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101 Myths of the Bible: How Ancient Scribes Invented Biblical History
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by Sourcebooks
Paperback (01 September, 2002)
(15 reviews) 3.8 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A book about Egyptian mythology: The title of this book is somewhat misleading, and it should be called "Egyptian mythology and its relationship to the Bible stories".
A Book of Wisdom and Lies
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by Octagon Press, Limited
Hardcover (01 October, 1980)

A Companion to the Fairy Tale
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by D.S.Brewer
Hardcover (06 November, 2003)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Excellent collection of essays: This collection of sholarly articles on the fairy tale are diverse and interesting. No one school of thought dominates the collection,
A Complete Guide to Faeries & Magical Beings: Explore the Mystical Realm of the
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by Red Wheel/Weiser
Paperback (01 October, 2002)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Great Info On The Small Folk!: This book has great information on the Fae and has interesting facts about them to. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to know about the Fae.

A Dictionary of Albanian Religion, Mythology, and Folk Culture
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by New York University Press
Hardcover (01 November, 2000)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A drink of water in a parched landscape: This is a phenomenal resource. It is the first attempt, that I know of at least, to try and catalogue the mythology of a culture that at worst was a contemporary of the ancient Greeks.
A Dictionary of Symbols (Penguin Dictionaries)
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by Penguin Books
Paperback (01 March, 1997)
(7 reviews) 3.43 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Bad publisher: I saw this book in the Spanish translation, a real encyclopedia full of graphics, alkaline paper, and hardback. Amazon sells this one ..

A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels and Other Subversive Spirits
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by Owl Books
Paperback (15 October, 1999)
(20 reviews) 4.1 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Satisfies A Wonderful Curiousity: If you are interested in learning about demons, fairies, and fallen angels, this book is an absolute must-read!
A Genealogical Chart of Greek Mythology
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by University of North Carolina Press
Hardcover (30 June, 2003)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A Labor of Love and Beauty: The New York Times recently ran a glowing front page story on this work, with almost a page more inside.

A Kitchen Witch's Cookbook
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by Llewellyn Publications
Paperback (01 February, 1998)
(23 reviews) 4.26 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Intriguing and delicious recipes...: ...both modern and historic, and from nearly every region in the world. The various recipes included in the book are,
A Little Box Of Books
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by Welcome Books
Hardcover (01 April, 2002)

A Thousand Pieces of Gold : Growing Up Through China's Proverbs
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by HarperSanFrancisco
Paperback (16 September, 2003)
(5 reviews) 4.8 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: worth every penny: Unlike Romance or Western languages, Chinese does not have an alphabet, it is written in calligraphic symbols which have been refined down the ages from their original representational caricatures.
A Treasury Of Iowa Tales Unusual, Interesting, And Little-known Stories Of Iowa
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by Rutledge Hill Press
Paperback (01 May, 2000)

Abadeha: The Philippine Cinderella
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by Shen's Books
Hardcover (01 March, 2001)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Based on a native legend: Abadeha is set in the Philippines and is based on a native legend. A young girl whose mother has died is forced to perform impossible tasks by her mean stepfamily.
American Indian Myths and Legends (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
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by Pantheon
Paperback (12 August, 1985)
(11 reviews) 4.73 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Good storyteller: Adult storybook....I ordered this book to glimpse into the Native American mythology, and I have to say, I am very impressed.

Ancient Egyptian Myths and Legends
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by Dover Publications
Paperback (01 January, 1991)
(2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A well-written comprehensive study.: The details this book gives are extraordinary and the accompanying plates and illustrations are wonderful,
Animus and Anima in Fairy Tales (Studies in Jungian Psychology By Jungian Analysts,
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by Inner City Books
Paperback (01 August, 2002)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A classic Jungian analysis of the contrasexual complexes: Written by Marie-Louise von Franz (a colleague of Jung who worked closely with him for nearly thirty years),

