Folklore, Myths & Legends

The between days were days of pure white heat.Summer is swelling around the village. Heat is surging, people are whispering about a great hungry wa...

From the fan-favorite Pop Surrealist painter and graphic artist, this coloring book features stunningly beautiful black-and-white images of mermaid...

Whispers in the Echo Chamber: Folklore and the Role of Conspiracy Theory in Contemporary Society makes the case that conspiracy theories are fundam...

An ode to the joy of making waves.Ah, salty breezes, beach hair, the feeling of bare feet (or fins) in warm sand. And dreams of that mer-mazing wor...

Challenges the concept that the notorious horse penis is key to understanding the Tale of Vlsi, via the concept of the paganesque. A family of Nor...

Significantly expanded and updateda lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its increasing influence within global popular culture.   Monsters,...

Significantly expanded and updateda lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its increasing influence within global popular culture.   Monsters,...

In Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic, historian Tabitha Stanmore will transport readers to a time when magic was used day-to-day as ...

In Hawaii, a cast of women reckon with physical and emotional alienation, and the toll it takes on their psyches. A childhood encounter with a wild...

Combining Black Dogs three very successful hardcover collections of urban legends (Alligators in the Sewer, The Baby on the Car Roof, and The Cat i...

'A poetic, erudite exploration of history and myth' Financial TimesAn unforgettable journey through centuries and across cultures to the pivotal mo...

SPINNING SILVER meets HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE in this beautiful debut Slavic folklore fantasy.Marisha's time is running out. She's already lost her fa...

SPINNING SILVER meets HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE in this beautiful debut Slavic folklore fantasy.Marisha's time is running out. She's already lost her fa...

Scholars of Richard Wagner's works have long noted his numerous comparisons between their characters and plots in his letters, essays, and recorded...

Scholars devoted to analysis of Richard Wagner's operas and music-dramas have long noted his numerous comparisons between their characters and plot...

'GAVE ME SERIOUS WRITER ENVY' KIRSTY LOGAN'ONE OF MY FAVOURITE STORYTELLERS' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE'AN INCREDIBLE AND UNIQUE IMAGINATION' IRISH TI...

In the waning years of the fourteenth century, the household of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster was scandalized when twelve petulant English k...

Uncover fascinating paranormal activity on this chilling, nerve-wracking global tour of over 50 paranormal locations, with a brilliant foreword fro...

The perfect gift for bird watchers. 70 of Britain's birds natural history facts, folklore and literary appearances. Packed wit...

This book analyzes the contemporary politics of the Hajj in countries of Africa, the Near East, and Southeast Asia. States must organize the mobili...

Only a few decades after the Spanish conquest of Peru, the third Bishop of Cuzco, Sebastián de Lartaún, called for a report on the religious practi...

Ever since Odysseus heard tales of his own exploits being retold among strangers, audiences and readers have been alive to the complications and qu...