author: Mortensen, Karl Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 82 Publication Date: 2009/12/23 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.19 inches |
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Tales from Greek Mythology $33.8 Publisher: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts Publication date: 1861 Subjects: Mythology, Greek History / General Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Science / Folklore Author: Cox, George William Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 60 Publication Date: 2009/12/26 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.14 inches |
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The Age of Fable, or Beauties of Mythology $63.88 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1883 Original Publisher: S.W. Tilton Subjects: Mythology Chivalry Folklore Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folklore Author: Bulfinch, Thomas Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 326 Publication Date: 2009/12/27 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.72 inches |
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Chukchee Mythology (Dodo Press) $24.3 Vladimir Germanovich Bogoraz (18651936), best known under the literary pseudonym N. A. Tan, was a Russian revolutionary, writer and anthropologist, especially known for his studies of the Chukchi people in Siberia. He published his first literary works in the early 1880s, but he became famous in 18961897 under the literary pseudonym Tan for poems and novels published in various periodicals. In 1899, he published the book Chukchi Tales and in 1900, The Verses. The materials, published by TanBogoraz in periodicals of the Russian Academy of Sciences, such as Specimens of Materials for Studying Chukchi Language and Folklore and Studies of Chukchi Language and Folklore Collected in Kolyma District were a very valuable contribution to the development of linguistics and made the author popular around the world. He fled Russia for political reasons in 1901 and settled in New York City, where he became curator of the American Museum, and produced his great works The Chukchee (190409) and Chukchee Mythology (1910). During the 1920s and 30s he did important anthropological work creating and teaching written languages for indigenous Siberian peoples and founded the Institute of the Northern Peoples in Leningrad. Author: Bogoras, Waldemar/ Boas, Franz Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 Publication Date: 2010/01/01 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.44 inches |
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Dogs in Mesoamerican Folklore and Myth $97.19 Dogs have occupied a powerful place in Mesoamerican folklore and myth since at least the Classic Period right through to modern times. A common belief across the Mesoamerican region is that a dog carries the newly deceased across a body of water in the afterlife. Dogs appear in underworld scenes painted on Maya pottery dating to the Classic Period and even earlier than this, in the Preclassic, the Chupicaro buried dogs with the dead. In the great Classic Period metropolis of Teotihuacan, 14 human bodies were deposited in a cave, most of them children, together with the bodies of three dogs to guide them on their path to the underworld. In many versions of the 20day cycle of the Mesoamerican calendar, the tenth day bears the name dog. This is itzcuintli in Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, tzi in the Kiche Maya language and oc in Yucatec Maya. Among the Mixtecs, the tenth day was taken by the coyote, ua. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 132 Publication Date: 2010/04/21 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.30 inches |
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Folklore and Myth by Spence, Lewis [Hardcover] $34.85 THIS 22 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Introduction to Mythology, by Lewis Spence. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564596036. Author: Spence, Lewis Binding Type: Hardcover Publication Date: 2010/09/10 Language: English Dimensions: 10.00 x 7.00 x 0.25 inches |
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Valusoft 71448 Age Of Mythology: Titans Win 98Me2000Xp $34.36 With the Age Of Mythology and The Titans bundle you will enter a world where legends are real. In ancient times military strength and the favor of the gods was allimportant. As the ancient Greeks Norse and Egyptians battle for control of the world you ll develop an army amp; navy that helps your side succeed and earn your gods favor in Age Of Mythology. In the expansion pack Age Of Mythology: The Titans you ll face a whole new mythology fighting for the world: The Atlanteans. Use their new units and abilities to add new challenge to the game and try to dominate the world.. Advance through four distinct ages while taking on the role of one of nine ancient civilizations. Choose from 3 civilizations 9 major gods and 27 minor gods. Players may call upon the gods for assistance in flattening enemy towns with meteors or scattering opposing troops with lightning storms. New singleplayer campaign adds yet another chapter to the franchise s expansive folklore with the addition of 12 new scenarios. BONUS Expansion pack will introduce 12 new god powers 18 new human units and 10 formidable myth units to the game. Format: WIN 98 ME 2000 XP. Genre:nbsp;ENTERTAINMENT. Rating:nbsp;T. Age:nbsp;755142714482. UPC:nbsp;755142714482. Manufacturer No:nbsp;71448 |
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The Mythology of Supernatural By Brown, Nathan Robert $19.31 The hit television series Supernatural features brothers Sam and Dean Winchester traveling crosscountry on a mission to avert the Apocalypse and save humanity from the forces of darkness. Explore the religious roots and the ancient folklore of the otherwordly entities they face. Author: Brown, Nathan Robert Subtitle: The Signs and Symbols Behind the Popular TV Show Publication Date: 2011/08/02 Number of Pages: 272 Binding Type: Paperback Language: English Depth: 1.00 Width: 5.75 Height: 8.50 |