Anklet for a Princess: A Cinderella Story from India
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by Shen's Books
Hardcover (01 November, 2002)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A captivating picture book story: Anklet For A Princess: A Cinderella Story From India is an fabulous adaptation of the East Indian story "Nagami" (Jewel of the Snake),
Arabian Nights (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
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by Everyman's Library
Hardcover (30 June, 1992)
(24 reviews) 4.96 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Best version of the "Nights" -- hands down!: I have loved the Arabian Nights since I was a kid. But its fame as a "children's book" has often been a disadvantage -- most editions are simplified,

Armadilly Chili
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by Albert Whitman & Company
Hardcover (01 January, 2004)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Get warm with Armadilly Chili!: Mr. Terry has wonderfully illustrated a great book. The illustrations carry the nicely written text.
Armenian Folk Arts, Culture, and Identity:
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by Indiana University Press
Hardcover (15 September, 2001)

Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid: The Book of Scary Urban Legends
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by W. W. Norton & Company
Paperback (15 October, 2004)
Beautiful Angiola: The Great Treasury of Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales Collected
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by Routledge
Hardcover (01 September, 2003)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: An important addition to your folklore library: Here the inexhaustible Jack Zipes edits and translates a lesser known, but arguably very important,

Black Identities: West Indian Immigrant Dreams and American Realities
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by Harvard University Press
Paperback (01 September, 2001)
Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales
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by University Press of Kentucky
Paperback (01 July, 2002)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Great Overview of Nonstandard Folktale Theories: I really love Jack Zipes, and this is one of his helpful books for folklorists,

Brigid's Cloak: An Ancient Irish Story
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by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Hardcover (01 August, 2002)
(2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: The story of Saint Brigid of Ireland and her blue cloak: "Brigid's Cloak" retells an ancient tale about the beloved Saint Brigid of Ireland (453-524).
Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology: The Age of Fable
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by Dover Publications
Paperback (18 April, 2000)
(4 reviews) 4.25 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A Mastery of Myth: Bulfinch's Greek and Roman Mythology, The Age of Fable, is an excellent source for understanding and appreciating the legends and myths of ancient Greece and Rome.

Bulfinch's Mythology (Modern Library Classics)
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by Modern Library
Paperback (11 August, 1998)
(13 reviews) 4.69 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Great Introduction to Classic Stories: This book is an excellent mythology reader. The first section is devoted to the stories of gods and heroes.
Bulfinch's Mythology: The Illustrated Age of Fable : The Illustrated Age of Fable
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by Stewart, Tabori and Chang
Hardcover (01 September, 1998)

By Oak, Ash & Thorn: Modern Celtic Shamanism (Llewellyn's Celtic Wisdom)
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by Llewellyn Publications
Paperback (01 February, 1995)
(33 reviews) 3.45 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: breaking the barriers: Meditation, astral travel, dreamtime, or whatever...Shamanism is at the root of ALL religions. Anthropologists that study shamanism know that there are similar themes that are encountered in All cultures.
Celtic Myth & Magick: Harness the Power of the Gods and Goddesses (Llewellyn's
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by Llewellyn Publications
Paperback (01 May, 1995)
(41 reviews) 3.2 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Of Little Use As More Than A Dictionary: When I purchased this book I'd really only skimmed through the introduction and the various glossaries that make up the remainder of the book.

Celtic Myths and Legends
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by Dover Publications
Paperback (01 November, 1990)
(7 reviews) 4.29 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: This surprised me twice: I was looking for a book on the Arthurian legends and, when someone gave me a gift-card, I bought this book without examining the item-page very closely.F
Charms, Spells, and Formulas
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by Llewellyn Publications
Paperback (01 June, 1986)
(51 reviews) 3.84 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Great book for non-Wiccans!: (...)Charms, Spells & Formulas is an excellent introductory book for those who follow paths other than Wicca.

Classical Myth, Fourth Edition
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by Prentice Hall
Paperback (02 July, 2003)
(7 reviews) 4.14 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Good Place to Start: While this book is a good place to start, Powell leaves the impression that myth was developed in an orderly and defined manner.
Classical Mythology
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by Oxford University Press
Paperback (01 August, 2002)
(4 reviews) 4.75 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Excellent overview of everything with Classical Mythology: This was a textbook assigned to me in my Classical Mythology course in college.

