Folklore Mythology category: 2054 books
Satan's Silence
Ritual Abuse and the Making of a Modern American Witch Hunt
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2001
Communities throughout the United States were convulsed in the 1980s and early 1990s by accusations, often without a shred of serious evidence, that respectable men and women in their midstmany of them trusted preschool teacherssecretly gathered in far reaching conspiracies to rape and terrorize children....
Magical Folk
British and Irish Fairies - 500 AD to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
When Tinker Bell followed Peter Pan to Hollywood in the 1950s, fairies vanished into the realm of child-lore. Yet in 1923 30-yearold J.R.R. Tolkien’s visit to his aunt’s house Bag’s End inspired a story about hedgerowfairies or ‘Hobbits’, and three years earlier Sherlock-Holmes author Arthur...
Vanishing Act
Cambodia's World of Magic
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
Cambodia's mystic class of sorcerers, mediums, fortunetellers, and monks channel spirits, read fortunes in numbers and cards, and inscribe enchantments in flesh. But technology and modernity are changing these roles and rituals. Vanishing Act tracks down these singular people to document their lives,...
by Katherine Borland, Tina Bucuvalas, Brent Cantrell
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
Florida is blessed with a semitropical climate, beautiful inland areas, and over a thousand miles of warm seas and sandy beaches. And Floridians are every bit as colorful and diverse as the tropical foliage. The interaction between Florida's people and its environment has created distinctive mixes...
Ghosts of Manhattan
Legendary Spirits and Notorious Haunts
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2009
Ghosts abound in Manhattan, and with the aid of Dr. Philip Ernest Schoenberg's extensive guide, you can still hobnob with cultural icons such as Dorothy Parker and Sherwood Anderson or glimpse Harry Houdini's ghost, who is said to haunt the legendary McSorley's. Even the spirits of America's most illustrious...
Old Trout Funnies
The Comic Origins of the Cape Breton Liberation Army
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Now iconic to Canadian, if not global culture, Cape Breton Island underwent a metamorphosis of sorts during the 1970s and 1980s. Long marginalized by geography, economics and predominant mainland political culture, a countercultural sea change brought the island’s deeply rooted creative side—music,...
by Steve Roud
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2006
Are black cats lucky or unlucky? What should you do when you hear the first cuckoo? Since when have people believed that it's unlucky to shoot an albatross? Why does breaking a mirror lead to misfortune? This fascinating collection answers these and many other questions about the world of superstitions...
Japanese Demon Lore
Oni from Ancient Times to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
Oni, ubiquitous supernatural figures in Japanese literature, lore, art, and religion, usually appear as demons or ogres. Characteristically threatening, monstrous creatures with ugly features and fearful habits, including cannibalism, they also can be harbingers of prosperity, beautiful and sexual,...
South Carolina Ghosts
From the Coast to the Mountains
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2013
The stories in this book are based upon actual events. During the course of her research into some of South Carolina's classic tales, Nancy Roberts heard accounts of happenings in the recent past and even the present day. They're all here: from the famous Gray Man of Pawleys Island who warns of coming...
3rd Grade History: The Egyptian Civilization
Egyptian Books for Kids
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2015
Learn about the Egyptian civilization like you're actually there! That's the magic of carefully selected images that appropriately depict life way back then. Pictures tell a thousand stories therefore making learning a fun and visual experience. This book is the perfect companion of those text-heavy books used at school. Grab a copy of this interactive book today!
by Gillian Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Britain is full of ghostly stories - from the wraith of John Donne's wife to the Cock Lane poltergeist. Gillian Bennett has collected together the 100 best tales told to frighten and enthral over the last four centuries. Famous hauntings and familiar legends are combined with unusual and long-lost...
by H A Guerber
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
The Story of the Greeks provides an intersting and thorough history of Greece. Beginning with Greek myth and legend, the author moves through major figures, the Trojan war, the city-states of of Sparta and Athens, the Persian War, the adventures of Alexander the Great and more, before ending with Greece's...
Decoration Day in the Mountains
Traditions of Cemetery Decoration in the Southern Appalachians
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2010
Decoration Day is a late spring or summer tradition that involves cleaning a community cemetery, decorating it with flowers, holding a religious service in the cemetery, and having dinner on the ground. These commemorations seem to predate the post-Civil War celebrations that ultimately gave us our...
Our Stories Remember
American Indian History, Culture, and Values through Storytelling
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
An illuminating look at Native origins and lifeways, a treasure for all who value Native wisdom and the stories that keep it alive.