Die berĆ¼hmte Gregorius-Legende, neu erzƤhlt von Thomas MannĀ Ā»Der ErwƤhlteĀ« ist Thomas Manns meisterhafte NeuerzƤhlung der mittelalterlichen Gregorius-Legende. Gregorius geht aus der Liebe eines Geschwisterpaares hervor und wird in einem FƤssc...Lasīt vairāk
Taking in a range of traditions from ancient Britain to the present day, a revealing look at the bristly underside of British folkloric culture. Rough Music explores transgression and shame in British folklore and customs. It takes in a wide array of...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 08-Apr-2025, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691263854)
Womens cultural and political engagement with oral tales and traditions in European peripheries With Seekers of Wonder, Elena Sottilotta offers the first comparative study of womens manifold roles in the collection of Italian and Irish folklore and...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 08-Apr-2025, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691263854)
Womens cultural and political engagement with oral tales and traditions in European peripheries With Seekers of Wonder, Elena Sottilotta offers the first comparative study of womens manifold roles in the collection of Italian and Irish folklore and...Lasīt vairāk
From the million-copy bestselling author of The Lost BookshopNestled among the cobblestone streets of Compiegne, there existed a bakery unlike any other. Rumours were whispered through the town that its pastries offered a taste of magic, chasing away...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 18-Mar-2025, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Bloomsbury Publishing USA, ISBN-13: 9781639732371)
A timely reimagining of the story of Dionysus-Greek god of ecstasy, revelry, and ruin-and a captivating queer love story for readers of The Song of Achilles and Elektra.Raised in a Greek legion, Phaidros has been taught to follow his commanders orde...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 15-Mar-2025, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Cornell University Press, ISBN-13: 9781501779152)
The Kitchen God and His Wives is a modern folk epic on the origin of the Stove God, widely venerated across China. In this tale, the Stove God (or Kitchen God) begins as a mortal man who owes his wealth and success to his loyal wife, the long-sufferi...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 15-Mar-2025, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Cornell University Press, ISBN-13: 9781501779145)
The Kitchen God and His Wives is a modern folk epic on the origin of the Stove God, widely venerated across China. In this tale, the Stove God (or Kitchen God) begins as a mortal man who owes his wealth and success to his loyal wife, the long-sufferi...Lasīt vairāk
Beatrice has been lied to her whole life.Beatrice Barbary has been raised to believe that while education will set her mind free, there are some questions better left unanswered.Her life is in disarray. But when her father, one of the most powerful...Lasīt vairāk
Beatrice has been lied to her whole life.Beatrice Barbary has been raised to believe that while education will set her mind free, there are some questions better left unanswered.Her life is in disarray. But when her father, one of the most powerful...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 11-Mar-2025, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: She Writes Press, ISBN-13: 9781647428495)
For fans of Madeline Millers Circe and Jennifer Saints Ariadne comes a Greek mythology adventure about a womans fight for peace in the face of chaos.In this captivating retelling of the Greek story, PerseCirces mother and Helioss wifereturns to...Lasīt vairāk
A focused study of an ancient myth and its reception, which provokes new consideration of how myth in general can challenge social norms. Analyzing the visual and literary transformations of the myth of Endymion and Selene, Anna Chiara Corradino argu...Lasīt vairāk
A focused study of an ancient myth and its reception, which provokes new consideration of how myth in general can challenge social norms. Analyzing the visual and literary transformations of the myth of Endymion and Selene, Anna Chiara Corradino argu...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 06-Mar-2025, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: The History Press, ISBN-13: 9781803998732)
This spellbinding collection of stories once again gathers together legends and lore from across Scotland in one special volume. Drawn from The History Press popular Folk Tales series, this second selection features further tales from authentic Sc...Lasīt vairāk
The Beautiful Maiden of Unai was fair as an earthly deity, but the eyes of man might not behold her. She dwelt in a hidden place in her fathers house, and of what cheer she made the live-long day not a soul could tell, but her father who kept watch,...Lasīt vairāk
I am a spider who is higher in rank than other spiders. With all humility, if all the spiders in this world were put in one hand and I was put in the other I would outweigh them in superiority. I am not one to make false claims and show-off, I am sim...Lasīt vairāk
The start of a BRAND NEW thrilling Dark Age series from bestselling author Donovan Cook, must-read for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Matthew Harffy ?A shield crunching epic! Any reader who loves battle, Saxons, warriors and adventures wont be disapp...Lasīt vairāk
{And We inspired Musa (Moses) (saying), Throw your staff, and behold! It swallowed up straight away all the falsehoods which they showed.} (Al-Araf: 117)Why is it that a garden is sometimes green and sometimes yellow Why is it that the deserts ar...Lasīt vairāk
Follow the river Liss to the small town of Thistleford, on the edge of Faerie, and meet two sisters who cannot be separated, even in death.Oh what is stronger than a death? Two sisters singing with one breath.In the small town of Thistleford, on th...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Mar-2025, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: West Virginia University Press, ISBN-13: 9781959000402)
Blue Basin Island is the final resting spot of formerly enslaved Africans whose souls have flown from Earth-not to heaven or purgatory but toward freedom and a new life. Lucille, the islands seamstress, takes two forms. She lives among the inhabitan...Lasīt vairāk
Dieses Taschenbuch beschreibt Marchen und Sagen von Drachen. Drachen sind seit Jahrhunderten faszinierende Wesen in Mythen und Geschichten, die in vielen Kulturen auf der ganzen Welt verehrt wurden. Der Inhalt wird aus alten Quellen bezogen und neu v...Lasīt vairāk
Dieses Taschenbuch beschreibt Marchen und Sagen von Drachen. Drachen sind seit Jahrhunderten faszinierende Wesen in Mythen und Geschichten, die in vielen Kulturen auf der ganzen Welt verehrt wurden. Der Inhalt wird aus alten Quellen bezogen und neu v...Lasīt vairāk
Dieses Taschenbuch beschreibt Marchen und Sagen von Drachen. Drachen sind seit Jahrhunderten faszinierende Wesen in Mythen und Geschichten, die in vielen Kulturen auf der ganzen Welt verehrt wurden. Der Inhalt wird aus alten Quellen bezogen und neu v...Lasīt vairāk
Dieses Taschenbuch beschreibt Marchen und Sagen von Drachen. Drachen sind seit Jahrhunderten faszinierende Wesen in Mythen und Geschichten, die in vielen Kulturen auf der ganzen Welt verehrt wurden. Der Inhalt wird aus alten Quellen bezogen und neu v...Lasīt vairāk
????? An intoxicating blend of romance, mystery, and magic1919 May DayKit Arton-Price should be celebrating. Its his engagement party and, unlike many young men of his generation, he survived The Great War. Whilst his fiancee, Adelaide, is dancing...Lasīt vairāk
