Category: Mythology

By Kirsten Miller

ISBN-10: 1595144722

ISBN-13: 9781595144720

Haven Moore wish to think that Adam Rosier and his sinister Ouroboros Society are reminiscence. yet then her ally, Beau Decker, disappears, and a cabal of ladies referred to as the Horae declare that Adam is dependable. The Horae have spent centuries scheming to wreck Adam. They inform Haven that she on my own holds the clue to Beau's disappearance--and they'll aid her provided that she provides to entice Adam into their clutches. It's a plan the Horae think may well keep the area, and one Haven and Iain worry may well wreck the happiness they've been chasing for 2 thousand years. simply because whilst Haven will get toward Adam, he proves extra captivating than she ever expected.

By Josepha Sherman

ISBN-10: 0765680475

ISBN-13: 9780765680471

Storytelling is an historical perform recognized in all civilizations all through background. Characters, stories, ideas, oral traditions, motifs, and story varieties go beyond person cultures - parts and names swap, however the tales are remarkably related with every one rendition, highlighting the values and matters of the host tradition. interpreting the tales and the oral traditions linked to varied cultures deals a distinct view of practices and traditions."Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore" brings previous and current cultures of the realm to lifestyles via their tales, oral traditions, and function types. It combines folklore and mythology, conventional arts, historical past, literature, and fairs to give an summary of worldwide cultures via their liveliest and such a lot interesting mode of expression. This attractive source comprises particular storytelling recommendations in addition to retellings of news from numerous cultures and traditions.

By Abolqasem Ferdowsi

The chosen adventures of Persia's Hercules, from Iran's nice nationwide epic

No realizing of worldwide mythology is entire with out acquaintance with Rostam, Iran's such a lot celebrated mythological hero. in accordance with the Shahnameh (the tenth-century Book of Kings), this titan, marvelous in power and braveness, bestrode Persia for 500 years. whereas he frequently served fickle kings - present process many trials of wrestle, crafty, and patience - he was once by no means their servant and owed allegiance basically to his nation's better strong. someone attracted to folklore, international literature, or Iranian tradition will locate Rostam either a rousing and illuminating read.

For greater than seventy years, Penguin has been the prime writer of vintage literature within the English-speaking international. With greater than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents an international bookshelf of the easiest works all through international background and throughout genres and disciplines. Readers belief the sequence to supply authoritative texts improved via introductions and notes through uncommon students and modern authors, in addition to updated translations via award-winning translators.

From the alternate Paperback edition.

By Roger Zelazny

ISBN-10: 0061936456

ISBN-13: 9780061936456

gods, homes, one quest, and the everlasting battle among existence and loss of life

to save lots of his country, Anubis, Lord of the lifeless, sends forth his servant on a undertaking of vengeance. while, from the home of lifestyles, Osiris sends forth his son, Horus, at the related undertaking to ruin totally and ceaselessly The Prince Who was once one thousand.

yet neither of those superhuman warriors is ready for the unusual and harrowing international of mortal lifestyles, and the article That Cries within the evening may perhaps smash not just their worlds, yet all mankind.

As Zelazny did with the Hindu pantheon within the mythical, groundbreaking vintage Lord of Light, the grasp storyteller right here breathes new existence into the Egyptian gods with one other awesome story of mythology and mind's eye.

By Hiroshi Naito

ISBN-10: 1462907725

ISBN-13: 9781462907724

These twenty-two jap stories open to Western readers the area of fable within the mythical literature of Japan—a global of ogres, monkeys, goblins, and priest, of spelling-casting and rescuing people.

Rich in kind, Legends of Japan comprises stories of the supernatural, magic, and deities, in addition to stories of romance and intrigue. The vividness and aesthetic charm of those tales is improved by means of twenty-two woodblock prints from the studio of recent jap illustrator Masahiko Nishin.

The stories are drawn from eastern masterpieces of the Heian (794-1185) and Kamakura (1192-1333) classes. the sooner and major resource is 31-volume Konjaku Monogatari, a set of stories of jap, chinese language and Indian beginning. the opposite resource is the miscellany Tsurezure Gusa, by way of Kento Yoshida, a monk of noble delivery who used to be good versed in jap and chinese language literature. A reader's pride, those little books distills the colour and beauty, the knowledge and humor of 2 nice treasuries of classical Asian literature.

