Mythology & Folklore


Becoming George

The Life of Mrs W. B. Yeats
$115.00
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Hardback Sep 2002 ISBN13: 9780198112327ISBN10: 0198112327 A revealing biography of Yeats's wife and visionary muse
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Tree of Souls

The Mythology of Judaism
$29.95
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Paperback Jul 2007 ISBN13: 9780195327137ISBN10: 0195327136 The first anthology of Jewish mythology in English, bringing together nearly 700 of the key Jewish myths, drawn from the Bible, Talmud, and many other sources
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Tree of Souls

The Mythology of Judaism
$99.00
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Hardback Sep 2004 ISBN13: 9780195086799ISBN10: 0195086791 The first anthology of Jewish mythology in English, bringing together nearly 700 of the key Jewish myths, drawn from the Bible, Talmud, and many other sources
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Origen and the Life of the Stars

A History of an Idea
$50.00
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Paperback Jan 1994 ISBN13: 9780198263616ISBN10: 0198263619

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Myth: A Very Short Introduction

$11.95
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Paperback Aug 2004 ISBN13: 9780192803474ISBN10: 0192803476 A survey of the past 300 years of theorizing on myth

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Dream Cultures

Explorations in the Comparative History of Dreaming
$110.00
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Hardback Jun 1999 ISBN13: 9780195123364ISBN10: 0195123360
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St. Francis of Assisi and Nature

Tradition and Innovation in Western Christian Attitudes toward the Environment
$100.00
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Hardback Dec 1988 ISBN13: 9780195053227ISBN10: 0195053222
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Chinese Mythological Gods

$30.00
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Hardback Oct 2001 ISBN13: 9780195919905ISBN10: 0195919904

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Fabulous Females and Peerless Pirs

Tales of Mad Adventure in Old Bengal
$45.00
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Paperback Dec 2003 ISBN13: 9780195165302ISBN10: 0195165306 In this book, Tony K. Stewart presents lively translations of eight closely related 18th- and 19th-century Bengali folk tales centered on Satya Pir and the people he helps.
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Rabinal Achi

A Mayan Drama of War and Sacrifice
$24.95
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Paperback Jan 2005 ISBN13: 9780195139754ISBN10: 0195139755 The first English translation of the Beowulf of pre-Columbian civilization
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