Zbirka: Folklora, miti in legende
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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 € -
Once Upon a Time(2016) WARNER, MARINA (WRITER, HISTORIAN, CULTURAL CRITIC, AND NOVELIST; FELLOW OF ALL SOULS COLLEGE, OXFORD)In ten succinct chapters, Marina Warner guides us through the rich world of fairy tale, from Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel to Snow White and Pan's Labyrinth. Exploring pervasive themes of folklore, myth, the supernatural, imagination, and fantasy, WarVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
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 € -
Ink & Sigil(2020) HEARNE, KEVINNew York Times bestselling author Kevin Hearne returns to the world of his beloved Iron Druid Chronicles with the first book in a new spin-off series - about an eccentric master of rare magic solving an uncanny mystery in Scotland . . .Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Antigone(2021) MCNISH, HOLLIEThe new adaptation of Sophocles' classic play, Antigone, from bestselling writer and poet Hollie McNishVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends(2022) YOUNG, SIMONIntroduces seventy Victorian urban legends ranging from ‘Beetle Eyes’ to the ‘Shoplifter’s Dilemma’ and from ‘Hands in the Muff’ to ‘the Suicide Club’. While a handful of these stories are already known, the vast majority have never been identified, and tVezava: Mehka58,93 € -
Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian(2022) JONES, MICHAEL OWENTackles topics often overlooked in foodways. Michael Owen Jones explains how we communicate through what we eat, the connection between food choice and who we are or want to appear to be, the ways that many of us self-medicate moods with foods, and the naVezava: Mehka62,64 € -
Love in Colour(2021) BABALOLA, BOLULove stories that truly represent the world we live in; celebrated and retold in this unique collection, by debut author Bolu Babalola.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Folklore in Baltic History(2019) NAITHANI, SADHANAExplores the role of folklore, folklore archives, and folklore studies in the contemporary history of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Sadhana Naithani combines the study of written works, archival documents, life-stories, and conversations with folkloristVezava: Mehka74,04 € -
Fact, Fiction, and Flying Saucers(2016) FRIEDMAN, STANTON T. (STANTON T. FRIEDMAN),MARDEN, KATHLEEN (KATHLEEN MARDEN)Vezava: Mehka26,60 €
