Folklore, Myths & Legends

Nine tales of early Irish literature beautifully retold in a modern, evocative style A mysterious woman appears nightly at the bedside of a prince...

Superstitions are commonplace in the modern world. Mostly, however, they evoke innocuous images of people reading their horoscopes or avoiding blac...

An overview of the cultural transmission of the Arabian Nights within nineteenth-century BritainAn overview of the cultural transmission of the Ara...

An overview of the cultural transmission of the Arabian Nights within nineteenth-century BritainAn overview of the cultural transmission of the Ara...

Dating all the way back to the 5th century B.C., Chinese horoscopes contain a wealth of interesting stories and facts. From the twelve famous zodia...

Shortlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Crown Award 2023The history of a demonic tradition that was stolen from women and then won back again.'Remarka...

The hills of the Appalachia region hold secretsdark, deep, varied, and mysterious. These secrets are often told in the form of eerie, thrilling, an...

The hills of the Appalachia region hold secretsdark, deep, varied, and mysterious. These secrets are often told in the form of eerie, thrilling, an...

Dr. Estés asks, Did you know, you were born as the first, and the last and the best and the only one of your kind, and that eccentricity is the fir...

Epic does many things. Among others, it defines the nature of the human storyteller; recalls the creation of the world and of the human race; descr...

Originally published in 1923, the following papers contain the results of investigations concerning religion and custom in Borneo and the Malay Pen...

In this book, Emily Hilliard draws from her work as state folklorist to explore contemporary folklife in West Virginia. In doing so, she challenges...