The Power of the Little People is an evocative collection of stories about the Maymaygwesiwak, the little people of Anishinaabe culture. Encounters with Maymaygwesiwak are sometimes beneficial and sometimes troublesome, yet they are always...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Yale University Press, ISBN-13: 9780300284409)
An enchanting history of the otherworld of elves and fairies, from the nature spirits of Iceland and Ireland to Avalon and Middle Earth Originating in Norse and Celtic mythologies, elves and fairies are a firmly established part of W...Loe edasi...
Learn how to draw the most iconic heroes and villains from World of Warcraft in this deluxe, official guide, featuring art, insights, and interviews with Blizzard artists! From King Anduin Wrynn to Deathwing the Destroyer, World of W...Loe edasi...
In the historical records of European Witchcraft, one of the most notorious allegations against the accused was the use of a magical salve to gain the power of nocturnal flight. Rubbed on the body, it was said to be compounded of toxic herbs, animals...Loe edasi...
*** THE FOLK HORROR NOVEL CRAWLING UNDER YOUR SKIN ***Something moves on the forest floor . . . Josie is at rock bottom. Burned out, heartbroken and recovering from an abusive relationship, she lives a haunted existence...Loe edasi...
I salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration PHILIP PULLMAN One of Britains greatest writers FINANCIAL TIMES Alan Garners world is unbearably beautiful and dangerous GUARDIAN...Loe edasi...
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Outlawed comes a gripping, epoch-bridging story of a young anthropologists monumental discovery, and the clash of civilizations it sets off - both ancient and contemporary - over the fate of the land...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 09-Oct-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Swift Press, ISBN-13: 9781800755994)
Thick with owls and badgers, oak trees and wood piles, scarecrows and ghosts, and Tom Coxs loud and excitable dad, this book is full of the folklore of several counties the ancient kind and the everyday variety as well as wild places, mystical spot...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691247861)
From acclaimed folklorist and historian Adrienne Mayor, an enchanting collection of the ancient myths that emerged out of the wonders—and disasters—of the natural worldMythopedia is a fun, fact-filled A-Z treasury of myths in...Loe edasi...
Julie Swallow, Christopher James Blythe, Eric A. Eliason, Jill Terry Rudy
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252046834)
Hundreds of Nephite stories with essays on the genre’s place in the lives of Latter-day Saints Stories of encounters with the Three Nephites, immortal saint-like figures, dominate the folklore of the Latter-day Saint tradition. The aut...Loe edasi...
The first English-language biography in over fifty years to tell the full, vibrant story of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, known to history as the Brothers GrimmA New Yorker “Best Book of 2024” Selection “Ann Schmies...Loe edasi...
Julie Swallow, Christopher James Blythe, Eric A. Eliason, Jill Terry Rudy
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Oct-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252088926)
Hundreds of Nephite stories with essays on the genres place in the lives of Latter-day Saints Stories of encounters with the Three Nephites, immortal saint-like figures, dominate the folklore of the Latter-day Saint tradition. The authors...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Indiana University Press, ISBN-13: 9780253074300)
Folklorists study the richness of customary forms of cultural expression and the everyday social worlds in which all people interact and communicate. They use a range of methods—literary, ethnographic, philological, visual, historical, comparative...Loe edasi...
Folklorists study the richness of customary forms of cultural expression and the everyday social worlds in which all people interact and communicate. They use a range of methods—literary, ethnographic, philological, visual, historical, comparative...Loe edasi...
David A. McDonald, Steven Hatcher, Andrew Snyder, Jeremy Reed, Oladele Ayorinde, Filippo Bonini Baraldi, Louise Barrière, Eric Fillion, Jennie Gubner, Deonte L. Harris...
Sari: Activist Encounters in Folklore and Ethnomusicology
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Indiana University Press, ISBN-13: 9780253074263)
For decades, festivals have been important sites of inquiry for folklorists and ethnomusicologists alike as celebrations of culture. Moving beyond traditional discussions of staged culture and multiculturalism, however, this edited volume explores...Loe edasi...
David A. McDonald, Steven Hatcher, Andrew Snyder, Jeremy Reed, Oladele Ayorinde, Filippo Bonini Baraldi, Louise Barrière, Eric Fillion, Jennie Gubner, Deonte L. Harris...
Sari: Activist Encounters in Folklore and Ethnomusicology
For decades, festivals have been important sites of inquiry for folklorists and ethnomusicologists alike as celebrations of culture. Moving beyond traditional discussions of staged culture and multiculturalism, however, this edited volume explores...Loe edasi...
Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp, Miriam Shrager, Sibelan Forrester, Russell Scott Valentino, Sergei Nekliudov
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Indiana University Press, ISBN-13: 9780253074027)
Nearly seven decades after the English translation of Morphology of the Folktale, one of the most influential scholarly books on folklore, its sequel is finally available in an official English translation, completing the enterprise that oc...Loe edasi...
