Folklore, Myths & Legends

Told in the gentle tone of a fable, Jean-Claude Grumberg''s The Most Precious of Cargoes tells the moving story of a woman who wanted a child, and ...

'She turned into a frog, into a lizard, into all kinds of other reptiles and then into a spindle'In these tales, young women go on long and difficu...

What leads us to believe in monsters? What happens when we meet the brutal creatures of our nightmares? Tales ...

First published in 1969, An Orkney Tapestry, George Mackay Brown's seminal work, is a unique look at Orkney through the eye of a poet. Originally c...

Why did the Vikings sail to England? Were they indiscriminate raiders, motivated solely by bloodlust and plunder? One narrative, the stereotypical ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWN | THE BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD | THE MCKITTERICK PRIZE | THE PAUL TORDAY MEMORIAL PRIZE | THE WAVERTON GOOD READ ...

Twins may be allied with the celestial or animal realms: they have sometimes been construed as 'extra-human'. This multi-disciplinary work explores...

The Maori have a rich and colourful tradition of myth and legend - many of their most important and popular tales are retold in this classic, bests...

The four stories that make up the Mabinogi, along with three additional tales from the same tradition, form this collection and compose the core of...

A diverse new anthology that traces the meaning and magic of the sorcerers apprentice tale throughout historyThe Sorcerers Apprentice might conjure...