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Introduction to Mythology by Spence, Lewis [Paperback] $33.24 The Progress of Mythic Science; Evolution of the Gods; Various Types of Deity; Various Classes of Myth; Making of the World and of Man; Paradise and the Place of Punishment; Folklore and Myth; Ritual and Myth; Written Sources of Myth; Great Mythic Systems of the World; Index. Author: Spence, Lewis Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Publication Date: 1995/11/01 Language: English Dimensions: 10.98 x 8.24 x 0.78 inches |
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Nyx in the House of Night: Mythology, Folklore, and Religion in the P.C. and Kristin Cast Vampyre Series $10.93 No Synopsis Available |
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Mythology $10.96 No Synopsis Available |
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Legends of the Torres Straits (Folklore History Series) $44.79 The Torres Straits separates Australia from Papua New Guinea left untouched by European hands until the 18th Century. It has a rich mythology weaving Papuan and Aboriginal traits. A collection of moral tales and creation myths. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork Author: Haddon, Alfred C. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 64 Publication Date: 2010/06/08 Language: English Dimensions: 8.50 x 5.51 x 0.15 inches |
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Introduction to Folklore $33.24 The main object of this book is to afford persons interested in the subject of folklore some key to the general literature of folklore. The general and rapid survey of folklore attempted in this work is taken from the anthropological standpoint. On the enlarged bases of the anthropological method, folklore is expanded from the mere telling of stories and recording of old wives fables into an inclusive interpretation of early mans way of looking at the world. Author: Cox, Marian Roalfe Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Publication Date: 2003/04/07 Language: English Dimensions: 11.00 x 8.25 x 0.70 inches |
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Public Folklore $70.1 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Public folklore is the term for the work done by folklorists in public settings in the United States and Canada outside of universities and colleges, such as arts councils, museums, folklife festivals, radio stations, etc. The term is actually short for public sector folklore and was first used by members of the American Folklore Society in the early 1970s. Archie Green is generally credited as the founder of the public folklore movement, although his work builds on that of Ben Botkin and Alan Lomax, going back as far as the 1930s. (They called their work applied folklore, a related but distinct paradigm.) The birth of public folklore can be traced back to the creation of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in 1970, by an act of Congress, sponsored by Sen. Ralph Yarborough (DTX) and written by Green and thenSenate aide Jim Hightower. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 92 Publication Date: 2011/01/12 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.22 inches |
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Ethnology in Folklore $43.64 1892. The author attempts to classify the items of folklore and put them in their proper place. Contents: Survival and Development; Ethnic Elements in Custom and Ritual; The Mythic Influences of a Conquered Race; The Localization of Primitive Belief; The Ethnic Genealogy of Folklore; and The Continuation of Races. See other works by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. Author: Gomme, George Laurence Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 214 Publication Date: 2010/09/10 Language: English Dimensions: 7.00 x 9.99 x 0.49 inches |
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A Handbook of Folklore $51.13 1914. A compendium of folkloric beliefs and tales from around the world. The learning of the people. Contents: What folklore is; How to collect and record folklore; Belief and practice: earth and sky, vegetable world, animal world, human beings, things made by man, the soul and another life, superhuman beings; Omens and divination; The magic art; Disease and leech craft; Social and political institutions; Rites of individual life; Occupations and industries; Calendar fasts and festivals; Games, sports, and pastimes; Stories, songs, and sayings; Appendices. Author: Burne, Charlotte Sophia Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 374 Publication Date: 2010/09/10 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 1.00 inches |
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Wyandot FolkLore $14.24 Wyandot FolkLore. PREFATORY NOTES The folklore of the Wyandots should be peculiarly interesting to Kansas students. It will be conceded, I believe, that the emigrant tribes were in every way superior to the native tribes of Kansas Indians.. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Author: Connelley, William Elsey Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 116 Publication Date: 2008/08/01 Language: English Dimensions: 8.50 x 5.50 x 0.28 inches |
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Handbook of Folklore $36.88 A compendium of folkloric beliefs and tales from around the world. The learning of the people. Contents: What folklore is; How to collect and record folklore; Belief and practice: earth and sky, vegetable world, animal world, human beings, things made by man, the soul and another life, superhuman beings; Omens and divination; The magic art; Disease and leech craft; Social and political institutions; Rites of individual life; Occupations and industries; Calendar fasts and festivals; Games, sports, and pastimes; Stories, songs, and sayings; Appendices. Author: Burne, Charlotte Sophia Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 376 Publication Date: 2003/01/16 Language: English Dimensions: 11.09 x 8.27 x 0.82 inches |
