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  • The Key to LIFE
    Jim Phillips
    LIFE is singing the song within you that yearns to be sung.  Join Jim Phillips as he explains the “simplexities” of LIFE over the course of your current, unique “souljourn”. The Key to LIFE: Living In Full Expression reveals ancient wisdom within the context of modern day living that unlocks the vault of Divine wisdom within you. Jim’s insights and experiences offer an opportun...
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    21,50 €

  • The Headless Horseman of Booger Holler and Other Dover Tales
    Mindy Campbell Hudson
    Collected through firsthand interviews, author Mindy Campbell Hudson brings local lore to life in The Headless Horseman of Booger Holler and Other Dover Tales with stories of Dover, Arkansas's own legends, history, and supernatural tales. Complete with photographs of historical Dover, this collection of tales captures the legacy and traditions of rural Arkansas and sets it ...
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    12,86 €

  • Waterloo Betrayed
    Stephen M. Beckett / Stephen MBeckett
    THIS BOOK HAS BEEN SUPERCEDEDSee Operations of the Armée du Nord : 1815, The Analysis for the definitive guide of French operations in 1815.   Discover why Napoleon really lost the Waterloo Campaign Napoleon was betrayed during 1815 There is no doubt of this. The Traitors admitted as much, and the Allied powers documented their acts. In the immediate aftermath of Napoleon's...
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    38,86 €

  • Underworld & Archetypes Fully Illustrated
    James Bennett
    Looking at today’s culture through the lens of mythology, James Bennett sees a split between heaven and earth, and believes that to restore global health we must turn our attention downwards, to the Underworld. He proposes that:• Heaven and hell represent the intellect and body if they become polarized. The darkness of the underworld symbolizes its obscurity to intellect.• Inte...
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    16,45 €

  • Satellites Out of Orbit
    Chris Wind
    A unique collection of feminist prose and poetry in five sections: I. Epistles: epistles written by Eve, Cain’s wife, Noah’s wife, Delilah, the Queen of Sheba, Mary, and others - as if they were feminist II. Myths: the myths within the myths revealed - what might Pandora, Circe, Penelope, Eurydice, Persephone, the Gorgons, and others have thought and done if they had not been t...
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    15,69 €

  • Ka Ab Ba Building The Lighted Temple
    Dr Terri R. Nelson
    The book KaAbBa Building The Lighted Temple/Metaphysical Keys to the Tree of Life draws a circle that is inclusive of the Afrikan origin of the Ancient Kemetic/Egyptian wisdom. It reveals the undeniable root and link of Ancient Africa to all the religious systems that would develop worldwide. This book is explosive in its power to convey the meaning of KaAbBa, the Medu Neter  (...
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    37,41 €

  • Missouri Folklore Society Journal, Special Issue
    'We drafted a call for papers, asking for a range of pieces that tell the story of public sector folklore in Missouri. The response was remarkable, and we ultimately worked with authors of the eight articles collected here. From the integration of traditional artists in public school residencies, to collaborations between a folklorist and a social worker who examine foodways, t...
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    19,94 €

  • Alien Threat From the Moon
    Dylan Clearfield
    We may be in danger from our own moon. Hostile aliens have established numerous bases there and exercise complete control of this nearby neighbor. Using information found in secret alien files and never before seen photographs, hot spots of extraterrestrial activity on the moon are revealed in this book and close ups of extraterrestrial complexes, UFOs, and ancient cities are s...
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    17,34 €

  • MerKaBa
    Dr Terri R. Nelson
    African Cosmology, Kemetic Science, Psychology Spirituality, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Social Thought/ What is the MerKaBa Energy Body of Light and what does it, the Great Pyramid, the Tree of Life, even Christmas, all have in common? This book seamlessly unites all of these symbols, so that our Consciousness may be Unitive. A Dimensional Shifting from The Linear Tree of Life an...
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    39,23 €

  • Living the Hero's Journey
    Will Craig
    Author Will Craig shares the paths traveled, lessons learned, and insights gained as the founder and former dean of an international coaching and mentoring company. Experience how to use movies and mythology to uncover the path that is truly yours. This is your Call to Adventure: Unroll the Map of Self-Discovery and embrace a whole new world of joy and wisdom. Gain access t...
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    10,82 €

