Folklore, Myths & Legends

A collection of scholarship on monsters and their meaningacross genres, disciplines, methodologies, and timefrom foundational texts to the most rec...

A very readable guide which fills the gap between academic analysis and less critical retellings of the myths and legends. Marytn Whittock provides...

The story of King Arthur and the quest for the Holy Grail is well known; less so is that of the coming of Christianity to Britain at around the tim...

The Irish are world masters at talking. The magic behind our silky, colourful (and non-stop) stories is a little thing called blarney, or the gift ...

Does a hulking, hairy, 800-pound, nine-foot-tall, elusive primate roam the woods and forests throughout North America - and the world? Audio- recor...

This richly illustrated guide to 650 places will appeal to those who want to explore Britain''s lost animist landscape of fairies, folklore, myth a...