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The Pawnee Mythology Pawnee Mythology $58.7 The Pawnee Mythology, originally published in 1906, preserves 148 tales of the Pawnee Indians, who farmed and hunted and lived in earthcovered lodges along the Platte River in Nebraska. The stories, collected from surviving members of four bandsSkidi, Pitahauirat, Kitkehahki, and Chauiwere generally told during intermissions of sacred ceremonies. Many were accompanied by music. George A. Dorsey recorded these Pawnee myths early in the twentieth century after the tribes traumatic removal from their ancestral homeland to Oklahoma. He included stories of instruction concerning supernatural beings, the importance of revering such gifts as the buffalo and corn, and the results of violating nature. Hero tales, forming another group, usually centered on a poor boy who overcame all odds to benefit the tribe. Other tales invited good fortune, recognized wonderful beings like the witch women and spider women, and explained the origin of medicine powers. Coyote tales were meant to amuse while teaching ethics. Author: Dorsey, George A./ Parks, Douglas R. Series Title: Sources of American Indian Oral Literature Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 1 Publication Date: 1997/05/01 Language: English Dimensions: 9.00 x 5.96 x 1.15 inches |
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Pale Folklore $92.4 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Pale Folklore is the debut album of the American band Agalloch. It features an eclectic mix of acoustic folk reminiscent of Scandinavian bands such as Ulver, doom and black metalesque riffs, growled, clean, whispered, and shrieked vocals, and a production style and atmosphere that borrows heavily from black metal. Lyrical themes are traditional of death, black and folk metal, focusing mainly on depression, nature, folklore, and the supernatural. It features the roots of a postrock influence which is greatly expanded on in Agallochs second studio album, The Mantle. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 Publication Date: 2010/08/16 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.34 inches |
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Brownie (Folklore $95.59 A brownie/brounie or urisk or brnaidh, ruisg, or gruagach is a legendary kind of creature popular in folklore around Scotland and England. It is the Scottish and Northern English counterpart of the Scandinavian tomte, the Slavic domovoi or the German Heinzelmnnchen. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 132 Publication Date: 2010/04/21 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.30 inches |
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Dreams in Folklore $51.95 Translated By A. M. O. Richards. Preface By Bernard L. Pacella. Also Included Is Traume Im Folklore, The Original German Text. Author: Freud, Sigmund/ Oppenheim, D. E./ Strachey, James Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 114 Publication Date: 2011/04/25 Language: English Dimensions: 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.44 inches |
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Hausa FolkLore $17.67 When R. Sutherland Rattray joined the School of Anthropology at Exeter College, Oxford, he had already published Chinyanja Folklore which documented the tales and customs of the Chinyanja of Central Africa. He was also quite familiar with several West African languages. Therefore on his transfer to West Africa learning about the Hausa language and culture became another string in his already full bow and it was only a matter of time before Hausa Folklore was published. However, understanding the Hausa culture requires an understanding of Islam itselfa task that can seem near insurmountable when the student is from a Western back ground. Hausa Folklore does not claim to stand alonea considerable library of Hausa literature already exists. Hausa Folklore is an enrichment of this proud tradition, which brings the Western world directly into contact with Hausa culture. This volume tells of the origin of the spider, of beautiful maidens, of how hartebeest came by the teardrops under their eyes, of witches, of doctors riding hyenas on pilgrimages, of the cause of thunder, and more. Some of these tales are more fairy than legend and others more folk than fairy. Each story imparts a clear message about right and wrong while showing what colour and variety lies hidden in the monotone of the Sahara. A percentage of the profit from the sale of this book will go towards organisations which offer educational scholarships in Africa. So curl up with these unique West African stories from yesteryear with the knowledge that you have helped sponsor the education of an underprivileged African youth. Author: Rattray, R. Sutherland/ Halsted, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 114 Publication Date: 2009/08/01 Language: English Dimensions: 8.00 x 5.00 x 0.27 inches |
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Mathematical Folklore $70.1 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles As the term is understood by mathematicians, folk mathematics or mathematical folklore means theorems, definitions, proofs, or mathematical facts or techniques that are found by investigation and may circulate among mathematicians by wordofmouth but have not appeared in print, either in books or in scholarly journals. Knowledge of folklore is the coin of the realm of academic mathematics, showing relative insight of investigators.Quite important at times for researchers are folk theorems, which are results known, at least to experts in a field, and considered to have established status, but not published in complete form. Sometimes these are only alluded to in the public literature. For example, in tidying up loose ends of the classification of finite simple groups around 2004, Michael Aschbacher devoted an entire volume to proving various infrastructural results, some of which had not previously been proved in print. A second example is a book of exercises, described on the back cover: Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 Publication Date: 2010/08/03 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.19 inches |
