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By: Wilt L. Idema
ISBN: 9781603841368
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2009
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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Of the many ballads, tales, and plays extolling filial piety (xiao) the foundational virtue of imperial China none was more popular in that era than the legend of Dong Yong and his heavenly helpmate, Weaving Maiden. This title presents the five versions of the legend. It illustrates the changing perceptions of xiao in various genres.
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By: Matthew Beresford
ISBN: 9781861894038
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2008
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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In blood-soaked lore handed down the centuries, the vampire is a monster of endless fascination: from Bram Stoker's "Dracula" to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", this seductive lover of blood haunts popular culture and inhabits our darkest imaginings. This book tells the history of the vampire, and reveals why the vampire myth fascinates us.
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By: Xueting Christine Ni
ISBN: 9781578636259
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2018
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
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"A comprehensive overview of Chinese mythology and folk religion"--]cProvided by publisher.
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By: W. D. Westervelt
ISBN: 9781513135762
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2022
Publisher: West Margin Press
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By: W. D. Westervelt
ISBN: 9781513295893
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
Publisher: Mint Editions
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By: W. D. Westervelt
ISBN: 9781513135755
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2022
Publisher: West Margin Press
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By: David Pykitt
ISBN: 9781578630240
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 1998
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
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The authors set out to reveal the truth about King Arthur by following a new approach to the mystery. Through a programme of painstaking research, they have assembled a jigsaw puzzle of interconnecting identifications and information which throws new light on the history of the Dark Ages.
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By: Harold W. Felton
ISBN: 9780816654604
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2008
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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Originally published: New York: A.A. Knopf, 1947.
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By: Derrick Jensen
ISBN: 9781629634364
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2018
Publisher: Girl Friday Productions
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An illustrated collection of wild, weird, and whimsical tales with a twist.
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By: Elissa R Henken
ISBN: 9780708312902
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Aug 1996
Publisher: University of Wales Press
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This work traces the development of Owain Glyndwr, who in the 15th century led a major rebellion against the English, as a national redeemer in Welsh folklore, history and literature. The author seeks to provide an account of how folklore and history shape each other.
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By: Zitkala-Sa
ISBN: 9798888974834
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2021
Publisher: Mint Editions
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By: Mike Dupler
ISBN: 9781632651723
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2021
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
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By: Emily Urquhart
ISBN: 9781771965057
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2023
Publisher: Biblioasis
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By: Nathaniel B. Emerson
ISBN: 9781513134673
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2022
Publisher: West Margin Press
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By: Nick Rennison
ISBN: 9781842432471
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2012
Publisher: Oldcastle Books Ltd
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Nick Rennison begins with the search for the historical Robin. Was there ever a real Robin Hood He looks at the candidates who have been proposed over the years, from petty thieves to Knights Templar, before moving on to examine the many ways in which Robin Hood has been portrayed in literature and on the screen, charting his life so far.
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By: John Paul Davis
ISBN: 9780720613391
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2009
Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
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By: Reimund Kvideland
ISBN: 9780816619672
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 1991
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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By: David Leeming
ISBN: 9781780239774
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2018
UK Publication Date: 17th September 2018
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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In Sex in the World of Myth, David Leeming argues that sex is as important in myths as it is in our lives.
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By: douard Laboulaye
ISBN: 9780691181868
Readership/Audience: Primary and Secondary Educational
Publication Date: Jan 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Laboulaye, one of 19th-century France's most prominent politicians and an instrumental figure in establishing the Statue of Liberty, was also a prolific writer of fairy tales. This volume brings together new translations of 16 of his most wry, political stories that continue to impart lessons today.
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By: Lowell Edmunds
ISBN: 9780691165127
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jan 2016
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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It's a familiar story: a beautiful woman is abducted and her husband journeys to recover her. This story's best-known incarnation is also a central Greek myth--the abduction of Helen that led to the Trojan War. Stealing Helen surveys a vast range of folktales and texts exhibiting the story pattern of the abducted beautiful wife and makes a detailed
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By: David Conrad
ISBN: 9781624664953
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Sep 2016
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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David Conrad's new prose translation of the Sunjata epic highlights the narrative aspect of the epicwhile conveying the essential performative quality of his 2004 verse translation. A revised Introduction, a glossary of Maninka terms, a guide to major characters, and maps provide further assistance tofirst-time readers of the epic.
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By: David Conrad
ISBN: 9781624664946
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Sep 2016
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
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David Conrad's new prose translation of the Sunjata epic highlights the narrative aspect of the epicwhile conveying the essential performative quality of his 2004 verse translation. A revised Introduction, a glossary of Maninka terms, a guide to major characters, and maps provide further assistance tofirst-time readers of the epic.
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By: Lone Thygesen Blecher
ISBN: 9780816645756
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2004
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
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By: John Colarusso
ISBN: 9780691170404
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2016
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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