Wyoming Folklore: Reminiscences, Folktales, Beliefs, Customs, and Folk Speech, Paperback - James R. Dow

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Reducere. Over a decade in the making, Medieval Folklore offers a wide-ranging guide to the lore of the Middle Ages--from the mundane to the supernatural. De...

Reducere. Louisiana has sixty-four parishes, and many ofthem are as individual and different as the state itself is different fromothers in the Union. St. Ja...

Publisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Maureen JamesNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 198 x 126 x 15Cover type: Paperback /...

This lively and entertaining collection of folk tales from the Scottish Borders is rich in stories both tall and true, ancient and more recent, dar...

Reducere. This collection of folklore offers a rich and lively panorama of Mayan mythic heritage. Here are everyday tales of village life; legends of witches...

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Down in the Holler, first published in 1953, is a classic study of Ozark folklore. The University of Oklahoma Press is especially pleased to introd...

A collection of fine Japanese tales and legends passed down through generations. The 28 tales in this collection reflect the breadth of Japanese wi...

Reducere. Long ago in the region between old Bosnia and Silesia there dwelled The Mountain Spirit, a mischievous yet warmhearted creature who loved his relat...

Examines how universities effectively censor teaching, how social and political activism effectively censors its opponents, and how academics censo...

Reducere. Did you know that barrio is a term for a Chicano neighborhood, and that some of the oldest barrios can be found in major U.S. cities, like Los Ange...

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. In A Treasury of Afro-American Folklore, editor Harold Courlander brings together an extensive and unique collection of tales, recollections, epics...

Reducere. Polish Customs, Traditions, & Folklore is organized by months beginning with December and Advent, St. Nicholas Day, the Wigilia (Christmas Eve) nat...

Reducere. "One day Truth started for the city to find some work. On his way he overtook Falsehood, who was going to the city for the same purpose. Falsehood ...

Storyteller Tony Bonning brings together stories from one of the most enigmatic regions of Scotland: a land hemmed in by rivers and mountains; here...

An exciting set of tales from the Buddhist tradition to inspire, move, challenge and amusePublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Kevin WalkerIl...

DescriptionThe Christian faith depends to a great degree on persuasion. In one of his letters to early Christians, the apostle Paul wrote, "Let you...

Reducere. Folk tales around the world, observes the author, often contain similar narratives, providing, perhaps, yet another example of the universal brothe...

Being separate from the Scottish mainland, the Shetland Isles have a rich and unique tradition of folklore, from selkies to invading giants and Vik...

Saints and sorcerers, haunted caves and bloody battles, fairy mounds and forsaken harpers - Argyll is teeming with folk tales.Publisher: The Histor...

The first collection of folk tales from Lanarkshire, Scotland's most populated regionIllustrations: 30 Illustrations, black and white

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Michael ScottNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 131 x 193 x 18Cover type: Paperback / ...

Level 5: World Folk Tales - Kathy Burke

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A collection of intriguing and eccentric Norfolk folklore reworked for children, carrying a sense of the quirks of the people, the places and the d...

The school for wizardry that keeps its pupils prisoner. A forest which springs up from a single thorn, and a loch that grows out of a drop of water...

There is everyday magic in the tales of London. Some stories are swirling in the waters of the Thames; some are hidden in the old stones that lie b...

DO you know what Áine's tiny spoon was used for? What was hiding up Mrs O'Flaherty's chimney? How did the fairy man help the tailor's apprentice? W...