By David Harvey

ISBN-10: 0048090239

ISBN-13: 9780048090232

I created this e-book from a few firefox records I had. certainly no longer retail, yet a pleasant transparent reproduction to learn.
The music of Middle-earth takes a clean examine the ancient heritage to The Lord of the jewelry. David Harvey digs deep into the principles of Tolkien's international, to bare the advanced internet of background and delusion that lies in the back of the stories.
The writer dismisses the cost that Tolkien's paintings was once in basic terms by-product - that he had extracted stories, components and issues from different mythologies and included them into his personal fiction.
The tune of Middle-earth explores the parable of either Tolkien's paintings and different mythologies. the style of the telling of the stories within the booklet of misplaced stories: I is critical and within the mythic culture. a lot of them are acknowledged orally and feature a lyrical and rhythmic caliber whilst learn aloud. except this technique of story-telling, significant topics, as one could anticipate in a mythology, run all through a few books.
The reader will might be in simple terms know delusion as a distant echo within the narrative. there'll, besides the fact that, be a acceptance of the importance of the created global of Tolkien to his or her personal event. achieve that popularity, Tolkien can have fulfilled, in David Harvey's view, his wish to create a mythology for England.
David Harvey has spent two decades learning the books of J. R. R. Tolkien. His enthusiasm culminated in his profitable the 1981 overseas Mastermind identify. he's the writer of a children's publication that displays his curiosity in delusion and fable, Dragon Smoke and Magic music, additionally released via Allen and Unwin.

By Roger Lancelyn Green

ISBN-10: 0141962097

ISBN-13: 9780141962092

Discover the true Greek myths in the back of Percy Jackson's tale - he's no longer the 1st Perseus to have run into hassle with the gods . . .

These are the mysterious and interesting legends of the gods and heroes in historical Greece, from the adventures of Perseus, the labours of Heracles, the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts, to Odysseus and the Trojan wars.

Introduced with wit and humour through Rick Riordan, writer of the hugely profitable Percy Jackson sequence.

By Theresa Bane

The heavens and hells of the world's religions and the "far, some distance away" legends can't be obvious or visited, yet they continue to be an essential component of tradition and heritage. This encyclopedia catalogs greater than 800 imaginary and mythological lands from worldwide, together with fairy nation-states, settings from Arthurian lore, and kingdoms present in fairy stories and political and philosophical works, together with Sir Thomas More's Utopia and Plato's Atlantis. From al A'raf, the limbo of Islam, to Zulal, one of many many streams that run via Paradise, entries provide the literary foundation of every web site, clarify its cultural context, and describe its topical good points, directory diversifications on names while acceptable. Cross-referenced for ease of use, this compendium will end up necessary to students, researchers or somebody wishing to travel the unseen landscapes of fable and legend.

By Pat Remler

ISBN-10: 1604139269

ISBN-13: 9781604139266

Alphabetically prepared definitions current an summary of Egyptian mythology from the Predynastic interval during the Roman interval.

By Jean-Pierre Vernant, Pierre Vidal-Naquet

ISBN-10: 0942299191

ISBN-13: 9780942299199

Jean Pierre-Vernant and Pierre Vidal-Naquet are leaders in a latest French classical scholarship that has produced a a gorgeous reconfiguration of Greek suggestion and literature. during this paintings, released the following as a unmarried quantity, the authors current a nerve-racking and decidedly non-classical examining of Greek tragedy that insists on its radical discontinuity with our personal outlook and with our social, aesthetic, and mental different types. initially released in French in volumes, this new single-volume version comprises revised essays from quantity one and is the 1st English translation of either volumes.Pierre Vidal-Naquet is Director of reviews and Professor of Sociology on the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris. Jean Pierre-Vernant is Professor Emeritus of Comparative learn of old Religions on the Collège de France. Janet Lloyd is a translator and author dwelling in England. allotted for sector Books.