Classical Mythology
John Wiley & Sons Inc, November 1985. Trade Paperback. More
Mythology
Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others (Oxford World's Classics)
Oxford University Press, February 2009. Trade Paperback. The ancient civilization of Mesopotamia thrived between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates over 4,000 years ago. The myths collected here, originally written in cuneiform on clay tablets, include parallels with the biblical stories of the Creation and the Flood, and the famous Epic..... More
The Celebrated Romance of the Stealing of the Mare. Translated from the Original arabic by Lady Anne Blunt. Done into Verse by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
Reeves and Turner, January 1892. Hardcover. No jacket. Cover is suuned toward the spine and spine's gilt lettering is rubbed. Former owner's bookplate on front paste down endpaper. Starting after front endpapers, but pages are clean, foxing limited to front and back endpapers. More
The Golden Ass (Oxford World's Classics)
Oxford University Press, USA, July 1999. Trade Paperback. Apuleius's Golden Ass is a unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel--the only work of fiction in Latin to have survived from antiquity. It tells the story of the hero Lucius, whose curiosity and fascination for sex and magic results in his..... More
Gardens of the Gods: Myth, Magic and Meaning
I.B. Tauris, January 2005. Trade Paperback. "Gardens of the Gods" reveals the symbolic language of garden design, exploring the gardens of China, with their moon gates and immortal rocks, the Zen gardens of Japan, the paradise gardens of Islam, those of Renaissance Italy with their richly mythological imagery, the landscaped..... More
The Jealous Potter
University of Chicago Press, April 1988. First Edition. Cloth. As Lé vi-Strauss freely explores the mythologies of the Americas, with occasional incursions into European and Japanese folklore, tales of sloths and squirrels interweave with discussions of Freud, Saussure, "signification", and plays by Sophocles and Labiche. Lé vi-Strauss critiques psychoanalytic interpretation..... More
Babur Nama (Penguin Classics)
Penguin Global, April 2007. Trade Paperback. The Babur Nama, a journal kept by Zahir Uddin Muhammad Babur (1483-1530), the founder of the Mughal Empire, is the earliest example of autobiographical writing in world literature. This work set against the turbulent backdrop of medieval history paints a picture of life in..... More
Mythology
Back Bay Books, September 1998. Trade Paperback. There has long been a need for the stories of ancient mythology written to appeal to the twentieth-century mind. Edith Hamilton's orderly and lucid presentation of Greek, Roman and Norse mythology promises the casual reader and the avid student a sound, modern and..... More
Mythology
Back Bay Books, September 1998. Trade Paperback. There has long been a need for the stories of ancient mythology written to appeal to the twentieth-century mind. Edith Hamilton's orderly and lucid presentation of Greek, Roman and Norse mythology promises the casual reader and the avid student a sound, modern and..... More
Portrait of a poet: Hans Christian Andersen and his fairytales
Library of Congress; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], January 1973. Stapled Soft Cover. 17 pages. No markings. Clean & solid. More
Language and Myth
Dover Publications, June 1953. Trade Paperback. Analyzes nonrational thought processes, demonstrating underlying grammar; Indian philosophy, Schelling modern poetry, much more. More
New York State Folktales, Legends and Ballads
Dover Publications Inc., February 1991. Trade Paperback. More
Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization
Harper, 1962. Trade Paperback. More
DAulaires Book of Greek Myths
Random House Childrens Books, October 1995. Oversize Softcover. "For any child fortunate enough to have this generous book...the kings and heroes of ancient legend will remain forever matter-of-fact; the pictures interpret the text literally and are full of detail and witty observation."-- "Horn Book." "The drawings...are excellent and excitingly evocative."--..... More
Illustrated Saudi Folklore, Volume One
Abu Hasan, January 1995. First Edition. Paper Back. Folio. First edition; paperback original. More
Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion
Oxford University Press, USA, April 2009. Trade Paperback. A classic study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, and the progress through magic and religion to scientific thought, The Golden Bough has a unique status in modern anthropology and literature. First published in 1890, The Golden Bough was eventually issued..... More
The Search for the Beloved: Journeys in Sacred Psychology
N/A, February 1989. Paper Back. Discusses the transformation of the human spirit and offers exercises, myths, and rituals designed to bring the spirit in contact with the divine. Scattered underlining & marginal notes & previous owner's name inked inside front wrapper. More
Creative Mythology (The Masks of God, Volume IV)
Penguin (Non-Classics), September 1970. Trade Paperback. More
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Bollingen Series)
New World Library, July 2008. Hardcover. Since its release in 1949, The Hero with a Thousand Faces has influenced millions of readers by combining the insights of modern psychology with Joseph Campbell's revolutionary understanding of comparative mythology. In these pages, Campbell outlines the Hero's Journey, a universal motif of adventure..... More
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Mythos Books)
Princeton University Press, 1973. Trade Paperback. More
Myths to Live By
Bantam, October 1984. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Occidental Mythology (The Masks of God, Volume III)
Penguin (Non-Classics), January 1964. Trade Paperback. More
Oriental Mythology (The Masks of God, Volume II)
Penguin (Non-Classics), January 1962. Trade Paperback. More
The Power of Myth
Doubleday, May 1988. Oversized Hardcover. More
The Power of Myth (Illustrated Edition)
Broadway, June 1988. Oversize Softcover. The Power Of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminient scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people. To him, mythology was the "song of the universe, the music of the..... More
