American Indian Myths and Legends (The Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)
This magnificent collection gathers 160 tales from 80 tribal gathers to offer a rich and lively panorama of the Native American mythic heritage. From all across the continent come tales of creation and love, of heroes and war, of animals, tricksters, and the end of the world. Alfonso Ortiz, an eminent anthropologist, and Richard Erdoes, an artist and …
In this classic work of scientific and philosophical inquiry, the authors track world myths to a common origin in early man’s descriptions of cosmological activity, arguing that these remnants of ancient astronomy, suppressed by the Greeks and Romans and then forgotten, were really a form of preliterate science. Myth became the synapse by which science was transmitted. Their …
From the bestselling author of Tenth of December comes a splendid new edition of his acclaimed collaboration with the illustrator behind The Stinky Cheese Man and James and the Giant Peach! Featuring fifty-two haunting and hilarious images, The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip is a modern fable for people of all ages that touches on the power of …
Tolkien’s World from A to Z: The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth
For the millions who have already ventured to Middle-earth, and for the countless others who have yet to embark on the journey–here is the one indispensable A-to-Z guide that brings Tolkien’s universe to life.EVERY CHARACTERFrom Adaldrida Brandybuck to Zaragamba–every Hobbit, Elf, Dwarf, Man, Orc, or other resident of Middle-earth is vividly described and accurately located in proper place …
Celebrate the 200th birthday of the Brothers Grimm stories with this lavish volume now richly expanded for a new generation. Publication of the Grimms’ Children’s Stories and Household Tales in 1812 brought the great European oral folk tradition into print for the first time. The Annotated Brothers Grimm returns in a deluxe and augmented 200th-anniversary edition commemorating that …
Award-winning artist Jon J Muth retells the favorite tale of a selfish community who is tricked into creating a delicious soup from stones. Set in China in Muth’s hauntingly beautiful watercolors.Three strangers, hungry and tired, pass through a war-torn village. Embittered and suspicious from the war, the people hide their food and close their windows tight. That …
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARNational book Critics Circle Award Finalist “Anne Carson is, for me, the most exciting poet writing in English today.”–Michael Ondaatje”This book is amazing–I haven’t discovered any writing in years so marvelously disturbing.” –Alice Munro The award-winning poet Anne Carson reinvents a genre in Autobiography of Red, a stunning work that …
In Storybrooke, Maine, Emma Swan and Mary Margaret Blanchard are friends and roommates. They’re united in their mission to make life better for Henry, Emma’s young son, who has been raised by Storybrooke’s vicious mayor, Regina Mills. Henry is convinced that Mary Margaret and Emma are more than just roommates, however. He believes they’re family-mother and daughter fairy-tale …
Joseph Campbell famously defined myth as other people’s religion.” But he also said that one of the basic functions of myth is to help each individual through the journey of life, providing a sort of travel guide or map to reach fulfillment or, as he called it, bliss. For Campbell, many of the world’s most powerful myths …
A beautiful maiden who poaches to feed the poor. A handsome forester on a mission to catch her. Danger and love are about to unite in Thornbeck Forest. The margrave owns the finest hunting grounds for miles around—and who teaches children to read, but by night this young beauty has become the secret lifeline to the poorest of …