Folklore & Mythology

This complex topic is explored through articles covering general concepts and ideas, major forms of ritual and festival, life cycle rites and specific rites and festivals such as Easter, Christmas, Passover, Ramadan and many more. more...

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An A to Z reference work which offers entries on every aspect of the subject including: descriptions of hundreds of individual legends and their variations, legend themes, the scholary approaches to the genre, and thorough coverage from around the world. more...

Price: $105.00

This is an A-Z encyclopedia on women in the ancient world with entries which include: why Cleopatra seduced Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, engulfing the Roman Empire in bloody civil war, and the historical evidence that substantiates tales of sexual rites in Babylonian temples. more...

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A collection of over 40 stories: Tom Tit Tot • The Three Sillies • The Rose-Tree • The Old Woman and Her Pig • How Jack Went to Seek His Fortune • Mr. Vinegar • Nix Nought Nothing • Jack Hannaford • Binnorie • Mouse and Mouser • Cap O' Rushes • Teeny-Tiny • Jack and the Beanstalk • The Story of the Three Little Pigs • The Master and His Pupil • Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse • Jack and His Golden Snuff-Box • The Story of the Three Bears • Jack the Giant-Killer • Jack the Giant-Killer • Henny-Penny • Childe Rowland • Molly Whuppie • The Red Ettin • The Golden Arm • The History of Tom Thumb • Mr. Fox • Lazy Jack • Johnny-Cake • Earl Mar's Daughter • Mr. Miacca • Whittington and His Cat • The Strange Visitor • The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh • The Cat and the Mouse • The Fish and the Ring • The Magpie's Nest • Kate Crackernuts • The Cauld Lad of Hilton • The Ass, the Table, and the Stick • Fairy Ointment • The Well of the World's End • Master of All Masters • The Three Heads of the We more...

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Tells the story of Kate Branch, a seventeen-year-old afflicted by strange visions and given to blood-chilling wails of pain and fright. Branch accused several women of bewitching her, two of whom were put on trial for witchcraft. This work takes us inside the courtroom - and inside the minds of the surprisingly skeptical Stamford town folk. more...

Price: $14.95