The Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and Myths by William Hansen (Introduction by, Edited and Translated by)
$52.95 AUD
Category: Mythology
The first anthology to present the entire range of ancient Greek and Roman stories--from myths and fairy tales to jokes Captured centaurs and satyrs, incompetent seers, people who suddenly change sex, a woman who remembers too much, a man who cannot laugh--these are just some of the colorful characters ...Show more
Beowulf by Stephen Mitchell
$27.95 AUD
Category: Mythology
A widely celebrated translator's vivid, accessible, and elegantly concise rendering of an ancient English masterpieceBeowulf tells the story of a Scandinavian hero who defeats three evil creatures--a huge, cannibalistic ogre named Grendel, Grendel's monstrous mother, and a dragon--and then dies, mortall ...Show more
Mythos by Howard Phillips Lovecraft; Bogdan Meunier
$29.99 AUD
Category: Mythology
The Old Ones were, the Old Ones are, the Old Ones shall be. Not in the spaces we know, but between them, undimensioned and unseen. They walk where the Words have been spoken and the Rites howled through at their Seasons. Man rules now where They ruled once. They shall soon rule where man rules now. They ...Show more
The Picture Language of Folktales by Friedel Lenz
$55.99 AUD
Category: Mythology
"All folktales have in common that they are the remains of a faith going back to the earliest times, a faith, a religion, that speaks of supersensible things in pictures. These pictures are like fragments of a shattered jewel that lie strewn on the ground overgrown with grass and flowers. Only the sharp ...Show more
Conquered: The Last Children of Anglo-Saxon England by Eleanor Parker
$40.00 AUD
Category: Mythology
"Outstanding." - The Sunday Times"Beautifully written." The Times"Superbly adroit." The Spectator"Excellent." BBC History MagazineThe Norman Conquest is one of the most momentous events in English history and its consequences changed England forever. Indeed, the Battle of Hastings and its aftermath near ...Show more
The Other World - Illustrations from Asian Myth and Folklore by Sandu Publications
$79.99 AUD
Category: Mythology
Asian myths and folktales comprise a vast body of lore. From Chinese folklore to Japanese legends and Indian myths, they include elements from a dizzying array of religions, including Buddhism and Shinto, and they contain the historical traces of thousands of years of migration and cultural interchange. ...Show more
Nusantara - a Sea of Tales by Heidi Shamsuddin
$22.99 AUD
Category: Mythology
A collection of fairy tales, folklore, fables, myths, epics, legends, wonder and magic tales from all around Southeast Asia Nusantara - A Sea of Tales is the most comprehensive collection of folktales, fairy tales, myths and legends from the Nusantara and Southeast Asian region, and was written to sit a ...Show more
Cattle: History, Myth, Art by Catherine Johns
$49.99 AUD
Category: Mythology
Although human communities have depended heavily on them, cattle are less studied and admired than they deserve to be. Beautiful, varied and with individual personalities, cattle feature far more extensively than one might at first think in the art, mythology and religion of humankind. Cattle have been ...Show more
Tales of the Earth - Native North American Creation Mythology by David Leeming
$39.99 AUD
Category: Native American Lore
A revealing analysis of key themes in Native American origin myths--and their stark contrast with the exceptionalist values of the United States. Tales of the Earth is a comprehensive yet concise overview of Native American mythologies. After outlining theories of the origins of Native North America ...Show more
Tales of Witchcraft and Wonder - The Venomous Maiden and Other Stories of the Supernatural by Claude Lecouteux; Corinne Lecouteux
$49.99 AUD
Category: Mythology
A collection of tales from the Middle Ages focused on otherworldly powers, magical animals, miracles, demonic apparitions, and supernatural events - Offers commentary for each story, revealing its historical context, cultural and esoteric associations, and hidden pagan beliefs - Explores how the ...Show more
Mysteries of the Werewolf - Shapeshifting, Magic, and Protection by Claude Lecouteux
$49.99 AUD
Category: Mythology
* Examines werewolf tales and stories from early Greece, Scandinavia, France, Germany, Eastern Europe, China, and Japan, as well as legends of other shapeshifting creatures such as were-tigers, were-jackals, and were-caribou* Looks at the various ways people become werewolves, including pacts with the d ...Show more
Layli and Majnun by Nezami Ganjavi; Dick Davis (Translator, Introduction by, Notes by)
$29.95 AUD
Category: Mythology
The Persian epic that inspired Eric Clapton's unforgettable love song "Layla" and that Lord Byron called "the Romeo and Juliet of the East," in a masterly new translationThe iconic love story of the Middle East, by a twelfth-century Persian poet who has been compared to Shakespeare for his subtlety, inv ...Show more