Folklore, Myths & Legends

An astonishingly rich oral epic that chronicles the early history of a Bedouin tribe, the Sirat Bani Hilal has been performed for almost a thousand...

Lady Jane Wilde (nee Elgee) wrote Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms and Superstitions of Ireland, first published in 1887 and Ancient Cures, Charms, a...

A magical and captivating coming of age novel set in medieval Russia - perfect for fans of Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus and Philip Pullman's...

A representative collection of eighty-one myths and folktales chosen from the oral tradition of the peoples of Africa south of the Sahara. Origina...

From the asparas of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European fairy tales, tales of flying women-some with wings, others with clouds, rainbows, fl...

Tarantella, a genre of Southern Italian folk music and dance, is an international phenomenon--seen and heard in popular festivals, performed across...

Tarantella, a genre of Southern Italian folk music and dance, is an international phenomenon--seen and heard in popular festivals, performed across...

'A page-turning retelling . . . so interesting and thought-provoking' JENNIFER SAINT'A fresh and original take on the myth of Perseus . . . I was g...

The Modern Chinese Folklore Movement coalesced at National Peking University between 1918 and 1926. A group of academics, inspired by Western thoug...

Alexander the Great (356-333 BC) was transformed into a legend by all those he met, leaving an enduring tradition of romances across the world. Asi...

The Truth of Myth is a thorough and accessible introduction to the study of myth, surveying the intellectual history of the topic, methods for stud...

Outstanding. - The Sunday Times Beautifully written. The Times Superbly adroit. The Spectator Excellent. BBC History Magazine The Battle of Hastin...

The popular and critical successes of films like The Sixth Sense and The Ring and its sequels in the late 1990s led to an impressive international ...

The story of Jason and the Argonauts is one of the best known of ancient Greek myths and has captivated people for over two and a half thousand yea...

Fables in Jewish Culture catalogues almost 400 Jewish scrolls and books from the collection of Jon A. Lindseth that contain animal stories with mor...

He mea hoomanao no na hana oia au i hala, a he mea hoi e poina ole ai i na mamo o keia la a mau aku. A memorial for the events of the past, and som...

Apparently, slumber parties in the mid-South 1970s were plied with a strange ritual. At midnight attendees would gather before a mirror and chant I...

He mea hoomanao no na hana oia au i hala, a he mea hoi e poina ole ai i na mamo o keia la a mau aku. A memorial for the events of the past, and som...

'A really thrilling and totally original story of Greek mythology that I can't recommend highly enough' JENNIFER SAINT Before Gods and mortals, the...

'A really thrilling and totally original story of Greek mythology that I can't recommend highly enough' JENNIFER SAINT Before Gods and mortals, the...

The first study to look at the intersection of the discourse of the Anthropocene within the two highly influential storytelling modes of fantasy an...

In Edo-period Japan, readers relished works known as kibyshi that combined text and illustration on the same page, much like comic books and manga....

In Edo-period Japan, readers relished works known as kibyshi that combined text and illustration on the same page, much like comic books and manga....

From mermaids to dragons, 16 ancient Celtic fairy tales retold with their historiesThe Celtic cultures of the British Isles Ireland, Scotland and ...

WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARD FOR SHORT STORY OF THE YEAR 2023'ONE OF MY FAVOURITE STORYTELLERS. THESE TALES LINGERED, MORPHED, CONSUMED M...

While the undisputed heyday of folk horror was Britain in the 1960s and 1970s, the genre has not only a rich cinematic and literary prehistory, but...

It is an important contribution to intellectual history in that it deals with the prevailing ideas at a given time, places them in wider context an...

Parliament Wood being a deceptively simple tale of animal literature about a part real and mystical Avian Society that takes place in the wilds of ...

Books on Runes are not legion in France. Ever since the Introduction to Runology by Lucien Musset in 1965, very few works have been published on th...

In many places around the world, flutes and the sounds of flutes are powerful magical forces for seduction and love, protection, vegetal and human ...

Glass slippers, a fairy godmother, a ball, a prince, an evil stepfamily, and a poor girl known for sitting amongst the ashes: incarnations of the C...

Der bis ins 17. Jahrhundert breit überlieferte 'Sigenot' erzählt von Dietrichs von Bern Gefangennahme durch den Riesen Sigenot und von seiner Befre...