Folklore, Myths & Legends

Expand your bird knowledge with this gorgeous encyclopedia of nearly 400 bird species around the world, unique for its inclusion of both their phys...

'The Merchant and the Genie, The Fisherman and the Genie, The Porter and the Three Ladies, The Three Apples... The folk and fairy tales of Western ...

The Book of Symbols combines original and incisive essays about particular symbols with representative images from all parts of the world and all e...

For centuries we have been fascinated with fairies, mythical beings often possessing intriguing magical powers to curse, trick or heal humans. The ...

Spring, 1985. Twelve year old Phoebe MacDonald's world is falling apart. She has just buried her parents, a fire at their family home claiming both...

The perfect introduction to the world of Korean myth and legend. Korean myths are a living and evolving part of society, in both the North and Sou...

Russ Williams was raised on Waless stories, like the one about a mountain that would send you mad or turn you into a gifted poet if you camped out ...

An entrancing new telling of ancient Greek mythsThis book is a triumph! . . . [A] magnificent retelling of the Greek myths.Alexander McCall Smith, ...

During his correspondence with erotic folklore collector Gershon Legman, famed chantey singer and collector Stan Hugill (19061992) shared unexpurga...

During his correspondence with erotic folklore collector Gershon Legman, famed chantey singer and collector Stan Hugill (19061992) shared unexpurga...

Text in Arabic. Available for the first time in Arabic, Scientific American sets out to debunk urban lore and cultural mythology. In this two-part ...

Text in Arabic. Available for the first time in Arabic, Scientific American sets out to debunk urban lore and cultural mythology. In this two-part ...

You think you know these stories, dont you? You are wrong...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Storyland and Wild, comes a sweeping new legendary of miracles, magic, human frailty and heroic strengt...

Delve into this beautiful treasury of stories, inspired by nature. This collection features 18 folk tales, myths and age-old stories of animals, bi...

Antoine Gallands French translation of the Thousand and One Nights appeared in 1704. One year later a pirate edition was printed in The Hague, foll...

Fairies, elves, and other magical beings theyre so much more than just childrens tales. For centuries, Europeans believed in a parallel supernatur...

The ancient Celts lived by and worshipped the moon. While modern, digital life is often at odds with nature rubbing against it rather than working...

The first comprehensive study of medieval changelings and associated attitudes to the health and care of children in the period. The changeling - ...

Staging Tianxia explores the ancient Chinese vision of world order known as tianxia (all under heaven) by focusing on the historical, performative,...

Bardskull is the record of three journeys made by Martin Shaw, the celebrated storyteller and interpreter of myth, in the year before he turned fif...

When David Thomson took a journey to the sea coasts of Scotland and Ireland to seek out the legend of the selchies - mythological creatures who tra...

The Norsemen of old Scandinavia were a tough and hardy people, best known today for their prowess in bloody combat and storytelling. Because they h...

Alongside the mummies and the great treasure-filled burial chambers of the Pyramids are the many gods, heroes, monsters and legends that defined th...

What is it like to meet a being from another world? This book collects testimony from eight hundred years of witnesses baffled by the supernatural ...

Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods (1915) is a collection of Hawaiian folktales and myths by W. D. Westervelt. Connecting the origin story o...

Spring Man: A Belief Legend between Folklore and Popular Culture deconstructs the nationalistic myth of Spring Man that was created after the Secon...

Möbius Media explores the interplay of popular and traditional cultures, reminding readers that expressive cultural forms are never mutually exclus...

Möbius Media explores the interplay of popular and traditional cultures, reminding readers that expressive cultural forms are never mutually exclus...