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Die beruhmte, ursprunglich aus Indien stammende Fabelsammlung "Pancatantra" ist in der Fassung, die ihr der arabische Literat Ibn al-Muqaffa im 8. Jahrhundert gegeben hat ("Kalila …

Have you ever been driving, alone, at night, and know that what you saw along the side of the road was not human? Do you ever wonder just what was howling on your last camping …

Building on the best-selling tradition of previous editions, The World of Myth, Fourth Edition, offers a uniquely comprehensive collection of myths from numerous cultures around …

Originally published in 1935, this book examines the role of dreams in Old Norse literature, how dreams were changed by the coming of Christianity, and how parallels in folklore …

If you are a skeptic, this book is for you. If you take comfort in the world as we know it, you may find this book disturbing. For many, much of what we thought we knew about our …

This collection of fourteen essays covers a wide range of material that reflects the current range of enquiry within the traditional discipline of folklore, the range of …

Essays focusing on some of the ways in which myths have been made, and made to function, in the rich cultural history of India from the dawn of history through to the present day.

'Fascinating . . . a riveting tour' MERLIN SHELDRAKE'Game of Thrones meets the Natural History Museum meets Grimm fairytales . . . fascinating, enthralling and definitely …

Boldly illustrated and superbly translated, Folk Legends from Tono captures the spirit of Japanese peasant culture undergoing rapid transformation into the modern era. This is the …

Most of the fairy tales that we grew up with we know thanks to the Brothers Grimm. Jack Zipes takes us behind the romantics mythology of the wandering brothers. Zipes examines the …