Folklore, Myths & Legends

There are some writings that transcend time and tradition and speak to the ever-present heart of the human experience. Simple yet profound, challen...

Stories and animals have long travelled the same routes. Through our heritage of charming, quirky and profound tales, you will find yourself re-acq...

Patricia MacCarthy is an illustrator based in the south east of England, with almost 30 years'' experience. Patricia''s work has featured in an arr...

The legend of King Arthur has been told and retold for centuries. As the king who united a nation, his is the story of England itself. But what if ...

I lived in a haunted apartment. Davisson opens this definitive work on Japan's ghosts, or yurei, with a personal tale about the spirit world. Shift...

Jamaica Anansi Stories is a collection of folklore by Martha Warren Beckwith. Having studied under famed ethnographer Franz Boas at Columbia Univer...

Old Indian Legends (1901) is a collection of traditional stories from Yankton Dakota writer Zitkála-á. Published while Zitkála-á was just beginning...

Explore the sprawling network of culture to discover the incredible ways in which ideas connect to shape the world we see today. These mind...

A moving account of Hawaiis most culturally significant stories, presented by King David Kalkaua.The Legends and Myths of Hawaii introduces readers...

Where did the name Loch Ness come from, and how did Cherry Island come to be? When have the waters run red with blood? From history to fauna, this ...

Meet Hanina, the daughter of a Jewish tailor who cures a sultans only child by taming a lioness to get her milk. And Nahum Bilbas, the brave rabbi-...

This book is an ambitious and wide-ranging social and cultural history of gender relations among indigenous peoples of New Spain, from the Spanish ...

Robin Hood - the legendary outlaw who stole from the rich to give to the poor. From the medieval era to the present day, we have sung about him, ...

Cornwalls rugged coast is etched with stories. Here youll find tales of powerful mermaids, spiteful witches, crafty smugglers and woeful ghosts. Up...