Poetry Month!
 
 

Special Offers see all

Enter to WIN!

Weekly drawing for $100 credit. Subscribe to our Specials newsletter for a chance to win.
Privacy Policy

More at Powell's


New Arrivals


spacer

New Arrivals
Mythology


There are 19 books in this aisle.

Featured Titles in New Arrivals - Mythology
Page 1 of 1

Michigan Legends: Folktales and Lore from the Great Lakes State
Michigan Legends: Folktales and Lore from the Great Lakes State
by Sheryl James
Publisher Comments
Over the course of its history, the state of Michigan has produced its share of folktales and lore. Many are familiar with the Ojibwa legend of Sleeping Bear Dunes, and most have heard a yarn or two told of Michigans herculean lumberjack, Paul Bunyan... (read more)

Your price: $18.95
New - Trade Paper

add to wish list


A Brief Guide to Native American Myths and Legends
A Brief Guide to Native American Myths and Legends
by Lewis Spence
Publisher Comments
Jon E. Lewis provides new material and commentary alongside Lewis Spences work from 1914. The chapters cover the history of Native Americans, their language and lifestyle, their culture and religion, and more.... (read more)

Your price: $13.95
New - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Medusa: In the Mirror of Time
Medusa: In the Mirror of Time
by David Leeming
Publisher Comments
With her repulsive face and head full of living, venomous snakes, Medusa is petrifying—quite literally, since looking directly at her turned people to stone. Ever since Perseus cut off her head and presented it to Athena, she has been a woman of... (read more)

List Price $25.00
Your price: $16.95
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list


Mysteries and Secrets of Numerology (Mysteries and Secret)
Mysteries and Secrets of Numerology (Mysteries and Secret)
by Lionel Fanthorpe
Publisher Comments
Mysteries and Secrets of Numerology investigates the ancient and widespread belief that numbers have unexplained powers to influence our lives, everything we do, and everything around us, so that, as the brilliant scientist and philosopher Sir... (read more)

Your price: $19.99
New - Trade Paper

add to wish list


The Devil Within: Possession & Exorcism in the Christian West
The Devil Within: Possession & Exorcism in the Christian West
by Brian P. Levack
Publisher Comments
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the era of the Reformation, thousands of Europeans were thought to be possessed by demons. In response to their horrifying symptoms—violent convulsions, displays of preternatural strength, vomiting of... (read more)

Your price: $35.00
New - Hardcover

add to wish list


The Lost History of the Little People: Their Spiritually Advanced Civilizations Around the World
The Lost History of the Little People: Their Spiritually Advanced Civilizations Around the World
by Susan B. Martinez
Publisher Comments
Reveals an ancient race of Little People, the catalyst for the emergence of the first known civilizations • Traces the common roots of key words and holy symbols, including the scarlet biretta of Catholic cardinals, back to the Little People &bull... (read more)

Your price: $20.00
New - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Before Atlantis: 20 Million Years of Human and Pre-Human Cultures
Before Atlantis: 20 Million Years of Human and Pre-Human Cultures
by Frank Joseph
Publisher Comments
A comprehensive exploration of Earth’s ancient past, the evolution of humanity, the rise of civilization, and the effects of global catastrophes • Explores biological evidence for the aquatic ape theory and 20-million-year-old evidence of pre... (read more)

Your price: $20.00
New - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Ragnarok
Ragnarok
by A.S. Byatt
Publisher Comments
The gods meet their cataclysmic end in this acclaimed work of fiction from the inimitable author of Possession and The Children's Book, now in paperback. As the bombs of the Blitz rain down on Britain, one young girl is evacuated to the countryside. She... (read more)

List Price $14.00
Your price: $9.95
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Atlantis and the Silver City
Atlantis and the Silver City
by Peter Daughtrey
Publisher Comments
More than 2,000 years ago Plato laid down around a hundred cryptic clues about the location of the lost world of Atlantis. Since then countless experts have tried to crack Plato's code. Some claim Atlantis lies under the volcanic rocks of Santorini... (read more)

List Price $26.95
Your price: $17.95
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list


Dragonslayers: From Beowulf to St. George (Myths and Legends)
Dragonslayers: From Beowulf to St. George (Myths and Legends)
by Joseph A. Mccullough
Publisher Comments
From legend and mythology to The Hobbit and A Game of Thrones, the dragon is a perennial favorite in the fantasy genre. With its fiery breath, scaly armour, and baleful, malevolent stare, the dragon became the ultimate symbol of evil and corruption in... (read more)

Your price: $17.95
New - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Jason and the Argonauts (Myths and Legends)
Jason and the Argonauts (Myths and Legends)
by Neil Smith
Publisher Comments
The voyage of Jason and the Argonauts and their hunt for the Golden Fleece is one of the most enduringly popular of all of the Ancient Greek heroic myths. Accepting the quest in order to regain his kingdom, Jason assembled a legendary crew including many... (read more)

Your price: $17.95
New - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor (Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor (Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
by Joseph Campbell
Synopsis
Woven from Joseph Campbells previously unpublished work, this volume explores Judeo-Christian symbols and metaphors — and their misinterpretations — with the famed mythologists characteristic conversational warmth and accessible... (read more)

Your price: $14.95
New - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Long, Long Tales from the Russian North
Long, Long Tales from the Russian North
by Jack V. (edt) Haney
Publisher Comments
A record of remarkable folk narratives told over successive nights on vessels or in camps in remote... (read more)

Your price: $70.75
New - Hardcover

add to wish list


Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes: A No-Bullshit Guide to World Mythology
Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes: A No-Bullshit Guide to World Mythology
by Cory O'Brien and Sarah E. Melville
Publisher Comments
All our lives, we've been fed watered-down, PC versions of the classic myths. In reality, mythology is more screwed up than a schizophrenic shaman doing hits of unidentified… wait, it all makes sense now. In Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes, Cory O'Brien... (read more)

List Price $14.00
Your price: $9.95
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Michigan Legends: Folktales and Lore from the Great Lakes State
Michigan Legends: Folktales and Lore from the Great Lakes State
by Sheryl James
Publisher Comments
Over the course of its history, the state of Michigan has produced its share of folktales and lore. Many are familiar with the Ojibwa legend of Sleeping Bear Dunes, and most have heard a yarn or two told of Michigans herculean lumberjack, Paul Bunyan... (read more)

Your price: $58.95
New - Hardcover

add to wish list


Mythology
Mythology
by Edith Hamilton
Your price: $15.99
New - Trade Paper

add to wish list


The Magick of Faeries: Working with the Spirits of Nature
The Magick of Faeries: Working with the Spirits of Nature
by Cassandra Eason
Your price: $16.99
New - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Him Standing (Rapid Reads)
Him Standing (Rapid Reads)
by Richard Wagamese
Your price: $9.95
New - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Aesop in California
Aesop in California
by Doug Hensen
Your price: $16.95
New - Hardcover

add to wish list


There are 19 books in this aisle.

This way to more aisles in New Arrivals
spacer
spacer
  • back to top
Follow us on...




Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.