Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge
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Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge
Paperback. Offers a selection of folktales infused with riddles, proverbs, songs, myths, and legends, using various narrative techniques that capture the vibrancy of Beba oral traditions. This title showcases a variety of stories that capture the richness and complexities of an agrarian society's oral literature and traditions. Series: Ohio RIS Africa Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DQ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780896802568
- ISBN
- 9780896802568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.91
€ 23.99
€ 22.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 285 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 180 x 16. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- CreateSpace United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781450553117
- ISBN
- 9781450553117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.07
€ 21.99
€ 16.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801475016
- ISBN
- 9780801475016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.93
€ 39.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTR; JFHC; JPH; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Progressive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781615771646
- ISBN
- 9781615771646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.88
€ 18.99
€ 13.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; JFHF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 24. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845888695
- ISBN
- 9781845888695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.21
€ 14.99
€ 13.21
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; JFH; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764352515
- ISBN
- 9780764352515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.59
€ 24.99
€ 17.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRKP; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Red Wheel/Weiser United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578631704
- ISBN
- 9781578631704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.59
€ 24.99
€ 22.59
paperback. The true story of the famous female warriors, long thought to be mythical Series: Brief Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, Plate Section. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Robinson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781472136770
- ISBN
- 9781472136770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 6.28
€ 10.99
€ 6.28
Paperback. A series of short stories, related by the author, handed down from generation to generation of the Lakota tribe. This work honours the buffalo, the dog, the horse, the eagle, and the wolf as workaday helpers and agents of divine intervention; the wisdom of the medicine man; and the heroism and resourcefulness of individual men and women. Num Pages: 82 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBNR; 3JH; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 205 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 82
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803293359
- ISBN
- 9780803293359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.40
€ 15.40
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062508591
- ISBN
- 9780062508591
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.08
€ 23.99
€ 21.08
Paperback. This indispensable reader maps a comprehensive and global study of food through key sources in folklore, unpacked with expert commentary and student-focused learning features. Editor(s): Long, Lucy M. Num Pages: 480 pages, 3 bw. BIC Classification: JFCV; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857856999
- ISBN
- 9780857856999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.19
€ 47.99
€ 40.19
Paperback. Series: Learning to Live. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; HPCA; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062215451
- ISBN
- 9780062215451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.25
€ 18.99
€ 17.25
Paperback. Describes how the myths of Greece and Rome were transmitted from antiquity to the Renaissance. This study reveals how philosophers employed allegory and how it enabled myth to take on a number of different interpretive systems throughout the centuries: moral, physical, psychological, political, and even metaphysical. Translator(s): Tihanyi, Catherine. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226075372
- ISBN
- 9780226075372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.65
€ 39.65
Paperback. Offers in-depth background for ghost hunters and anyone interested in psychic phenomena and experience, with spotlights on apparitions, hauntings and poltergeists. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFH; VXQG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ronin Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781579510725
- ISBN
- 9781579510725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.56
€ 13.99
€ 13.56
paperback. Whether exploring myth from a historical, comparative, or theoretical perspective, this title includes contributions, each of which, lucidly describes a particular approach, applies it to one or more myths, and reflects on what the approach yields that others do not. Editor(s): Edmunds, Lowell. Num Pages: 456 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- John Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSK0000498
- ISBN
- 9780801838644
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 19 halftones. 11 line illus. 2 tables. 2 maps. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 35. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165127
- ISBN
- 9780691165127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.14
€ 76.14
Hardcover. Herakles and Hercules: two names for a figure of pervasive appeal in Antiquity. He was a hero of myth and a god with cult associations. He was ancestor of Macedonian kings, patron of Carthaginian generals and of Roman emperors, and a role model for Stoic philosophers. Editor(s): Rawlings, Mick. Num Pages: 270 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 242 x 18. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125050
- ISBN
- 9781905125050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.51
€ 95.51
Paperback. The Moon is not a cold, dead rock but a rich, fascinating world just as alive as Earth. Num Pages: 424 pages, Includes 8-page color insert. BIC Classification: JFH; VXQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Inner Traditions Bear and Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594774942
- ISBN
- 9781594774942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.87
€ 21.99
€ 15.87
Hardcover. A comprehensive compilation of stories connected to the Hebrew Bible. It focuses on that body of literature known as Midrash, the imaginative retelling and elaboration on Bible stories in which mythological tales about demons and magic co-exist with moralistic stories about the piety of the patriarchs. Num Pages: 1650 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4699 x 102. Weight in Grams: 3080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Jewish Publication Society of Am Philadelphia
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 1650
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780827607095
- ISBN
- 9780827607095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.99
€ 155.99
Paperback. This volume supplements the work of ethnographer Francis La Flesche who recorded detailed descriptions of Osage rituals. Louis Burns's position as a modern Osage - aware of the white culture's expectations but steeped in the traditions himself and writing from an insider's perspective - makes this work valuable to scholar and layperson alike. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFHF; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Edition
- 4
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817351816
- ISBN
- 9780817351816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.38
€ 35.38