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  • The World of the Khanty Epic Hero-Princes

    An Exploration of a Siberian Oral Tradition

    by Arthur Hatto ...
    Series Book 69 - University of Cambridge Oriental Publications
    In his final book, the late Arthur Hatto analyses the Khanty epic tradition in Siberia on the basis of eighteen texts of Khanty oral heroic epic poems recorded and edited by a succession of Hungarian and Russian scholars in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The book examines the world view of an indigenous culture as reconstructed from its own words, demonstrates a flexible outline for ... Read more

    $109.09 USD

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    by Joseph Campbell ...
    Series series The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell
    Explore the Hero's Journey in stories as old as humanity and as new as last night's dreamThe latest incarnation of Oedipus, the continued romance of Beauty and the Beast, stand this afternoon on the corner of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, waiting for the traffic light to change. — Joseph CampbellSince its release in 1949, The Hero with a Thousand Faceshas influenced millions of readers by ... Read more

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  • Parallel Myths

    by J.F. Bierlein ...
    “Unusually accessible and useful . . . An eye-opener to readers into the universality and importance of myth in human history and culture.”—William E. Paden, Chair, Department of Religion, University of VermontFor as long as human beings have had language, they have had myths. Mythology is our earliest form of literary expression and the foundation of all history and morality. Now, in Parallel ... Read more

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  • Creative Mythology

    by Joseph Campbell ...
    Series Book 4 - The Masks of God™
    Explore the power of myth as it exploded from medieval Europe into the modern worldIn this fourth volume of The Masks of God — Joseph Campbell's major work of comparative mythology — the pre-eminent mythologist looks at the birth of the modern, individualistic mythology as it developed in Europe beginning in the twelfth century A.D. up through the modernist art of the twentieth century.The Masks ... Read more

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  • Faust: Part Two

    by J. W. von Goethe ...
    Series Book 2 - Oxford World's Classics
    Loosely connected with Part One and the German legend of Faust, Part Two is a dramatic epic rather than a strictly constructed drama. It is conceived as an act of homage to classical Greek culture and inspired above all by the world of story-telling and myth at the heart of the Greek tradition, as well as owing some of its material to the Arabian Nights tales. The restless and ruthless hero, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Erotica Romana (Mobi Classics)

    by Johann Wolfgang Goethe ...
    This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display. ... Read more

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  • Morphology of the Folktale

    Second Edition

    by V. Propp ...
    Translated by Laurence Scott ...
    Series series American Folklore Society Bibliographical and Special Series
    This book is the classic work on forms of the European folktale. ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • ALU, An Advanced Guide to Operative Runology

    by Edred Thorsson ...
    This follow-up to the classic Futhark breaks new ground by applying current scientific theories on how magic works in traditional societies to the world of practical magic. ALU, An Advanced Guide to Operative Runology contains completely new and fresh descriptions of all the individual runes based on traditional sources, rune-poems, Old Norse literature, and more.Thorsson one of the most respected ... Read more

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  • Essential Asatru

    Walking the Path of Norse Paganism

    by Diana L. Paxson ...
    In Essential Asatru, renowned author and priestess Diana Paxson demystifies an ancient, rich, and often misunderstood religion, and offers a practical guide for its modern followers.**A Journey to Fulfillment and RenewalFilled with clear, concise instructions on living Asatru every day, this truly accessible guide takes you on a journey from Asatru’s origins in Scandinavian and German paganism to ... Read more

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  • The Story Of Kullervo

    by J.R.R. Tolkien, Verlyn Flieger ...
    **“Shows how Finnish mythology and folk tales were instrumental to how Tolkien created his own legendarium.”—**Boston GlobeKullervo, son of Kalervo, is perhaps the darkest and most tragic of all J.R.R. Tolkien’s characters. “Hapless Kullervo,” as Tolkien called him, is a luckless orphan boy with supernatural powers and a tragic destiny.Brought up in the homestead of the dark magician Untamo, who ... Read more

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  • Icelandic Magic

    Practical Secrets of the Northern Grimoires

    by Stephen E. Flowers, Ph.D. ...
    A practical guide to the magical systems of pre-Christian Iceland• Reveals spells and workings drawn directly from surviving magical books from the 16th to 20th century preserved at the National Library in Reykjavík• Explores the history of magic in Iceland through original translations of Icelandic folktales about famous magicians and about legendary grimoires, such as the Galdrabók, the oldest ... Read more

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  • The Return of the Dead

    Ghosts, Ancestors, and the Transparent Veil of the Pagan Mind

    by Claude Lecouteux ...
    How the ghost stories of pagan times reveal the seamless union existing between the world of the living and the afterlife• Demonstrates how Medieval Christianity transformed the more corporeal ghost encountered in pagan cultures with the disembodied form known today• Explains how the returning dead were once viewed as either troublemakers or guarantors of the social orderThe impermeable border the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD