Catálogo de libros: Mitos y leyendas narrados como ficción

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  • The Secret of the Lost Pharaoh
    Carolyn Arnold
    In Egypt’s Western Desert lies the tomb of an unnamed pharaoh that hides a secret so powerful, it could destroy the world as we know it.Archaeologist and adventurer Matthew Connor has made a career of finding legends the world has all but forgotten. Though there’s one in particular that has fascinated him for years—the Emerald Tablets. Myth says that they possess the knowledge ...
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    29,50 €

  • Melt
    Demelza Carlton
    An enslaved enchantress. A magic mirror. Whose match will be made next?Once upon a time…When Queen Briska is accused of treason, she flees to the mountains, building an icy wall around her broken heart. But she cannot flee her punishment – she is forced to help other couples find love. A tough task, when the man she loves is dead.Amani knew his life was over the moment he was e...
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    14,01 €

  • Wish
    Demelza Carlton
    A sultan’s daughter. A pretend prince. Can a genie make all their wishes come true?Once upon a time…When Princess Maram and street rat Aladdin meet in the marketplace, sparks fly, and Aladdin swears to move heaven and earth in order to make the lovely courtesan his wife.He steals a magic lamp with a genie inside, thinking all his troubles are over…only to find they have barely ...
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    14,86 €

  • Havamal
    Olive Bray / Vincent Panell
    The Hávamál is a well loved resource of verses that gives guidance on how a Norse Pagan can live a more balanced life through the wisdom and insight of our ancestors.  Although it was written in the 13th century, Modern day Heathens can still gain guidance into how to live each day wisely in the 21st century.This is The Asatru Community, Inc's compilation; and was put toget...
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    11,97 €

  • Das Pentameron
    Felix Liebrecht / Giambattista Basile
    Der Neapolitaner Giambattista Basile (1575/1632) war ein italienischer Schriftsteller und Höfling verschiedener Fürsten. Er verfasste Gedichte sowie Theaterstücke und gilt durch sein Hauptwerk Il Pentamerone als Europas erster großer Märchenerzähler. Aus dem Buch: 'Es war nämlich einmal ein König von Buschtal, welcher eine Tochter namens Zoza hatte, die man gleich einem zweiten...
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    7,26 €

  • True Irish Ghost Stories
    John D. Seymour / John DSeymour
    There is something so natural, and at the same time so unnatural, in seeing a door open when we know that there is no one on the other side of it, or in hearing the sound of footsteps, and feeling that it cannot be attributed to the feet of a mortal. These simple yet compelling narratives provide amazing descriptions of poltergeists and banshees, spirit-filled houses, deathbed ...
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    20,35 €

  • The Romance of Tristan and Iseult
    M. Joseph Bedier / MJoseph Bedier
    The legend of Tristan and Iseult is an influential romance and tragedy. The tragic story is of the adulterous love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Iseult. The narrative predates and most likely influenced the Arthurian romance of Lancelot and Guinevere, and has had a substantial impact on Western art and the idea of romantic love and literature. ...
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    20,58 €

  • Faust
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend who makes a pact with the Devil in exchange for knowledge. The meaning of the word and name has been reinterpreted through the ages. 'Faust' has taken on a connotation distinct from its original use, and is often used today to describe a person whose headstrong desire for self-fulfillment leads him or her in a diabolical direc...
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    27,97 €

  • The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
    Howard Pyle
    Sir Launcelot of the Lake dwelt within a magic lake which was the enchanted habitation of the Lady Nymue of the Lake. He was there trained in all the most excellent arts of chivalry by Sir Pellias, the Gentle Knight. All of this was told in this book and many other things concerning Sir Launcelot and several other worthies who were Companions of the Round Table and who were ve...
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    36,72 €

  • The Theogony
    Hesiod Hesiod
    Hesiod’s Theogony is a large-scale synthesis of a vast variety of local Greek traditions concerning the gods, organized as a narrative that tells how they came to be and how they established permanent control over the cosmos. It is the first Greek mythical cosmogony. The initial state of the universe is chaos, a dark indefinite void considered as a divine primordial condition f...
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    14,24 €

  • Hades Had a Son
    Zimbell House Publishing
    And it came to pass that five voices brought tales of the sons of Hades.One was ignored ... Another unacknowledged ... Two betrayed ... Yet one was loved. Which will be your favorite?Featured Contributors:Christina LengyelLinda M. CrateM. L. AllisonMichelle M. Monaginand Noah Daniels 3 ...
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    9,70 €

  • Le Morte D’Arthur -Vol. 2-
    Thomas Malory
    Le Morte d’Arthur (originally spelled Le Morte Darthur, Middle French for 'the death of Arthur') is a compilation by Sir Thomas Malory of Romance tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Table. The book interprets existing French and English stories about these figures, with some of Malory’s own original material. ...
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    36,38 €

  • Le Morte D’Arthur -Vol. 1-
    Thomas Malory
    Le Morte d’Arthur (originally spelled Le Morte Darthur, Middle French for 'the death of Arthur') is a compilation by Sir Thomas Malory of Romance tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Table. The book interprets existing French and English stories about these figures, with some of Malory’s own original material. ...
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    36,56 €

  • Le Morte D’Arthur -Vol. 1 & 2-
    Thomas Malory
    Le Morte d’Arthur (originally spelled Le Morte Darthur, Middle French for 'the death of Arthur') is a compilation by Sir Thomas Malory of Romance tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Table. The book interprets existing French and English stories about these figures, with some of Malory’s own original material. ...
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    41,61 €

  • Grimms’ Fairy Tales
    Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm
    Children’s and Household Tales is a collection of German fairy tales published by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms’ Fairy Tales. The first volumes were much criticized because, although they were called 'Children’s Tales', they were not regarded as suitable for children, both for the scholarly information included and...
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    36,94 €

  • Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome
    E. M. Berens / EMBerens
    Mythology is the body of myths and teachings that belong to the ancient people, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. It was a part of the religion in ancient Greece and is part of religion in modern Greece and around the world, known as Hellenismos. Modern scholars refer to and study ...
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    36,89 €

  • Gargantua, and His Son Pantagruel
    Francois Rabelais
    The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel is a connected series of five novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais. It is the story of two giants, a father, Gargantua, and his son Pantagruel and their adventures, written in an amusing, extravagant, satirical vein. ...
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    35,11 €

  • Twenty-Two Goblins
    Arthur W. Ryder / Arthur WRyder
    There is a city called Benares where Shiva lives. It is lovedby pious people like the soil of Mount Kailasa. The river ofheaven shines there like a pearl necklace. And in the citylived a king called Valour who burned up all his enemies byhis valour, as a fire burns a forest. He had a son namedThunderbolt who broke the pride of the love-god by hisbeauty, and the pride of men by ...
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    20,40 €

  • The Iliad for Boys and Girls
    Alfred J. Church / Alfred JChurch
    The Iliad is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time. Set during the Trojan War, this timeless poem vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amid devastation and destruction. Homer’s tale is a compassionate view of human life lived under the shadow of suffering and death in the face of an oft...
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    17,88 €

  • The AESop for Children
    Sop Sop
    According to the Greek historian Herodotus, the fables were written by a slave named Aesop, who lived in Ancient Greece during the 5th century BCE. Aesop’s fables and the Indian tradition as represented by the Buddhist Jataka Tales and the Hindu Panchatantra share about a dozen tales in common although often widely differing in detail. There is therefore some debate over whethe...
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    17,94 €

  • The Odyssey for Boys and Girls
    Alfred J. Church / Alfred JChurch
    The Odyssey is literature’s grandest evocation of everyman’s journey though life. The poem centers on the Greek hero Odysseus and his long journey home after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten-year Trojan War. Odysseus survives storm and shipwreck, the cave of the Cyclops and the isle of Circe, the lure of the Sirens’ song and a trip ...
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    17,89 €

  • Medea
    Eurípides
    Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC. The plot centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened, and the revenge she takes against her husband Jason who has betrayed her for another woman. ...
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    36,62 €

  • The First Fairy Tale
    Susan Highsmith
    “The First Fairy Tale Book I: The Adventure Begins by Susan Highsmith combines elegant beauty with magical words that inspire and inform us of the mystery and reality of conception.  The beautiful artwork of Mark Sean Wilson adds a transcendent aura to every page.  The shapes and colors of his illustrations combined with Susan’s enlightening text bring us the wonder of the natu...
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    26,21 €

  • The First Fairy Tale
    Susan Highsmith
    “The First Fairy Tale Book I: The Adventure Begins by Susan Highsmith combines elegant beauty with magical words that inspire and inform us of the mystery and reality of conception.  The beautiful artwork of Mark Sean Wilson adds a transcendent aura to every page.  The shapes and colors of his illustrations combined with Susan’s enlightening text bring us the wonder of the natu...
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    17,01 €

  • Immortal Bound
    T.G. Ayer
    Against the rising horde of the underworld, the gods have one weapon: Vee Shankar. Special Agent. Supernatural CSI. Beneath New York's cosmopolitan veneer lies a darker truth--a concrete jungle of the supernatural kind. But humanity is protected, their souls guarded by ancient and powerful Hindu Gods.  The Shankars deal in death--demons, evil spirits, possessions, and eve...
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    14,25 €

  • Maid Marian
    Thomas Love Peacock
    'Maid Marian' is a 1822 novella by English novelist Thomas Love Peacock. His fourth long work of fiction, it it’s completion was delayed due to Peacock’s recruitment into the East India Company in 1819. Because of this, it was considered a copy of Sir Walter Scott’s 'Ivanhoe', even though its composition had actually predated Scott’s work. An exciting and entertaining story fu...
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    20,25 €

  • The Misfortunes of Elphin
    Thomas Love Peacock
    'The Misfortunes of Elphin' is a 1829 novella by English novelist and poet Thomas Love Peacock. The fifth serious fictional work that he completed, it is set in England at the time of the legendary King Arthur and contains many elements of Welsh legend, although it avoids the magical and preternatural elements common in each. This fantastic story will appeal to lovers of Englis...
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    22,55 €

  • Rage of a Demon
    E D Jimenez
    Uncover the secrets of a hero greater than gods. Kanaka is a simple girl in a simple village. If you ignore the wall of lava and screams of death that surrounds it. After being forcibly removed from her village she goes on a journey to uncover the truth of her family. It sounded simple, until the threat of the demon god, that her father trapped a thousand years ago, getting rel...
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    16,33 €

  • Fragile Gods
    Melissa Snark / MSMacKnight
    Prince of Asgard. Heir to the Wild Hunt.Sawyer Barrett grew up far from his divine birthright, raised as a hunter of monsters in Phoenix, Arizona. He failed in his duty as slayer and guardian. While in a berserker rage, he killed a wolf-shifter child of the Storm Pack.Blood must be repaid in blood.He pledges to protect the people he wronged, but enemies lurk on all sides—shape ...
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    17,80 €

  • The Search After Happiness
    Charlotte Brontë
    'The Search After Happiness' is a 1829 novel by Charlotte Brontë. Written when the author was just thirteen years old, it is a disturbing tale of mysterious men and enslaving creatures that poses many questions but answers few. An uncanny insight into the mind of a young literary genius, 'The Search After Happiness' is not to be missed by those who have read and enjoyed other w...
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    14,78 €


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