Folklore, Myths & Legends

The Island of Morovia is shaped like a broken heart. The humans live on one side of the island, and the alkonosts - the bird-people - live on the o...

A landmark book that charts humanity's changing relationship with birds - from the ancient Egyptians to the twenty-first century 'A marvellously or...

The most important and challenging book on Arthurian and Grail tradition for many a long year. - Gareth Knight. The relationship between human and ...

From satyrs and sea creatures to griffins and dragons, monsters lay at the heart of the medieval world. Believed to dwell in exotic, remote areas, ...

This unique Festschrift in honor of Professor Kevin J. McKenna on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday is different from most such celebratory ...

The first official companion book to HISTORY(R) network's hit series Ancient Aliens(R): a powerful journey through human history that explores fasc...

The Chinese Wonder Book contains some of the most beloved Chinese folktales. These stories include: The Golden Beetle or Why the Dog Hates the Cat...

From earliest times, hunters, shepherds, sailors, and tillers of the earth have studied the influence of the Sun, Moon and the Stars on the weather...

Much is to be gleaned by the countryman who watches from the hilltop the drifting of the clouds, the descending of mists, the presence of dew, or t...

A small format gift book which is a reproduction of the popular book ''''101 Scottish Songs'''' published by Collins in 1962. Popularized as ''''th...

Literary transformations from human to animal have occurred in myths, folklore, fairy tales and narratives from all over the world since ancient ti...

Following his account of Irish origins as evidenced by archaeology, genetics and linguistics, J. P. Mallory returns to the subject to interrogate w...

Saints and sorcerers, haunted caves and bloody battles, fairy mounds and forsaken harpers Argyll is teeming with folk tales. The region has played...

Turning to face north, face the north, we enter our own unconscious. Always, in retrospect, the journey north has the quality of dream. Margaret At...

Let your children unleash the magic of Scotland's myths and legends with this remarkable magic painting book!  Unveil dragons, unicorns and even N...

Many have remarked on the poetic names of our butterflies and moths. Their beauty fires our imaginations. Some are named after human occupations an...