The Mythology of Native North America, Paperback - David Leeming

Reducere. Most North Americans experience mythology by way of translations of classical texts, and surprisingly few of us are familiar with Coyote, Spider Wo...

Reducere. With abundant photographs, more than 160 in color, Native North America illustrates tribal life, sacred arenas, spiritual traditions, and artifacts...

Reducere. Explore Captivating Native American MythsThree captivating manuscripts in one book: Native American Mythology: Captivating Myths of Indigenous Peop...

Reducere. DescriptionStories centuries in the making, and many centuries worth of stories, are an integral part of modern society. Whether modern or ancient,...

Reducere. A collection of Native American stories of girls becoming women. These are stories from a broad array of tribes and tradtions.About the Author: Jos...

Reducere. 466In ancient times, wine, vineyards, and grapevines were thought to have supernatural qualities, enabling people to experience the divine. Natural...

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DescriptionWhen did the term 'Princes in the Tower' come into usage, who invented it, and to whom did it refer? To the general public the term is s...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: Gloria BirdEditor: Joy HarjoThis long-awaited anthology celebrates the experience of Native American women and is at once a...

Reducere. All 22 woodpeckers and woodpecker-like species found in North America are covered, both common and rare. Each entry includes both in-flight and per...

Reducere. The first anthology of Jewish mythology in English, Tree of Souls reveals a mythical tradition as rich and as fascinating as any in the world. Draw...

For more than twenty years this pioneering work had served as a bible for herbalists throughout the world. It is an illustrated encyclopedic guide ...

Reducere. Oaks are primarily temperate region trees and shrubs numbering approximately 600 species worldwide. Oaks have occupied the nonglaciated landscape o...

Reducere. There is no question that European colonization introduced smallpox, measles, and other infectious diseases to the Americas, causing considerable h...

Reducere. In Regeneration Through Violence, the first of his trilogy on the mythology of the American West, Richard Slotkin shows how the attitudes and tradi...

Reducere. Written by the celebrated Cypriot artist Stass Paraskos, the Mythology of Cyprus is an immensely readable and truly entertaining journey through th...

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Publisher: Nabu PressAuthor(s): Kary Cadmus DavisIllustration(s): Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 178Publication date: 2011Dimension...

Reducere. FINALIST FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a best boo...

Reducere. A uniquely important book in the canon of the North American revolutionary left and anticolonial movements, ``Settlers`` was first published in the...

In this book, David Leeming analyses the Medusa in myth, history, philosophy, modern psychoanalysis, art, literature, feminism and the advertising ...

Reducere. DescriptionBuilding on the best-selling tradition of previous editions, The World of Myth, Third Edition, offers a uniquely comprehensive collectio...

Reducere. Guru Pema is Padmasambhava, the wandering tantric yogin from Orgyen who became Tibet's Great Guru. To his disciples he was the Lotus Born and, late...

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Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. DescriptionWANT ACCESS TO SOLID SCIENTIFIC FACTS REFUTING THE INCESSANT MEDIA HYPE SURROUNDING CLIMATE CHANGE? THEN THE MYTHOLOGY OF GLOBAL WARMING...

Reducere. COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED: From renowned birder, illustrator, and New York Times best selling author David Sibley, the most authoritative guid...

Reducere. Museum exhibitions focusing on Native American history have long been curator controlled. However, a shift is occurring, giving Indigenous people a...

A look into the paranormal legends and lore featured on the hit television show Supernatural. From angels to demons, The Mythology of Supernatural ...

Reducere. DescriptionAn old woman lives still among the broken slopes of the mountains in the land of the Tarahumara Indians. No one knows exactly where. She...

Reducere. In Greek mythology Medusa ("guardian, protectress") was a monster, a Gorgon, generally described as having the face of a hideous human female with ...

Reducere. How can we learn more about Native women's lives in North America in earlier centuries? This question is answered by this landmark anthology, an es...

Reducere. DescriptionThis useful manual provides a means for easy identification of the native and cultivated conifers of northeastern North America. The ter...

Reducere. Well before the Jamestown settlers first sighted the Chesapeake Bay or the Mayflower reached the coast of Massachusetts, the first English colony i...

Reducere. Native American history is filled with stories about animals, creation of the Earth and man, life lessons and of course ghosts... Ghosts, spirits, ...

The story of the Westford Knight is a mix of history, archaeology, sociology, and Knights Templar lore. This work unravels the threads of the Knigh...

Reducere. In Native Carolinians, Dr. Theda Perdue, Atlanta Distinguished Professor of Southern Culture at UNC at Chapel Hill, discusses the history, life-sty...