McFarland Myth and Legend Encyclopedias – serie
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Encyclopedia of Demons in World Religions and Cultures
Av Theresa Bane
Häftad, 2012
472 kr
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This exhaustive volume catalogs nearly three thousand demons in the mythologies and lore of virtually every ancient society and most religions. From Aamon, the demon of life and reproduction with the head of a serpent and the body of a wolf in Christian demonology, to Zu, the half-man, half-bird …
Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore
Av Theresa Bane
Häftad, 2016
477 kr
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"Here there be dragons"--this notation was often made on ancient maps to indicate the edges of the known world and what lay beyond. Heroes who ventured there were only as great as the beasts they encountered. This encyclopedia contains more than 2,200 monsters of myth and folklore, who both made …
Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology
Av Theresa Bane
Häftad, 2013
487 kr
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Fairies have been revered and feared, sometimes simultaneously, throughout recorded history. This encyclopedia of concise entries, from the A-senee-ki-waku of northeastern North America to the Zips of Central America and Mexico, includes more than 2,500 individual beings and species of fairy and …
Encyclopedia of Imaginary and Mythical Places
Av Theresa Bane
Häftad, 2014
254 kr
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The heavens and hells of the world's religions and the "far, far away" legends cannot be seen or visited, but they remain an integral part of culture and history. This encyclopedia catalogs more than 800 imaginary and mythological lands from all over the world, including fairy realms, settings from …
Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology
A Global Guide to Hidden Animals and Their Pursuers
Häftad, 2014
700 kr
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On every continent and in every nation, animals unrecognized by modern science are reported on a daily basis. People passionately pursue these creatures--the name given to their field of study is cryptozoology. Coined in the 1950s, the term literally means the science of hidden animals. When the …
Encyclopedia of Giants and Humanoids in Myth, Legend and Folklore
Av Theresa Bane
Häftad, 2016
259 kr
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Every culture has in its folklore and mythology beings of immense size and strength, as well as other preternatural humanoids great or small who walk among us, serving the divine or fulfilling their own agendas. This book catalogs the lore and legends of more than 1,000 different humanoid species …
Encyclopedia of Spirits and Ghosts in World Mythology
Av Theresa Bane
Häftad, 2016
259 kr
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Of all the anomalous phenomenon reported, ghost sightings are by far the most common. The words "ghost" and "spirit" are used interchangeably in American English but in other cultures the lingering souls of the departed are not to be confused with ancestral spirits, demonic spirits, numens or …
Encyclopedia of Mythological Objects
Av Theresa Bane
Häftad, 2020
259 kr
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Curious about the chains that bound Fenriswulf in Norse mythology? Or the hut of Baba Yaga, the infamous witch of Russian folklore? Containing more than one thousand detailed entries on the magical and mythical items from the different folklore, legends, and religions the world over, this …
Sacred and Mythological Animals
A Worldwide Taxonomy
Häftad, 2020
487 kr
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From the household cat to horses that can fly, a surprisingly wide range of animals feature in religions and mythologies all across the world. The same animal can take on different roles: the raven can be a symbol of evil, a harbinger of death, a wise messenger or a shape-changing trickster. In …
Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology
Av Theresa Bane
Häftad, 2020
259 kr
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From the earliest days of oral history to the present, the vampire myth persists among mankind's deeply-rooted fears. This encyclopedia, with entries ranging from "Abchanchu" to "Zmeus," includes nearly 600 different species of historical and mythological vampires, fully described and detailed.
Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities
Av Charles Russell Coulter, Patricia Turner
Häftad, 2020
715 kr
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Throughout history, humans have pondered the question of their existence. In nearly every society, part of the answer has included some form of god or goddess. For the Mayans, one such deity was Ajtzak, who tried to create humans from wood; for the Yorubas of Africa, Shango controlled the thunder …
Encyclopedia of the Holy Grail
Häftad, 2023
417 kr
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In the twelfth century, a French poet wrote a verse romance about a young knight who witnesses a mysterious procession centered on a radiant vessel, a "grail." Left unfinished, the poem inspired other writers of prose and verse, until the story was completely rewritten into the Arthurian romances, …
Undead in World Mythology and Folklore
An Encyclopedia
Av Theresa Bane
Häftad, 2025
560 kr
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The undead: Horrific monstrosities that will not remain at rest nor let the living be at peace. Such entities who will not stay buried may appear as animated corpses or ghostly apparitions and have unclear motives--they return to advise, to act as a guardian, or to devour anyone in their erratic …
