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The Brothers Grimm and Folktale

By: N/A

Price: $7.50

Publisher: University of Illinois Press: Oct-88

Seller ID: 438104

ISBN: 252015495

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Aesop's Fables

By: Aesop

Price: $4.00

Publisher: April 2012

Seller ID: 238201

ISBN: 159308062X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

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Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams (The Myths)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Canongate U.S.: Sep-06

Seller ID: 432798

ISBN: 1841958239

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The beloved author of the hugely best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series joins the growing list of writers in Canongate's groundbreaking Myths series with an absorbing retelling of a seminal Celtic tale of love, youth, and beauty. Angus is one of the earliest Celtic deities and one of the most beloved. He is a trickster and a romantic, a combination of Eros and Apollo, with four birds fluttering about his head, each of which is a kiss. He has the power to reveal to you in a dream your true love, if asked, and if in the mood. In McCall Smith's magical new vision of the ancient...
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Complete Fairy Tales and Stories

By: Andersen, Hans Christian

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Jan-14

Seller ID: 436217

ISBN: 385189516

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Short History of Myth

By: Armstrong, Karen

Price: $6.50

Seller ID: 356814

ISBN: 184195800X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Human beings have always been mythmakers. So begins best-selling writer Karen Armstrong s concise yet compelling investigation into myth: what it is, how it has evolved, and why we still so desperately need it. She takes us from the Paleolithic period and the myths of the hunters right up to the Great Western Transformation of the last five hundred years and the discrediting of myth by science. The history of myth is the history of humanity, our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, which link us to our ancestors and each other. Heralding a major series of re...
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Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology

By: Barnes & Noble

Price: $8.00

Publisher: October 2010

Seller ID: 113277

ISBN: 1566195705

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Dictionary of Mythology: A Fascinating Guide to Gods, Demigods, Quests, and Legends

By: Bergen Evans

Price: $4.00

Publisher: Dell: Mar-91

Seller ID: 454616

ISBN: 440208483

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

By: Berthelot, Anne

Price: $4.00

Publisher: June 2011

Seller ID: 142481

ISBN: 0810928876

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed, affordably priced, compact paperbacks bring ideas to life and amplify our understanding of civilization in a new way.
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British Folk Tales

By: Briggs, Katharine

Price: $5.00

Seller ID: 407496

ISBN: 0394739930

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

American Folklore: An Encyclopedia (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)

By: Brunvand, Jan Harold

Price: $7.00

Seller ID: 372003

ISBN: 0815333501

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Contains over 500 articles
Ranging over foodways and folksongs, quiltmaking and computer lore, Pecos Bill, Butch Cassidy, and Elvis sightings, more than 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, and crafts; sports and holidays; tall tales and legendary figures; genres and forms; scholarly approaches and theories; regions and ethnic groups; performers and collectors; writers and scholars; religious beliefs and practices. The alphabetically arranged entries vary from concise definitions to detailed surveys, each accompanied by a brief, up-to-date bibliography.
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Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology/the Age of Fable

By: Bulfinch

Price: $4.00

Publisher: October 2010

Seller ID: 113193

ISBN: 0486411079

Binding: Unknown

Condition: Used - Good

First published in 1855, Bulfinch's Mythology has introduced generations of readers to the great myths of Greece and Rome, as well as time-honored legends of Norse mythology, medieval, and chivalric tales, Oriental fables, and more. Readers have long admired Bulfinch's versions for the skill with which he wove various versions of a tale into a coherent whole, the vigor of his storytelling, and his abundant cross-references to poetry and painting, demonstrating the relationship of literature and art.
Now The Age of Fable, the first section of the Mythology, is ...
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Bulfinch's Mythology: Age of Fable

By: Bulfinch, Thomas

Price: $2.50

Seller ID: 188005

ISBN: HC608

Binding: Unknown

Condition: Used - Good

Age of Chivalry / Legends of Charlemagne

By: Bulfinch, Thomas

Price: $3.00

Publisher: August 2012

Seller ID: 203193

ISBN: 0451627997

Binding: Unknown

Condition: Used - Good

Age of Fable or Beauties of Mythology

By: Bulfinch, Thomas

Price: $2.50

Publisher: April 2014

Seller ID: 317233

ISBN: 293919

Binding: Unknown

Condition: Used - Good

Legends of Charlemagne: The Illustrated Bulfinch's Mythology

By: Bulfinch/Caselli, Giovanni

Price: $4.00

Seller ID: 400114

ISBN: 0028614771

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony

By: Calasso, Roberto

Price: $7.00

Publisher: April 2015

Seller ID: 298059

ISBN: 0394581547

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Presenting the stories of Zeus and Europa, Theseus and Ariadne, the birth of Athens and the fall of Troy, in all their variants, Calasso also uncovers the distant origins of secrets and tragedy, virginity, and rape. "A perfect work like no other. (Calasso) has re-created . . . the morning of our world."--Gore Vidal. 15 engravings.

"From the Trade Paperback edition."
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Power of Myth

By: Campbell, Joseph

Price: $7.00

Publisher: November 2013

Seller ID: 56672

ISBN: 0385247737

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The Power of Myth

By: Campbell, Joseph

Price: $6.00

Publisher: Anchor: June 1991

Seller ID: 75515

ISBN: 0385418868

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The national bestseller, now available in a non-illustrated, standard format paperback edition

The Power of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people--including Star Wars creator George Lucas. To Campbell, mythology was the "song of the universe, the music of the spheres." With Bill Moyers, one of America's most prominent journalists, as his thoughtful and engaging interviewer, The Power of Myth touches on subjects ...
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Pathways to Bliss

By: Campbell, Joseph

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Jan-13

Seller ID: 457693

ISBN: 1577314719

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Joseph Campbell famously defined myth as "other people's religion." But he also said that one of the basic functions of myth is to help each individual through the journey of life, providing a sort of travel guide or map to reach fulfillment -- or, as he called it, bliss. For Campbell, many of the world's most powerful myths support the individual's heroic path toward bliss.

In Pathways to Bliss, Campbell examines this personal, psychological side of myth. Like his classic best-selling books Myths to Live By and The Power of Myth, Pathways to Bliss draws from ...
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Power of Myth

By: Campbell, Joseph

Price: $6.50

Publisher: November 2013

Seller ID: 469151

ISBN: 0385247737

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

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