  • Sea Tales South Beach Miami
    Nick Hernandez
    The roaring twenties, cars driving to the south most point of Miami Beach for dances and the most popular burlesque spot in Miami Florida. Honky-tonk bars at the entrance of the pier that extended out onto the ocean make for a couple of drinks before dancing the night away. The burlesque house at the end of the pier built on the water. Too bad a barge broke loose during the 192...
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    9,51 €

  • Evanira Mendes
    Eric A Galm
    This compilation of Evanira Mendes’s biography and translated publications offers for the first time in English an opportunity to revisit the music and culture of 1950s Brazil. Examining the trajectory of the Brazilian Folklore Movement, this book provides a new perspective on contemporary accounts that have overlooked the participation of women scholars from that era and seeks...
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    49,71 €

  • Pindorama
    Gustavo Ferreira
    O que havia antes da República?O que havia antes do Brasil-Império?O que havia antes da colônia, da Terra de Santa Cruz, da Ilha de Vera Cruz?O que havia antes dos índios?O que havia quando suas lendas e mitos eram tão sólidos como o tronco de um ipê?Civilizações surgem e desaparecem. Impérios crescem e desmoronam. Cidades nascem, vivem e morrem.Em um tempo que o mundo esqueceu...
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    21,79 €

  • Juno, More Than Meets The Eye
    Lianne C McCafferty
    In this pioneering book, astrologer Lianne McCafferty elevates the understanding and use of asteroid Juno to new levels. Frequently underestimated and usually referred to as merely symbolizing the committed partner, Juno has so much more to offer!Juno, More Than Meets The Eye begins with the mythology and her numerous epithets, then journeys into the work of Carl Jung and his i...
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    26,76 €

  • Shahnameh: O Épico Dos Reis
    Abolqasem Ferdowsi
    Shahnameh O Épico dos Reis é o poema épico do poeta persa Ferdowsi que conta o passado mitológico e histórico da Pérsia desde a criação do mundo até a conquista árabe islâmica do Irã no século VII EC. Escrito entre 977 e 1010 EC, o Shahnameh é uma história cativante do mundo antigo e detalha muito da história, cultura e religiões antigas da Pérsia.Como outros grandes épicos, o...
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    24,44 €

  • Oral Literary Worlds
    The discipline of world literature has traditionally focused on written literatures, particularly the novel, with little emphasis placed on the unwritten verbal arts, despite the significance of oral literary expressions around the world, in the past as in the present. This volume redresses this gap by putting the discipline of world literature into dialogue with scholarship on...
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    69,12 €

  • Oral Literary Worlds
    The discipline of world literature has traditionally focused on written literatures, particularly the novel, with little emphasis placed on the unwritten verbal arts, despite the significance of oral literary expressions around the world, in the past as in the present. This volume redresses this gap by putting the discipline of world literature into dialogue with scholarship on...
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    50,88 €

  • Celtic Myth and Legend
    Charles Squire
    Now back in print for the first time in many years is one of the most comprehensive studies of Celtic mythology, legend, and poetry ever written, presenting the entire enthralling panorama of the mythical and legendary traditions of the ancient Gaelic and British Celts.Here, in clear, compact, readable form are stories of all the chief characters of Celtic myth: the Gaelic gods...
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    26,76 €

  • Celtic Myth and Legend
    Charles Squire
    Now back in print for the first time in many years is one of the most comprehensive studies of Celtic mythology, legend, and poetry ever written, presenting the entire enthralling panorama of the mythical and legendary traditions of the ancient Gaelic and British Celts.Here, in clear, compact, readable form are stories of all the chief characters of Celtic myth: the Gaelic gods...
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    36,93 €

  • O Táin
    Anônimo
    O Táin é uma épica narrativa irlandesa que descreve a lendária batalha entre os reinos de Ulster e Connacht. A rainha Medb, almejando possuir o Touro Marrom de Cooley para igualar suas posses às de seu marido, invade Ulster. O jovem herói Cú Chulainn defende sozinho sua terra natal contra os invasores, enfrentando guerreiros formidáveis e realizando feitos sobre-humanos, enquan...
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    16,12 €

