Folklore, Myths & Legends

Blood Will Tell explores the ways in which writers, thinkers, and politicians used blood and vampire related imagery to express social and cultural...

The practice of medicine is immersed in issues of life, death, and suffering in relation to the mortal body. Because of this, the medical professio...

The practice of medicine is immersed in issues of life, death, and suffering in relation to the mortal body. Because of this, the medical professio...

Each volume in the Kappianaqtut series provides readers with an in-depth academic examination of two mythological creatures from Inuit mythology. T...

The legends of the Norse and Germanic regions of Europe--spanning from Germany and Austria across Scandinavia to Iceland and England--include a bro...

This book presents an all-encompassing view of the cultural and literary traditions of representing, adapting, and understanding myth in the contex...

A Companion to Folklore contains an original and comprehensive set of essays from international experts in the field of folklore studies. This stat...

In 1691, a Livonian peasant known as Old Thiess boldly announced before a district court that he was a werewolf. Yet far from being a diabolical mo...

Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes (1916) explores Hawaiian folktales and myths collected by W. D. Westervelt. Connecting the origin story of Hawaii to ...

A colorful illustration of Hawaiis most cherished origin story, the myth of Pele and Hiiaka.Pele and Hiiaka: A Myth From Hawaii (1915) is a collect...

Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation   The rich stor...

When heritage becomes a commodity, when culture is instrumental in driving tourism, and when individuals assert ownership over either, social, ideo...

Why is there no Grand Theory in the study of folklore? Talcott Parsons (19021979) advocated grand theory, which put the analysis of social phenomen...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

The sagas of the ancient Narts are to the Caucasus what Greek mythology is to Western civilization. This book presents, for the first time in the W...

An entertaining and enchanting collection of myths, tales and traditions surrounding the seas, skies and woodlands that make up our natural world. ...

Where did the Red Hand, the famous symbol of Ulster, originate? It's the hand of Heremon, a chief so keen to be first to lay claim to the land that...

An accessible exploration of how diverse cultures have explained humanitys origins through narratives about the natural environment Drawing from a ...

Discover the history and culture of over 50 of the most fearsome mythical creatures to capture the human imagination in this startlingly illustrate...

In the time of the Troubles, when bombs blew through the night and soldiers prowled down the roads, Henry Glassie came to the Irish borderland to l...

Once viewed as an embarrassing superstition, the theatrical religious performances of Korean shamanswho communicate with the dead, divine the futur...

Once viewed as an embarrassing superstition, the theatrical religious performances of Korean shamanswho communicate with the dead, divine the futur...

From Mothman to the Mongolian Death Worm, Shellycoat to Simurgh, Nessie to even Ningyo, this charming and creative collection of cryptids will fasc...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

The Human in Superhuman: The Power of the Sidekick in Popular Culture spotlights the often overlooked but very crucial sidekick in superhero narrat...

I have run the gauntlet of many borders in my time, but the border I grew up with at home was far and away the most trying, writes Seamas O Cathain...

Alexandra Chan thinks she has life figured out until, in the Year of the Ram, the death of her fatherher last parentbrings her to her knees, an eve...