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Lancashire Folklore $48.63 1867. Illustrative of the superstitious beliefs and practices, local customs and usages of the people of the County Palatine. The North of England generally, and Lancashire in particular, is remarkably rich in its folklore. Possessed and peopled in succession by the Celts of ancient Britain, but the Angles and other Teutonic peoples, by the Scandinavian races, and by Norman and other foreign settlers at early periods, the result of the respective contributions of these various peoples is necessarily a large mass of traditionary lore. It is the object of this volume to bring this together and present it in a collected form. Author: Harland, John/ Wilkinson, T. T. Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 322 Publication Date: 2010/09/10 Language: English Dimensions: 8.50 x 11.02 x 0.75 inches |
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Archaeology and Folklore $275.61 Archaeology and Folklore explores the complex relationship between the two disciplines to demonstrate what they might learn from each other.This collection includes theoretical discussions and case studies drawn from Western Europe, the Mediterranean and North. They explore the differences between popular traditions relating to historic sites and archaeological interpretations of their history and meaning. Author: GazinSchwartz, Amy/ Holtorf, Cornelius Series Title: Theoretical Archaeology Group (Tag) Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 287 Publication Date: 1999/11/08 Language: English Dimensions: 10.34 x 5.20 x 0.95 inches |
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Mare (Folklore) $58.94 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles A mare or nightmare (ProtoGermanic: mar n; Old English: maere; Old Norse: mara; German: Mahr; Dutch: nachtmerrie; Swedish: mara; Icelandic: mara; Faroese: mara; Danish: mare; Norwegian: mare/mara) is a spirit or goblin in Germanic folklore which rides on peoples chests while they sleep, bringing on bad dreams (or nightmares ). The mare is attested as early as in the Norse Ynglinga saga from the 13th century, but the belief itself is likely to be considerably older. As in English, the name appears in the word for nightmare in the Nordic languages (e.g. the Swedish word mardrom literally meaning maradream, the Norwegian word mareritt literally meaning mareridden or the Icelandic word martroo meaning maradreaming repeatedly). The mare is similar to the mythical creatures succubus and incubus, and was likely inspired by sleep paralysis Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 68 Publication Date: 2010/09/01 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.16 inches |
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Chinese Mythology $70.1 Chinese Mythology. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Yu the Great, Xia Dynasty, Shang Dynasty, Chinese creation myth, Chinese dragon, Jade Emperor, Three Pure Ones, Budai, Bashe Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 84 Publication Date: 2010/07/25 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.20 inches |
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Mythology of Carnivle $79.66 Mythology of Carnivle. Carnivle, Daniel Knauf, Characters of Carnivle, List of Carnivle episodes, List of awards and nominations received by Carnivle Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 78 Publication Date: 2009/10/11 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.18 inches |
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Mythology of Heroes $79.66 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Heroes includes a number of mysterious fictional elements that have been ascribed to science fiction or supernatural phenomena. Tim Kring and the creators of the series refer to these fictional elements as part of the mythology of the series. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 112 Publication Date: 2010/08/19 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.27 inches |
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Womens Folklore, Womens Culture $47.39 The essays in Womens Folklore, Womens Culture focus on women performers of folklore and on womens genre of folklore. Long ignored, womens folklore is often collaborative and frequently is enacted in the privacy of the domestic sphere. This book provides insights balancing traditional folklore scholarship. All of the authors also explore the relationship between make and female views and worlds.The book begins with the private world of women, performances within the intimacy of family and fields; it then studies womens folklore in the public arena; finally, the book looks at the interrelationships between public and private arenas and between male and female activities.By turning our attention to previously ignored womens realms, these essays provide a new perspective from which to view human culture as a whole and make Womens Folklore, Womens Culture a significant addition to folklore scholarship Author: Jordan, Rosan A./ Kalcik, Susan J./ Kalcik, Susan J. Series Title: Publications of the American Folklore Society Series Number: 8 Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 260 Publication Date: 1985/02/01 Language: English Dimensions: 9.01 x 6.03 x 0.72 inches |