  • Manual of Mythology
    Alexander S. Murray / Alexander SMurray / William H. Klapp / William HKlapp
    Alexander Stuart Murray (1841-1904) was a Scottish archaeologist and head of the British Museum’s department of Greek and Roman antiquities, publishing his Manual of Mythology in 1873. William Henry Klapp (1849-1924) annotated and revised well-known works on mythology by Murray and Thomas Bulfinch. This volume contains 200 illustrations and an index. ...
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    24,62 €

  • Finding the Virgin Mary
    Judith M. Davis
    Stories about the Virgin Mary began to appear in the second century, a spring of tradition that branched off from the mainstream teaching of the canonical gospels. This developed into a torrent of texts about Mary, her relationship with God and her motherhood. This book translates and interprets such stories about Mary from the beginnings of Christianity to modern times. The...
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    71,96 €

  • Monkey Tales Around the World
    Terry L. Norton
    Here are 63 traditional stories from world folklore about our nearest relatives: monkeys and apes. As with many tales about other animals, those about monkeys and apes sometimes reflect what we as humans admire about ourselves. However, the stories more frequently embody features that we dislike. Whether they depict monkeys and apes as annoying or clever pranksters, imitativ...
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    57,34 €

  • Visagens Sinistras E Misteriosas
    Gilberto Braz Almeida
    Histórias que atravessam gerações ganham vida nesta coletânea que registra os mistérios das lendas populares fascinantes do Brasil.Somos transportados para um tempo em que famílias e amigos se reuniam sob a luz de um lampião ou em torno de uma fogueira, atentos aos relatos daqueles que, com o dom da palavra, despertavam a curiosidade e o encantamento dos ouvintes.A cada históri...
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    15,55 €

  • Praia Das Sereias
    C.j Mendes
    Em Porto Seguro, próximo à Coroa Vermelha, existe uma praia que chamam de Praia das Sereias, onde dizem ocorrer várias aparições das tais criaturas. Muitos moradores levam a sério as lendas sobre o local e o evitam. Camila adora estar naquela orla em específico, pois, normalmente, encontra-se deserta. Como os outros jovens, a moça não acredita na existência de sereias, porém su...
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    23,40 €

  • Myth and the Making of History
    Sheds new light on the relationship between myth and history in ancient China and the central role they have played in shaping early Chinese thought.Myth and the Making of History examines the relationship between myth and history in early China, a topic that has been explored by American paleographer and scholar of ancient China Sarah Allan throughout her career. Allan has wor...
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    44,48 €

  • The Dybbuk
    Morris M. Faierstein
    A comprehensive study of the history and evolution of the dybbuk, from kabbalistic tradition to popular folklore.The Dybbuk is the first comprehensive study of the historical and kabbalistic sources of the dybbuk phenomenon, from the first recorded case of dybbuk possession in Safed in 1571 onward. Dybbuk possession differs from possession by demons or Satan. Its origin is in t...
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    44,74 €

  • O Útimo Elfo
    Matheus Vander Campos
    No coração de uma floresta onde o real e o sobrenatural se entrelaçam, Jack Aidan se depara com um mundo onde criaturas lendárias ganham vida, mitos antigos ressurgem, e a magia se torna a única arma de sobrevivência. Em meio a sombras que escondem medos ancestrais, Jack descobre ser o último de sua espécieo derradeiro elfo em um universo devastado pela extinção.Preso em uma te...
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    15,55 €

  • Signs of Life
    Charles Astor / Polly Dukes
    Where did the signs of the zodiac come from? Why do some people believe that astrology can determine personality? Does astrological symbolism have any value?Written by cognitive psychologists, Signs of Life reveals the origin of astrological symbolism and explains why astrology continues to be popular and relevant even though studies have indicated that horoscopes have no scien...
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    26,83 €

  • Signs of Life
    Charles Astor / Polly Dukes
    Where did the signs of the zodiac come from? Why do some people believe that astrology can determine personality? Does astrological symbolism have any value?Written by cognitive psychologists, Signs of Life reveals the origin of astrological symbolism and explains why astrology continues to be popular and relevant even though studies have indicated that horoscopes have no scien...
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    37,81 €