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White Goddess(1999) GRAVES, ROBERTThis labyrinthine and extraordinary book, first published more than fifty years ago, was the outcome of Graves's vast reading and curious research into strange territories of folklore, mythology, religion and magic.Vezava: Mehka26,62 € -
Mountain of Light(2003) CRUMLEY, JIMThis volume is a mixture of folk-tale, magic, myth, love story and hymn of praise to the natural world of Scotland's high and low lands, their landscapes and creatures, and the poet-guardians who timelessly maintain their care for them.Vezava: Mehka10,80 € -
Little History of Dragons(2006) HARGREAVES, JOYCEWhy are dragons recognised in almost all cultures on Earth? Could dragons be a folk memory of something which once hunted us long ago? This book tells the story of these extraordinary animals through examples drawn from all over the world. It is illustratVezava: Mehka9,25 € -
Letting Stories Breathe(2012) FRANK, ARTHUR W.Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. This title offers both a theory of how stories shape us and a useful method for analyzing them. It uses literary concepts to ask social scientific questions: how do stories make life better, and whenVezava: Mehka39,92 € -
Myths & Legends of India, Egypt, China & Japan(2017) STORM RACHELAn authoritative A-Z to the mythologies of the East, with 500 entries and 400 pictures.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
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Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae(2007)Contains the English translations of Apollodorus' "Library" and Hyginus' "Fabulae" - the two important surviving 'handbooks' of classical mythography. This work discusses the issues of authorship, aim, and influence. It also includes an index of people anVezava: Mehka29,93 € -
Myths and Legends of the Celts(2006) MACKILLOP, JAMESPresents an introduction to the mythology of the peoples, who inhabited the northwestern fringes of Europe from Britain and the Isle of Man to Gaul and Brittany. This guide looks at the gods and goddesses of Celtic myth; at the nature of Celtic religion,Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Complete World of Greek Mythology(2004) BUXTON, RICHARDA retelling of Greek myths is combined here with a comprehensive account of the world in which the myths developed - their themes, their relevance to Greek religion and society, and their relationship to the landscape.Vezava: Trda39,25 € -
Return of Martin Guerre(1984) DAVIS, NATALIE ZEMONThe clever peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost won his case when a man with a wooden leg swaggered into the French courtroom, denounced du Tilh, and reestablished his claim to the identity, property, and wife of Martin Guerre. This book, by the noted historVezava: Mehka41,31 €
