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Gemlore: Ancient Secrets and Modern Myths from the Stone Age to the Rock Age
by Diane Morgan  Publisher Comments Every culture has developed its own lore of rocks. From the stones of Aaron's breastplate to the foundational rocks of the New Jerusalem, from the creation tales of South America to the blood stones of Burma, gems have taken their place in the mythology...
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Lon Po Po
by Ed Young 
Publisher Comments Award-winning artist Ed Young illustrates, with characteristic flair and energy, the ancient Chinese version of the favorite fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood". Young's vibrant, yet delicate, pastels and watercolors add drama to the deftly translated...
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American Indian Myths and Legends (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library)
by Richard Erdoes Publisher Comments Gathering 160 tales from 80 tribal groups to offer a rich and lively panarama of the Native American mythic heritage. 100 drawings....
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Mythology
by Edith Hamilton Publisher Comments Edith Hamilton's Mythology succeeds like no other book in bringing to life for the modern reader the Greek, Roman, and Norse myths that are the keystone of Western culture — the stories of gods and heroes that have inspired human creativity from...
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Book of the Hopi
by Frank Waters Publisher Comments A revelation of the Hopi's historical and religious world view of life. Frank Waters combines Hopi art, history, tradition, myth, folklore and ceremonialism with dignity and authority....
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Everyman's Library #87: The Arabian Nights
by Husain (edt) Haddawy Publisher Comments (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) These stories (and stories within stories, and stories within stories within stories), told by the Princess Shahrazad under the threat of death if she ceases to amuse, first reached the West around 1700. They fired in the...
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Le Morte Darthur Volume 2
by Thomas Malory Publisher Comments This May, Sir Thomas Malory's splendid version of the Arthurian legend comes to the small screen as a Hallmark NBC miniseries starring Isabelle Rossellini, Kate Nelligan, and Sam Neill....
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The Meaning of Flowers: Myth, Language & Love
by Gretchen Scoble Publisher Comments Should you send a rose of crimson or of white to the one you love? What gift of flowers best expresses thanks to a dear friend? From ancient days, long before words complicated what we say to one another, flowers have been our messengers, invested with...
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The Wisdom of Trees
by Jane Gifford Publisher Comments From the silvery birch, associated with fertility and springtime, to the beech, symbol of the written word and ancient learning, the magnificence and wonder of trees burst forth in this dazzling collection of photographs. Following the Celtic tree...
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Shamanism, Colonialism and the Wild Man : a Study in Terror and Healing (87 Edition)
by Michael Taussig Publisher Comments Working with the image of the Indian shaman as Wild Man, Taussig reveals not the magic of the shaman but that of the politicizing fictions creating the effect of the real. "This extraordinary book . . . will encourage ever more critical and creative...
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Lost Histories: Exploring the World's Most Famous Mysteries
by Joel, Levy Publisher Comments In this cross-continental, time-traveling romp through history and mythology, readers can join the hunt for missing cities, treasures, people, and wrecks, all of which have vanished leaving only the faintest traces to show that they ever existed. Proving...
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The Olive Fairy Book
by H. J. Ford Publisher Comments Eight Punjabi tales, five from Armenia, 16 others. An enchanting world of flying dragons, ogres, fairies, and princes transformed into white foxes. 50 illustrations.<BR>...
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Ohio University Research in International Studies: Africa #86: The Sacred Door and Other Stories: Cameroon Folktales of the Beba
by Makuchi Publisher Comments The Sacred Door and Other Stories: Cameroon Folktales of the Beba offers readers a selection of folktales infused with riddles, proverbs, songs, myths, and legends, using various narrative techniques that capture the vibrancy of Beba oral traditions...
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The Brown Fairy Book
by Andrew Lang Publisher Comments 32 less familiar folk tales from the American Indians, Australian Bushmen, African Kaffirs, and from Persia, Lapland, Brazil, and India. Different enough to capture all imaginations. 50 illustrations....
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Some Chinese Ghosts
by Lafcadio Hearn Publisher Comments Richly atmospheric, this collection features supernatural tales rooted in ancient Chinese legends. The author, an expert in Oriental lore, was praised by The New York Times for his "rare skill" and "gorgeousness of description." The originality, power...
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Short History of Myth (05 Edition)
by Karen Armstrong Publisher Comments The author of The History of God and In the Beginning: A New Reading of Genesis offers a useful, well-written introduction to mythology from the Paleolithic period to the "Great Western Transformation" that used science to discredit myth. Reprint....
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The Dawn of the World: Myths and Tales of the Miwok Indians of California
by C. Hart Merriam Publisher Comments The stories collected in The Dawn of the World were related by the Miwok elders "after the first rains of the winter season, usually in the ceremonial roundhouse and always at night by the dim light of a flickering fire. They constitute the religious...
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Tales of the Golden Corpse: Tibetan Folk Tales
by Sandra Benson Publisher Comments First complete English version of the famous folktales told to a boy who must silently carry talking corpse on a long journey....
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Dioses Egipcios (Joyas de La Mitologia)
by Monica Glasman Publisher Comments From Egyptian and Greek gods to myths of the Middle Ages, this study of myths and legends tells the stories of various characters in mythology from gods and men to heroes and monsters. These chronicles from distinctive ...
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The Book of Imaginary Beings (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
by Borges And Hurley Publisher Comments In a perfect pairing of talent, this volume blends 20 illustrations by Sis with Borges' 1957 compilation of 116 "strange creatures conceived through time and space by the human imagination," from dragons and centaurs to Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat and...
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