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Palamedes (Mythology) $68.51 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles In Greek mythology, Palamedes was the son of Nauplius and either Clymene or Philyra or Hesione.He is said to have invented counting, currency, weights and measures, jokes, dice and a forerunner of chess called pessoi, as well as military ranks. Sometimes he is credited with discoveries in the field of wine making and the supplementary letters of the Greek alphabet. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Timpledon, Miriam T./ Marseken, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 100 Publication Date: 2010/08/12 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.24 inches |
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Chimera (Mythology) $68.51 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles In Greek mythology, the Chimera was a monstrous firebreathing creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, composed of the parts of multiple animals: upon the body of a lioness with a tail that terminated in a snakes head, the head of a goat arose on her back at the center of her spine. The Chimera was one of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna and a sibling of such monsters as Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra. The term chimera has also come to mean, more generally, an impossible or foolish fantasy, hard to believe. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 76 Publication Date: 2010/08/23 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.18 inches |
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Kratos (Mythology) $73.28 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles In Greek mythology, Kratos or Cratus (Ancient Greek:, English translation: strength ) was a son of Pallas and Styx, and the personification of strength and power. Kratos and his siblings, Nike ( victory ), Bia ( force ) and Zelus ( zeal ), were the winged enforcers of Zeus. In another strand of myth, Kratos is a Titan who binds Prometheus on order of Hephaestus. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 Publication Date: 2010/09/28 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.19 inches |
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Palladium (Mythology) $68.51 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles In Greek and Roman mythology, a palladium or palladion was an image of great antiquity on which the safety of a city was said to depend. Palladium especially signified the wooden statue (xoanon) of Pallas Athena that Odysseus and Diomedes stole from the citadel of Troy and which was later taken to the future site of Rome by Aeneas. The Roman story is related in Virgils Aeneid and other works.In English, since circa 1600, the word palladium has meant anything believed to provide protection or safety a safeguard. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 84 Publication Date: 2010/08/21 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.20 inches |
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Doris (Mythology) $73.28 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Doris ( ), an Oceanid, was a sea nymph in Greek mythology, whose name represented the bounty of the sea. She was the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and the wife of Nereus. She was also aunt to Atlas, the titan who was made to carry the sky upon his shoulders, whose mother Clymene was a sister of Doris. Doris was mother to the fifty Nereids, including Thetis, who was the mother of Achilles and Amphitrite, Poseidons wife, and grandmother of Triton. Doris is a semicommon female name. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 84 Publication Date: 2010/09/28 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.20 inches |
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Titan (Mythology) $73.28 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles In Greek mythology, the Titans (Greek: Titan; plural: Titanes) were a race of powerful deities, descendants of Gaia and Uranus, that ruled during the legendary Golden Age. In the first generation of twelve Titans the males were Oceanus, Hyperion, Coeus, Cronus, Crius and Iapetus and the females were Mnemosyne, Tethys, Theia, Phoebe, Rhea and Themis. The second generation of Titans consisted of Hyperions children Eos, Helios, and Selene; Coeuss daughters Leto and Asteria; Iapetuss sons Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius; and Criuss sons Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 96 Publication Date: 2010/09/27 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.23 inches |
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Asia (Mythology) $73.28 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Asia or Clymene in Greek mythology was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of the Titan Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius. Hesiod gives the name as Clymene in his Theogony (359) but Apollodorus (1.8) gives instead the name Asia as does Lycophron (1411). It is possible that the name Asia became preferred over Hesiods Clymene to avoid confusion with what must be a different Oceanid named Clymene who was mother of Phaethon by Helios in some accounts. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 96 Publication Date: 2010/09/28 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.23 inches |
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Adaro (Mythology) $70.1 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Adaro were malevolent mermanlike sea spirits found in the mythology of the Solomon Islands. Said to arise from the wicked part of a persons spirit, an adaro is described as a man with gills behind his ears, tail fins for feet, a horn like a sharks dorsal fin, and a swordfish or sawfishlike spear growing out of his head. Adaros live in the sun and travel to and from Earth by sliding along rainbows. Unlike the renowned mermaid, they are dangerous to humans and can kill them by travelling along rainbows and shooting them with poisonous flying fish. They may also travel in waterspouts. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 92 Publication Date: 2011/01/07 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.22 inches |
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