Folclore, mitos y leyendas

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  • Animal Guising and the Kentish Hooden Horse
    James Edward Frost
    Hoodening is an ancient calendar custom unique to East Kent, involving a wooden horse’s head on a pole, carried by a man concealed by a sack. The earliest reliable record is from 1735, but little serious research had gone into the tradition between Percy Maylam’s seminal work 'The Hooden Horse', published in 1909, and George Frampton’s 2018 update, 'Discordant Comicals'. The cu...
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    30,50 €

  • SVARTALHEIM
    Robert Blumetti
    Svartalfheim is the third of nine books of the Yggdrasil Training Program (YTP). The YTP was compiled by the members of the Erulian Council of the Folk Faith of Balder Rising (FFBR) and is a massive, comprehensive exploration into the secrets of Germanic Rune Magic (GRM), mythology and lore. Within its volumes you will explore every aspect of traditional Germanic Rune Magic i...
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    20,75 €

  • The Theogony, Works and Days, The Shield of Heracles
    Hesiod
    Hesiod was an ancient Greek poet, contemporary of Homer. His works are well known as a major source of Greek mythology, agricultural techniques, early economic thought, archaic Greek astronomy and ancient timekeeping. This special edition (Large print with introduction and footnotes) brings together his three major works: The Theogony, Works and Days and The Shield of Heracles....
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    25,89 €

  • The Theogony, Works and Days, The Shield of Heracles
    Hesiod
    Hesiod was an ancient Greek poet, contemporary of Homer. His works are well known as a major source of Greek mythology, agricultural techniques, early economic thought, archaic Greek astronomy and ancient timekeeping. This special edition (Large print with introduction and footnotes) brings together his three major works: The Theogony, Works and Days and The Shield of Heracles....
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    13,79 €

  • A Study of Baba Yaga
    Ronesa Aveela
    You thought the Wicked Witch of the West was evil, but have you met the Wicked Witch of Eastern Europe? If you’re familiar at all with Baba Yaga, you’ll likely say she is a cannibalistic witch. This infamous Slavic fairy-tale character is also perhaps one of the most complex you’ll find. While most others are strictly good or bad, Baba Yaga can be both simultaneously.Tales abou...
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    44,30 €

  • A Study of Baba Yaga
    Ronesa Aveela
    You thought the Wicked Witch of the West was evil, but have you met the Wicked Witch of Eastern Europe? If you’re familiar at all with Baba Yaga, you’ll likely say she is a cannibalistic witch. This infamous Slavic fairy-tale character is also perhaps one of the most complex you’ll find. While most others are strictly good or bad, Baba Yaga can be both simultaneously.Tales abou...
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    51,68 €

  • Folklore Guide to the Weather
    David Bowen
    A little handbook of ancient wisdom, revealing the signs, omens, and portents conveyed by the weather. ’This guide has been designed for the pocket rather than the bookshelf.’ Deepen your connection to the natural world with this enchanting exploration of weather folklore. From the forewarnings found in mist to the meteorological bearings of the stars, this compendium details ...
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    21,60 €

  • Making Our Future
    Emily Hilliard
    Drawing from her work as state folklorist, Emily Hilliard explores contemporary folklife in West Virginia and challenges the common perception of both folklore and Appalachian culture as static, antiquated forms, offering instead the concept of 'visionary folklore' as a future-focused, materialist, and collaborative approach to cultural work. With chapters on the expressive cul...
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    129,17 €

  • Symbols and Myth-Making in Modernity
    Ali Qadir / Tatiana Tiaynen-Qadir
    ’Symbols and Myth-Making in Modernity’ unpacks the deep culture that nourishes human perception of reality through symbols. From ancient, mythical creatures and rites through Renaissance masterpieces to cinema, religion and art, the book illustrates how ever-present symbols erupt in popular culture today and what work they do in transforming self and society. ...
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    180,53 €

  • Conamara Chronicles
    Seán Mac Giollarnáth / Liam Mac Con Iomaire / Tim Robinson
    I find him to be a kindred spirit, a sympathetic but shrewd enquirer, a companionable stroller, and a lover of anecdotes gathered by the wayside. So Tim Robinson described folklorist, revolutionary, and district justice Seán Mac Giollarnáth, whose 1941 book Annála Beaga ó Iorras Aithneach revealed his sheer delight in the rich language and stories of the people he encountered i...
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    99,56 €

  • Bedouin Folktales from the North of Israel
    Judith Rosenhouse / Yoel Shalom Perez
    Galilee has been a crossroads of cultures, religions, and languages for centuries, as illustrated in these fascinating Bedouin folktales, which offer excellent examples of the Arabic narrative tradition of the Middle East.Bedouin Folktales from the North of Israel collects nearly 60 traditional folktales, told mostly by women, that have been carefully translated in the same col...
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    162,50 €

  • Bedouin Folktales from the North of Israel
    Judith Rosenhouse / Yoel Shalom Perez
    Galilee has been a crossroads of cultures, religions, and languages for centuries, as illustrated in these fascinating Bedouin folktales, which offer excellent examples of the Arabic narrative tradition of the Middle East.Bedouin Folktales from the North of Israel collects nearly 60 traditional folktales, told mostly by women, that have been carefully translated in the same col...
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    118,16 €

  • Conjure Codex V
    The practice of spirit conjuration has thrived since humanity first experienced and sought to work with the natural forces of the seen and unseen worlds. It remains to this day as a living tradition among many modern cultures, while in others conjuration has been equated with ’the devil’s work’ or sidelined into the realm of the incredulous, viewed with superstition and disdain...
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    48,66 €

  • Witch Bottles
    Alexander Cummins / Daniel Harms
    'The unearthed witch-bottle is something of a murky treasure. Sealed and secreted, they encapsulate magical ideas and sorcerous strategies for undoing the blights of bewitchment.' - Dr. Alexander Cummins, Foreword WITCH BOTTLES by Daniel Harms is the first in-depth exploration of the history, culture and magic of this little-known practice used to protect against and remedy the...
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    22,53 €

  • Comunicações
    Marlise Borges
    ComunicAÇÕES são ElucubrAÇÕES. Apresenta pequenos textos que foram escritos no período em que cursei o mestrado e o doutorado em Comunicação e Semiótica, na PUC/SP. São elucubrações acadêmicas, que fala de assuntos variados, mas inteiramente despretensiosos, leves e livres. Não poderia deixar de fora o meu objeto de estudo: o trabalho artístico de Walter Freitas, escritor, dram...
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    21,08 €

  • Turkish Literature; Comprising Fables, Belles-lettres and Sacred Traditions
    Anonymous
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    29,84 €

  • Libro de refranes
    Pedro Vallés
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    34,70 €

  • Aesop and Hyssop Being Fables Adapted and Original With the Morals Carefully Formulated
    William Ellery Leonard
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    34,70 €

  • In the Land of Marvels
    Theodor Vernaleken
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    39,43 €

  • Stories From The Arabian Nights
    Michael Clarke
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    36,50 €

  • Motif-index of Medieval Spanish Folk Narratives
    Harriet Goldberg
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    26,12 €

  • Reynard the Fox is South Africa
    W.H.I. Bleek
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    33,78 €

  • Legends of Saints & Sinners
    Douglas Hyde
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    26,19 €

  • Springs and Wells in Greek and Roman Literature, Their Legends and Locations
    James Reuel Smith
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    34,47 €

  • Aboriginal Myths and Traditions Concerning the Island of Titicaca, Bolivia
    Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
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    15,88 €

  • The Fables of Phaedrus
    Robinson Ellis
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    29,59 €

  • The Fables of Phaedrus
    Robinson Ellis
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    15,82 €

  • South-African Folk-tales
    James Albert Honeij
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    34,73 €

  • La Formation Des Légendes
    Arnold van Gennep
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    37,38 €

  • Traditions of the Skidi Pawnee
    George Amos Dorsey
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    27,89 €