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Paperback. An exploration of the pig in Judeo-Christian culture and European anti-semitism, this work chronicles its cultural and religious character. The author details the folkloric beliefs still found among both provincial and urban Europeans. Translator(s): Volk, Carol. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 448 pages, 3: 5,. BIC Classification: HRC; JFC; JFHF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
401
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231103671
ISBN
9780231103671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
462
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803265646
ISBN
9780803265646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. Illustrator(s): Frank, Natalie. Editor(s): Zipes, Jack. Num Pages: 480 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 20.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691172651
ISBN
9780691172651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: HPN; JFCA; JFH; KNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 204 x 14. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231145411
ISBN
9780231145411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 604 pages, 43 color illus., 27 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTB; HBTD; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6147 x 4522 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1438.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022547
ISBN
9780253022547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.56

Paperback. Editor(s): Goldstein, Diane E.; Shuman, Amy. Series: Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 130 pages, 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 7. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024404
ISBN
9780253024404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Translator(s): Gelpke, R. Num Pages: 177 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAP; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 362 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Omega Publications
Number of pages
177
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780930872526
ISBN
9780930872526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.89

paperback. In this wide-ranging work, Claude Levi-Strauss examines the mythology of American Indians and seeks to illustrate how contact with Europeans have altered these tales. Translator(s): Tihanyi, Catherine. Num Pages: 294 pages, 4 halftones, 3 maps, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFHF; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226474724
ISBN
9780226474724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. Providing an examination of the contemporary search for myth, this book explores the social and psychological roots of the storytelling revival and the ever-resurgent power of the storyteller. Drawing on interviews with storytellers around the country, it paints the revival as part of a larger process of cultural revitalization. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252067464
ISBN
9780252067464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 157 pages. BIC Classification: JFH; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
157
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560723394
ISBN
9781560723394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.55

Paperback. The gods of Olympus died with the advent of Christianity - or so we have been taught to believe. This title offers the general reader first a discussion of mythology in late antiquity and the Middle Ages, and then a multifaceted look at the far-reaching role played by mythology in Renaissance intellectual and emotional life. Translator(s): Sessions, B.F. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 392 pages, 108 illus. BIC Classification: ACND; HRQA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691029887
ISBN
9780691029887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Paperback. Tells the story of a great cattle-raid, the invasion of Ulster by the armies of Medb and Ailill, Queen and King of Connacht, and their allies, seeking to carry off the great Brown Bull of Cualige. Translator(s): Carson, Ciaran. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 194 Early Ireland/Celtic Ireland. 226pp. Translated from the old Irish epic 'Táin bó cúailinge'
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Edition
Original
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
9780140455304
ISBN
9780140455304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 10.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 black and white photos. BIC Classification: JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Career Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781564148636
ISBN
9781564148636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.68

Paperback. In the course of their investigations into Leonardo da Vinci and the Turin Shroud, Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince found clues in the work of the great Renaissance artist that pointed to the existence of a secret underground religion. This work reveals a secret history, encoded in works of art and even in the great Gothic cathedrals. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCX8; JFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 110 x 35. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552155403
ISBN
9780552155403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

paperback. Charts the birth of Freemasonry through the survival of Templar traditions, currents of European thought, the mystery surrounding Rosslyn chapel, and an elite cadre of aristocrats attached as personal bodyguards to the French king. This book reveals its contribution to the fostering of tolerance, progressive values and cohesion in English society. Num Pages: 448 pages, 33. BIC Classification: JFH; JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 110 x 30. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Arrow
Condition
New
SKU
9780099257042
ISBN
9780099257042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 227 x 42. Weight in Grams: 686.
Publisher
Disinformation Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934708637
ISBN
9781934708637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 37.50

Hardback. An investigation of the depiction of the story of Theophilus in both its original texts, and images. Num Pages: 283 pages, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACK; AG; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
283
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844617
ISBN
9781843844617
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.99

Paperback. Scientific and anthropological evidence for multiple Atlantean empires and the global catastrophes that destroyed them. Num Pages: 528 pages, Includes 16-page color insert and 60 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 836.
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591431794
ISBN
9781591431794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.45

Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Adams, Aislinn. Num Pages: 60 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 119 x 11. Weight in Grams: 118. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Dustwrapper has some minor edge wear but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Appletree Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0003971
ISBN
9780862813765
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 364 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Adventures Unlimited Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939149480
ISBN
9781939149480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.76

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