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Emma K Somers Byrds

Belletristik
Englisch
699 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
208
1

Join the Byrd kids, Lark, Wren, and Falcon, on their journey into the world of Aztec mthology.

Stichwörter: aztec mythology

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Aminah Santos Rufio, the Mountain Raiser

A little myth goes a long way.

Märchen
Englisch
763 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
384
1

Follow Rufio's journey to become the Mountain Raiser

Stichwörter: greek mythology

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E. Dandrow Mosolovich Ares' Blessing

Belletristik
Englisch
1593 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
394
2

War sings in the blood of the women of the Amazon. For her bravery, Ares bestows his favor [mehr]

Stichwörter: Mythology, Greek Mythology, Amazons, Battle

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Elias Lonnrot Kalevala

The Epic Poem of Finland

Lyrik und Poesie
Englisch
137278 Wörter
Ab 6 Jahren
172
0

The Kalevala ([kɑlɛʋɑlɑ]) is a 19th century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lonnrot from Finnish and Karelian oral folklore and mythology. Elias Lonnrot (1802–1884) was a Finnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. It is regarded as the national epic of Finland and is one of the most significant works of Finnish literature. The Kalevala played an instrumental role in the development of the Finnish national identity, the intensification of Finland's language strife and the growing sense of nationality that ultimately led to Finland's independence from Russia in 1917. The first version of The Kalevala (called The Old Kalevala) was published in 1835. The version most commonly known today was first published in 1849 and consists of 22,795 verses, divided into fifty songs (Finnish: runot). The title can be interpreted as "The land of Kaleva" or "Kalevia". [mehr]

Stichwörter: Kalevala, Epic Poem of Finland, Elias Lonnrot, Poetry, Finland, Mythology, Folklore, Epic, Finnish, Oral Poetry

1,99 US$

Wirt Sikes BRITISH GOBLINS

Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 1

Fantasy
Englisch
126713 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
3
0

William Wirt Sikes was born in Watertown, New York, the son of William Johnson Sikes, a prominent local physician. He was the seventh of eleven children, of whom only six survived to adulthood. Sikes himself was seriously ill as a child and almost lost his hearing, so he was largely educated at home. At fourteen he went to work for a printer and learned how to set type. He supported himself thereafter by typesetting, contributing to local newspapers, and giving temperance lectures. At the age of nineteen, on August 28, 1855, he married Jeannette Annie Wilcox (1837-1889); they had two children, George Preston Sikes (1856-1957) and Clara Jeanette Sikes (1858-1956). [mehr]

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W. R. Lethaby Architecture, Mysticism and Myth

Architektur
Englisch
78156 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
398
2

This classic explores the symbolism of classical architecture. A milestone in relating mysticism to design, it shows the correlation between mythology and the design of St. Paul's Cathedral, the Taj Mahal, the Palace of Versailles, and other architectural masterpieces. This delightful book describes the symbolism of real-world architecture, as well as architecture described in fiction, myth and folklore. Lethaby believed that architecture reflected the macrocosm. He speculated that many of the seemingly ornamental details of classical buildings actually represented aspects of the land, the sea and the sky. This is one of those books like the Golden Bough or the White Goddess (albeit shorter and a less challenging read) that will turn you on to the mythopoetic side of reality, no matter whether you agree with its conclusions. [mehr]

Stichwörter: achitecture, mysticism, myth, mythology, art, history, esoteric and occult, ancient mysteries, religion, mystery schools, hidden knowledge, secret knowledge

2,99 US$

Erin Bernstein, Kisari Mohan Ganguli The Mahabharata: A Modern Retelling

Volume 3: The Forest

Religion
Englisch
282391 Wörter
Ab 16 Jahren
241
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As our saga continues, the band of exiles explore their new surroundings and wonders never cease. Though this [mehr]

Stichwörter: sacred texts mythology, allegory, Hinduism, philosophy, mythology

3,99 US$

James George Frazer The Golden Bough

Sozialwissenschaft
Englisch
407539 Wörter
Ab 8 Jahren
422
2

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a wide-ranging, comparative study of mythology and religion, written by the Scottish anthropologist Sir James George Frazer. The work was aimed at a wide literate audience raised on tales as told in such publications as Thomas Bulfinch's The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes. Frazer offered a modernist approach to discussing religion, treating it dispassionately as a cultural phenomenon rather than from a theological perspective. The influence of The Golden Bough on contemporary European literature and thought was substantial. The Golden Bough attempts to define the shared elements of religious belief to scientific thought, discussing fertility rites, human sacrifice, the dying god, the scapegoat and many other symbols and practices whose influence has extended into twentieth-century culture.[3] Its thesis is that old religions were fertility cults that revolved around the worship and periodic sacrifice of a sacred king. Frazer proposed that mankind progresses from magic through religious belief to scientific thought. This thesis was developed in relation to J. M. W. Turner's painting of The Golden Bough, a sacred grove where a certain tree grew day and night. It was a transfigured landscape in a dream-like vision of the woodland lake of Nemi, "Diana's Mirror", where religious ceremonies and the "fulfillment of vows" of priests and kings were held. The king was the incarnation of a dying and reviving god, a solar deity who underwent a mystic marriage to a goddess of the Earth. He died at the harvest and was reincarnated in the spring. Frazer claims that this legend of rebirth is central to almost all of the world's mythologies. [mehr]

Stichwörter: the golden bough, james frazer, comparative religion, magic, myth and mythology, ancient religions, anthropology, philosophy, psychology, sociology