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Author | : David Adams Leeming |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : African Americans |
ISBN | : 0195117840 |
Presents a variety of myths, tales, and legends. Includes Native American tales about creation, goddesses, trickster gods, the Indian and the white man, as well as Hispanic American, Asian American, Anglo American, and African American stories. Features patriotic heroes, American loners, frontiersman, and tall tales, Western outlaws, lawmen, and cowboys, slave rebels, and Blues legends, among other topics.
Author | : William Hansen |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 579 |
Release | : 2019-10-29 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 0691195927 |
The first anthology to present the entire range of ancient Greek and Roman stories- from myths and fairy tales to jokes Captured centaurs and satyrs, talking animals, people who suddenly change sex, men who give birth, the temporarily insane and the permanently thick-witted, delicate sensualists, incompetent seers, a woman who remembers too much, a man who cannot laugh-these are just some of the colorful characters who feature in the unforgettable stories that ancient Greeks and Romans told in their daily lives. Together they created an incredibly rich body of popular oral stories that include, but range well beyond, mythology-from heroic legends, fairy tales, and fables to ghost stories, urban legends, and jokes.
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Publisher | : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Folklore |
ISBN | : 9780756622237 |
A collection of myths from many cultures.
Author | : Henry I. Christ |
Publisher | : Ingram |
Total Pages | : 354 |
Release | : 1989-10 |
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ISBN | : 9780877207832 |
Author | : David Leeming |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2000-07-27 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0199840261 |
This marvelous collection brings together the great myths and legends of the United States--from the creation stories of the first inhabitants, to the tall tales of the Western frontier, to the legendary outlaws of the 1920s, and beyond. This thoroughly engaging anthology is sweeping in its scope, embracing Big Foot and Windigo, Hiawatha and Uncle Sam, Paul Revere and Billy the Kid, and even the Iroquois Flying Head and Elvis. In the book's section on dogmas and icons, for instance, Leeming and Page discuss the American melting pot, the notion of manifest destiny, and the imposing historical and literary figure of Henry Adams. And under Heroes and Heroines, they have assembled everyone from "Honest Abe" Lincoln and George "I Cannot Tell a Lie" Washington to Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, and Martin Luther King, Jr. For every myth or hero rendered here, the editors include an informative yet readable excerpt, often the definitive account of the story in question. Taken as a whole, Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America reveals how waves of immigrants, encountering this strange land for the first time, adapted their religions, beliefs, and folklore to help make sense of a new and astounding place. Covering Johnny Appleseed and Stagolee as well as Paul Bunyan and Moby Dick, this wonderful anthology illuminates our nation's myth-making, enriching our idea of what it means to be American.
Author | : Robert R. Potter |
Publisher | : Globe Fearon |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1992-06-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780835901864 |
The Pearson Education Library Collection offers you over 1200 fiction, nonfiction, classic, adapted classic, illustrated classic, short stories, biographies, special anthologies, atlases, visual dictionaries, history trade, animal, sports titles and more!
Author | : Renata Bini |
Publisher | : Harry N. Abrams |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2000-11-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780810945548 |
More than 30 stories collected from folklore of ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt, the British Isles, Scandinavia, and other countries are accompanied by vibrant, full-color illustrations and brief text that make them ideal for bedtime.
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 704 |
Release | : 2020-02 |
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ISBN | : 9781435169852 |
Chinese culture is rich with marvelous folklore, and this exquisitely designed collection draws on that magnificent historical repository. It features more than 200 fables and tales chosen from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio and other classic compendiums. Here are legends of ancient demons, strange ghosts, magic swords, evil sorcerers, diabolical transformations, flying ogres, fairy foxes, powerful gods, and more. They include: The Painted Wall, The Flower Nymphs, The Boatmen of Lao-lung, The King of the Nine Mountains, The Disowned Princess, and dozens more.
Author | : E. T. C. Werner |
Publisher | : The Floating Press |
Total Pages | : 566 |
Release | : 2009-01-01 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 177541440X |
The West's first encounters with the folk tales and myths of the East proved to be a heady experience, as they were based on an entirely different value system and worldview than those that are reflected in the Greek myths and most subsequent Western folk tales. In Myths and Legends of China, author E.T.C. Werner offers up a rich tapestry of Chinese folk narratives. A must-read for fans of world myths, fairy tales, and legends.
Author | : Donna Rosenberg |
Publisher | : McGraw Hill Professional |
Total Pages | : 556 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780844257808 |
Covers folklore, myths and legends in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, and the Far East.