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  • Latin American Folktales

    Stories from Hispanic and Indian Traditions

    by John Bierhorst ...
    Series series The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
    Over one hundred stories showcasing the wisdom and artistry of one the world’s richest folktale traditions—the first panoramic anthology of Hispano-American folk narratives in any language.Gathered from twenty countries and combining the lore of medieval Europe, the ancient Near East, and pre-Columbian America, the stories brought together here represent a core collection of classic Latin American ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Mythology of the Lenape

    Guide and Texts

    by John Bierhorst ...
    The Lenape, or Delaware, are an Eastern Algonquian people who originally lived in what is now the greater New York and Philadelphia metropolitan region and have since been dispersed across North America. While the Lenape have long attracted the attention of historians, ethnographers, and linguists, their oral literature has remained unexamined, and Lenape stories have been scattered and largely ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • Four Masterworks of American Indian Literature

    Quetzalcoatl, the Ritual of Condolence, Cuceb, the Night Chant

    Edited by John Bierhorst ...
    "Bierhorst offers access to more than primary texts here: he maps a way of reading and the necessary apparatus for that reading (including pronunciation guides, reminding us they are oral performances)." —World Literature Today"This comparative application of the epic poetry tradition to Amerind literature is a scholarly success.... this book is a most noteworthy item in the field of American ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • The Red Swan

    Myths and Tales of the American Indians

    Edited by John Bierhorst ...
    The best of the American Indian myths are works of art, blending form and content into an organic whole in which the great themes of human experience are interwoven much as they are in a memorable short story or novella. But if the underlying themes are similar, the metaphorical and narrative conventions are vastly different; and it is this aesthetic gap that critic John Bierhorst intends to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • African Folktales

    by Roger Abrahams ...
    Series series The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
    The deep forest and broad savannah, the campsites, kraals, and villages—from this immense area south of the Sahara Desert the distinguished American folklorist Roger D. Abrahams has selected ninety-five tales that suggest both the diversity and the interconnectedness of the people who live there. The storytellers weave imaginative myths of creation and tales of epic deeds, chilling ghost stories, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Legends and Tales of the American West

    by Richard Erdoes ...
    Series series The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
    From Davy Crockett, Wild Bill Hickok, and Calamity Jane to Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and Frank and Jesse James, here are more than 130 colorful stories of the pioneers, cowboys, outlaws, gamblers, prospectors, and lawmen who settled the wild west, creating a uniquely American hero and an enduringly fascinating folk mythology.In this wonderfully boisterous treasury of tall tales, everyone and ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Russian Fairy Tales

    by Aleksandr Afanas'ev ...
    Series series The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
    Beautifully illustrated, here is the most comprehensive collection of classic Russian tales available in English.This comprehensive collection introduces readers to universal fairy-tale figures and to such uniquely Russian characters such as Koshchey the Deathless, Baba Yaga, the Swan Maiden, and the glorious Firebird. The more than 175 tales culled from a landmark multi-volume collection by the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece

    by Gustav Schwab ...
    Series series The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
    From fire-stealing Prometheus to scene-stealing Helen of Troy, from Jason and his golden fleece to Oedipus and his mother, this collection of classic tales from Greek mythology demonstrates the inexhaustible vitality of a timeless cultural legacy. These stories of heroes and powerful gods and goddesses are set forth simply and movingly, in language that retains the power and drama of the original ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • African American Folktales

    Stories from Black Traditions in the New World

    by Roger Abrahams ...
    Series series The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
    Full of life, wisdom, and humor, these tales range from the earthy comedy of tricksters to accounts of how the world was created and got to be the way it is to moral fables that tell of encounters between masters and slaves. They include stories set down in nineteenth-century travelers' reports and plantation journals, tales gathered by collectors such as Joel Chandler Harris and Zora Neale ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Sally's Lament

    A Twisted Tale

    by Mari Mancusi ...
    Series series A Twisted Tale
    Disney’s New York Times best-selling A Twisted Tale series meets perennial fan-favorite The Nightmare Before Christmas, asking“What if Sally discovered Christmas Town instead of Jack?”Sally has mostly loved her creepy hometown of Halloween Town. But lately, she can't help but want something more. In a place full of the frightening, you'd think living in the shadows wouldn't feel so . . . isolating ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Dark Lord of Derkholm

    by Diana Wynne Jones ...
    Series Book 1 - Derkholm

    $16.99 USD

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  • Reading Rock Art

    Interpreting the Indian Rock Paintings of the Canadian Shield

    by Grace Rajnovich ...
    More than 400 rock paintings adorn the Canadian Shield from Quebec, across Ontario and as far west as Saskatchewan. The pictographs are the legacy of the Algonkian-speaking Cree and Ojibway, whose roots may extend to the beginnings of human occupancy in the region almost 10,000 years ago.Archaeologist Grace Rajnovich spent fourteen years of field research uncovering a multitude of clues as to the ... Read more

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