Zbirka: Folklora, miti in legende
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Unicorn Seekers: The Map of Lost Unicorns(2022) BURNELL, CERRIEIn a world where magic is forgotten and unicorns walk the earth unseen,a young girl discovers she is a Unicorn Seeker - able to seeunicorns and feel their magic. But while these exciting powers bring adventure, they also bringdanger...Vezava: Mehka9,80 € -
Inari Sami Folklore(2020) KOSKIMIES, AUGUST V.,ITKONEN, TOIVO I.A rich multivoiced anthology of folktales, legends, joik songs, proverbs, riddles, and other verbal art, this is the most comprehensive collection of Sámi oral tradition available in English to date. Collected in the 1880s, the material reveals a complexVezava: Mehka34,20 € -
North American Gaels(2020)A groundbreaking exploration of the literature and folklore of North America's Irish and Scottish Gaelic-speaking diaspora since the eighteenth century. North American Gaels shines new light on the ways Irish and Scottish Gaels have left an enduring markVezava: Mehka73,83 € -
Arcadian Days(2022) SPURLING, JOHNTaking inspiration from the incomparably beautiful and intense poetry of Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, Spurling - a lifelong classicist and historical novelist - spins five more myths for contemporary readers.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Mrs Caliban (Faber Editions)(2021) INGALLS, RACHELThe amphibious cult classic: when a lonely suburban housewife falls in love with a frogman called Larry, their lives will never be the same.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Gloucestershire Folk Tales for Children(2020) NANSON, ANTHONY,HARTSIOTIS, KIRSTYTales from the folklore of Gloucestershire reworked by local storytellers for children aged 7-11Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Folk Tales for Bold Girls(2019) COLLINS, FIONAA collection of folk tales from around the world about brave and bold girls, to inspire and engage young readers.Vezava: Trda14,01 € -
From Camelot to Spamalot(2021) WOLLER, MEGAN (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FINE ARTS, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FINE ARTS, GANNON UNIVERSITY)For centuries, Arthurian legend with its tales of Camelot, romance, and chivalry has captured imaginations throughout Europe and the Americas. This book explores musical adaptations of Arthurian legend as filtered through specific versions of the tale asVezava: Mehka51,44 € -
Uprooted(2017) LYON, NINAWho, or what, is the Green Man, and why is this medieval image so present in our precarious modern times? An encounter with a carving of the Green Man at an ancient church leads Nina Lyon on a search to track him down in all his various guises.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Irresistible Fairy Tale(2013) ZIPES, JACKIf there is one genre that has captured the imagination of people in all walks of life throughout the world, it is the fairy tale. This book presents a provocative theory about why fairy tales were created and retold - and why they became such an indeliblVezava: Mehka32,31 € -
Physick Garden(2022) ALICE SMITHThe intriguing tales of 80 plants that have been used to heal and cure our bodies – from ancient superstitions to old wives' tales that worked.Vezava: Trda25,73 € -
Superstition(2020) VYSE, STUART (INDEPENDENT SCHOLAR, PSYCHOLOGIST, AND AUTHOR)Do you touch wood for luck, or avoid the number 13? Despite the dominance of science in today's world, superstitious beliefs - both traditional and new - remain surprisingly popular. From black cats to lucky pennies, Stuart Vyse explores the history of ouVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Swifts and Us(2022) GIBSON, SARAHSwifts live almost entirely in the air. They eat, drink, sleep, mate and gather their nesting materials on the wing, fly thousands of miles across the world, navigating their way around storms, never lighting on tree, cliff or ground, until they return hoVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Theogony. Works and Days. Testimonia(2018) HESIODThe two extant poems of Hesiod (eighth or seventh century BC) are Theogony, in which he charts the history of the divine world, and Works and Days, in which he delivers moral precepts and practical advice for the world of men.Vezava: Trda44,47 €
