Myths & Legends

The book titled Middle Ages by the author H. A. Guerber. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Who's Who in Mythology by the author Alexander Stuart Murray. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

There has always been a deep and abiding fascination with the Arthurian tales - for they are both a rich part of our Celtic heritage and also provide profound archetypes...

"Impressive. . . . Rich in cultural history and imagination. . . . To Ball, mythic writing is where the conditions of irrationality, superstition, and enchantment persist: forms of wonder...

This reference work provides an account of the wide range of folk beliefs that have survived into our own age. Arranged alphabetically by their key word, the superstitions are illustrated...

Most readers associate fairy tales with the work of Charles Perrault and the Grimm brothers, collectors of those traditional and much-loved folk tales retold to each new generation of children....

Dreamlike Welsh tales from the thirteenth century Drawing on myth, folklore and history, the stories of the Mabinogion passed from generations of storytellers before they were written down in the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the flickering candlelight of medieval Europe, the boundary between the living and the dead was not a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the sun-scorched plains of ancient Greece to the storm-wracked summit of Olympus, The...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFrom the deep spiritual heart of Australia's ancient landscape comes Altjeringa and Other Aboriginal Poems, a profound collection that channels the voices,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodLong before bedtime stories became a modern ritual, two German brothers were busy collecting and codifying the most enduring tales...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBefore Arthur was a king, he was simply a boy called the Wart — and in...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedWhat if the fairy tales we tell children are not mere entertainment, but the very architecture of a healthy psyche? In The...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodStep into a world of maharajas, magical creatures, and ancient wisdom with Favorite Fairy Tales Told in India, a captivating...

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Edition: First Edition ThusCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedSet against the sweeping backdrop of the Roman Empire at the time of Christ, Ben-Hur chronicles the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the boundary between the known and the unknowable, The Occult and the Supernatural: The World of the Unexplained stands as a comprehensive and...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA fascinating intersection of timekeeping, culture, and cosmic order, The Phenomenon Book of Calendars (1978) stands as a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt the crossroads of every major spiritual tradition humanity has ever known stands a body of universal truth — and...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodCondition remarks: **FRENCH TEXT ONLY** spine cracked, otherwise internally sound. From the intimate world of French storytelling...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodAt the heart of one of the world's oldest living cultures lies a cosmology so profound it shaped an entire continent —...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodDeep in the heart of Victoria's Central Highlands, the Taungurung people have maintained a living connection to Country, language, and law across countless generations...

The legend of King Arthur has been told and retold for centuries. As the king who united a nation, his is the story of England itself. But what if Arthur...

A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR _______________ 'A work of extraordinary ambition, brilliantly realised' OBSERVER 'A mesmerising journey down the byways of English folklore' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Verbally dextrous,...

Three powerful heroines - a queen, a sorceress and woman made of flowers - plot revenge against the villain who wronged them. A gorgeously dark debut novel inspired by Celtic...

High school paranormal romance meets Norse mythology for fans of The Vampire Diaries and Atlas Six from TikTok sensation Emma Noyes After Charlie Hudson's classmate goes missing in the forest...

This new edition is a completely rewritten and revised version of Rose's original, seminal, text. Adding a huge amount of new material, Robin Hard incorporates the results of the latest...

Comprehensive and scholarly, this well-designed text presents Greek and Roman myths in a lively and easy-to-read manner. The material has been rearranged to make it easier to find and the...

Nearly 3000 separate entries in alphabetical order, ranging from the South African fairies Abtawa to the German dwarves Zwerge, make this book ten times as comprehensive as any other dictionary...

This text explores the mysteries which lie at the core of being male when one takes a quest into the Celtic-Teutonic-Christian myth of the Grail Castle. The Pagan Celtic culture's...

The book titled Celtic Fairy Tales by the author Joseph Jacobs. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled The Golden Bough by the author Sir James George Frazer. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Do You Know... where the legend of a cat's nine lives comes from why "mama" is a word understood in nearly all languages how the custom of kissing began whether...

Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedIn a world where legends are not merely remembered but wielded as weapons, A Song of Legends Lost launches...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the dawn of Western drama comes a collection of four extraordinary tragedies by Aeschylus — the father...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the windswept shores of medieval Iceland emerges one of the greatest works of...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the heart of medieval Christendom, where chivalry and divine mystery intertwine, The Quest of the Holy Grail...