The Moon-Eyed People - Folk Tales from Welsh America by Peter Stevenson
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Category: Mythology
A lone man wanders from swamp to swamp searching for himself, a wolf-girl visits Wales and eats the sheep, a Welsh criminal marries an 'Indian Princess', Lakota men re-enact the Wounded Knee Massacre in Cardiff and, all the while, mountain women practise Appalachian hoodoo, native healing and Welsh witc ...Show more
The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
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Category: Mythology | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: very good
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you t ...Show more
The Penguin Book Of Hell by Scott G. Bruce
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Category: Mythology
"From the Bible through Dante and up to Treblinka and Guant namo Bay, here is a rich source for nightmares." --The New York Times Book Review Three thousand years of visions of Hell, from the ancient Near East to modern America From the Hebrew Bible's shadowy realm of Sheol to twenty-first-century v ...Show more
The Penguin Book of Dragons by Scott G. Bruce
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Category: Mythology
Two thousand years of legend and lore about the menace and majesty of dragons, which have breathed fire into our imaginations from ancient Rome to Game of Thrones A Penguin Classic The most popular mythological creature in the human imagination, dragons have provoked fear and fascination for their letha ...Show more
The Penguin Book of Norse Myths: Gods of the Vikings by Kevin Crossley-Holland
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Category: Mythology
The extraordinary Scandinavian myth cycle is one of the most enduring, exciting, dramatic and compelling of the world's great stories.A series of intertwined tales which together form a strange and fantastical world teeming with gods and goddesses, heroes and monsters, battles and couplings, the Norse m ...Show more
The Snow Ghost and Other Tales by Various
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Category: Mythology
A spine-tinglingly beautiful hardback collection of some of Japan's scariest yet still compelling classic ghost stories Enter the haunted world of Ancient Japan in this spine-tingling collection of ghostly tales told and retold across the centuries. From Goblin infested caves and haunted Tombs, to ven ...Show more
The Stories Behind the Poses: The Indian Mythology that Inspired 50 Yoga Postures by Raj Balkaran
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Category: Mythology | Series: Stories Behind... Ser.
A beautifully written introduction to Indian mythology, join storyteller, scholar and teacher, Dr Raj Balkaran, and explore the unforgettable tales behind 50 key yoga poses.
The Tale of Beowulf - Epic Stories, Ancient Traditions by J. K. Jackson (Editor)
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Category: Mythology | Series: The\World's Greatest Myths and Legends Ser.
A foundation stone of European literature, linking Norse, Celtic and Arthurian myth Beowulf is also a terrific read! Beowulf is an epic poem probably written in the 900s CE. It tells of events 600 years before in vivid detail, where the hero Beowulf is entreated to help a king defend his halls against t ...Show more
The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters by J. W. Ocker
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Category: Mythology
Meet the monsters in our midst, from bigfoot to Mothman and beyond!Welcome to the United States of Cryptids, where mysterious monsters lurk in the dark forests, deep lakes, and sticky swamps of all fifty states. From the infamous Jersey Devil to the obscure Snallygaster, travel writer and chronicler of ...Show more
Titans and Giants Myths and Tales - Epic Tales by Debbie Felton (Foreword by)
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Category: Mythology | Series: Gothic Fantasy Ser.
In this gorgeous new collection, explore the enduring appeal of giants and their powerful presence in the mythologies of the world. Giants feature in most myths and legends of humankind. The Titans themselves, from Greek mythology were both giants and at war with their own children, the gods of Olympus. ...Show more
Treasury Of Folklore - Woodlands And Forests: Wild Gods, World Trees and Werewolves by Dee Dee Chainey, Willow Winsham
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Category: Mythology
An entertaining and enthralling collection of myths, tales and traditions surrounding our trees, woodlands and forests from around the world. From the dark, gnarled woodlands of the north, to the humid jungles of the southern lands, trees have captured humanity's imagination for millennia. Filled with p ...Show more
Troy by Stephen Fry
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Category: Mythology | Series: Stephen Fry's Greek Myths
The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for ten whole years. It is a terrible war with casualties on all sides as well as strained relations between ...Show more