Cloak of the Illuminati: Secrets, Transformations, Crossing the Stargate
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by Adventures Unlimited Press
Paperback (01 October, 2003)
Early Irish Myths and Sagas (Penguin Classics)
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by Penguin Books
Paperback (01 March, 1982)
(4 reviews) 4.25 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Great for serious students of Irish myth and Celtic culture: As a die-hard Celtophile, I thoroughly enjoyed this collection. Gantz's translations capture the cadences of the original tales so that the reader can get a feel for how they must have sounded to their original audiences.

Edda (Everyman's Library (Paper))
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by Everymans Library
Paperback (01 May, 1995)
(1 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Good, but not for dilettantes: There are two chief sources for the Norse myths, the Elder (Poetic) Edda and the Younger (Prose) Edda.
Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were: Creatures, Places, and People
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by Studio Books
Paperback (01 July, 1998)
(15 reviews) 4.33 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Thankyou school library!: I love this book. I sleep next to it at night. I hold it close and coo words of endearment.I found this in my school library when i was about seven or eight.

Encyclopedia of Urban Legends
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by W. W. Norton & Company
Paperback (November, 2002)
(3 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Very Insightful & Informative: I decided to pick up this book because I have always had a mild interest in urban legends. This book is well organized from A-Z.
Fairy Tales in Latin: Fabulae Mirabiles (Language Instruction)
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by Hippocrene Books
Hardcover (01 October, 1999)
(4 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: I love it.: I stumbled across this in a very broad search for any book in Latin. I viewed the sample pages and noticed it was pretty easy to understand right away.

Founding Myths: Stories That Hide Our Patriotic Past
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by New Press
Hardcover (01 August, 2004)
Foxfire 11 (Foxfire 11)
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by Anchor
Paperback (01 December, 1999)

Free at Last: Breaking the Cycle of Family Curses
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by Albury Publishing
Paperback (01 September, 2000)
(8 reviews) 3.88 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Shake your family tree: Great book. Also check out Hickey's "Breaking generational Curses", Derek prince's "Blessings and Curses" and Henry Wright's"A More Excellent Way."
From Ritual to Romance
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by Dover Publications
Paperback (01 June, 1997)
(7 reviews) 4.29 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Useless for understanding both anthropology and Eliot: In this work of pop-anthropology from 1920, Jessie L. Weston puts forth the idea that the romance of King Arthur and the search for the Grail is no mere fairy tale,

From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers
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by Farrar Straus Giroux
Paperback (01 September, 1996)
(6 reviews) 4.83 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: There is witchcraft in your voice ...: Marina Warner writes absolutely beautiful prose, which alone is worth the price of this book.
Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay and Other Tales of the Lost Chesapeake
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by Tidewater Publishers
Hardcover (01 November, 1996)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Detailed History !: After reading just some of this book I went to Mallows Bay and canoed all through whats left of all these shipwrecks.

Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth
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by W.W. Norton & Company
Paperback (November, 2001)
(5 reviews) 4.6 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A good reference, but unforgivably overpriced: I'm not sure if this is Carol Rose's fault or her publisher's, but this book cost me eighteen dollars brand new with the older cover.
Gilgamesh : A New Rendering in English Verse
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by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Paperback (01 June, 1993)
(11 reviews) 4.09 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Review of Gilgamesh, David Ferry translation: There have been many translations of this Sumerian story over the years due. David Ferry's translation is rather readable;

Gods and Heroes in Art
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by J. Paul Getty Museum
Paperback (01 March, 2003)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Full-color plates of masterpiece artworks from human history: 400 full-color plates of masterpiece artworks from human history superbly illuminate the pages of Gods And Heroes In Art,
Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greece: An Illustrated Wallchart Showing the Legends,
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by University of North Carolina Press
Misc. Supplies (01 February, 1995)
(5 reviews) 4.8 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: throw away your posters...: I first saw this chart on my Greek professor's wall and was stunned by it. So much information, and very clear diagrams indicating the relationships of all the gods.

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