4,038円 New York and its folklore scholars hold an important place in the history of the discipline. In New York dialogue between folklore researchers in the academy and those working in the public arena has been highly productive. In this volume, the works of New York's academic and public folklorists a...

4,038円 Superman rose from popular cultureーcomic books, newspaper strips, radio, television, novels, and moviesーbut people have so embraced the character that he has now become part of folklore. This transition from popular to folk culture signals the importance of Superman to fans and to a larger Amer...

2,686円 Olonkho, the epic narrative and song tradition of Siberia’s Sakha people, declined to the brink of extinction during the Soviet era. In 2005, UNESCO’s Masterpiece Proclamation sparked a resurgence of interest in olonkho by recognizing its important role in humanity’s oral and intangible heritage....

900円 Un florilège de récits régionaux. Ce livre est un recueil de petites histoires ayant pour cadre le département des Pyrénées-Orientales. Il ne s’agit pas de fiction, mais bien de faits réels. Pour certains des événements historiques connus, pour la plupart des faits anecdotiques, toutes ces histoi...

600円 Drawn from the myths and legends of the first inhabitants of North America, the delightful tales, collected for this book series, not only offer insights into tribal character and beliefs, but they also celebrate the diverse tribal traditions of rich and powerful cultures that are still relevant ...

110円 Cartas que Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer escribió en el monasterio de Veruela. Es una obra maestra del periodismo español del siglo XIX. Está formada por nueve cartas o artículos epistolares publicados en el periódico madrileño El Contemporáneo. Bécquer da en ellas amplia información sobre tipos, leyend...

3,359円 According to the Qur’an, God created two parallel species, man and the jinn, the former from clay and the latter from fire. Beliefs regarding the jinn are deeply integrated into Muslim culture and religion, and have a constant presence in legends, myths, poetry, and literature. In Islam, Arabs, a...

13,662円 Through provocative essays by specialists in different aspects of Japanese culture, this book provides an historical and analytical survey of the presence of Goddesses in Japanese audiovisual culture from its origins to the present day. It shows how these feminine myths are represented in Japan; ...

1,816円 We have been spending an increasing amount of time in Mačva (a geographical region in northwest Serbia). At first it was only the weekends, then whole weeks and then it became months. Each time, we would come back with thousands of new photos, completely blown away by the hidden beauties which we...

748円 "The Besom Maker and Other Country Folk Songs" is a collection of traditional English countryside songs first published in 1888. The songs of this collection are such as would have been sung in the fields and meadows for generations, and perhaps are still known to some. With beautiful illustratio...

2,153円 The world's great fables, sagas and legends dramatically retold. Myths are the greatest stories ever told. Passed down over millennia, they are the templates for all our stories, with their eternal themes of creation and destruction, fate and cunning, heroism and cruelty, sensuality and war. Reto...

2,760円 What leads us to believe in monsters? What happens when we meet the brutal creatures of our nightmares? Tales of the yeti, the ‘Abominable Snowman’ of the Himalayas, have been recorded for centuries. This huge, ape-like, hairy creature has tantalised explorers, mountaineers and locals with curiou...