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India: Myths and Legends - Donald A. Mackenzie (käytetty)

Paperback: 463 pages
Publisher: Senate / Random House (1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 185958019X
ISBN-13: 978-1859580196
Kunto K3-, hiukan kastunut

H. A. Guerber: Middle Ages – Myths and Legends (käytetty)

Series: Myths & Legends
Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Guernseys; New edition edition (March 30, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1859580122
ISBN-13: 978-1859580127
Kunto K2 (tyydyttävä)

Enthralling tales of Beowulf, Charlemagne, Siegfried, Arthur and Guinevere, Merlin, Tristan and Iseult, El Cid and others, invaluable for what they reveal to us of European cultures in medieval times. The 36 illustrations include works by Edward Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Willy Pogany. Folklorist and mythologist H. A. Guerber's splendid retelling of the myths is preceded by her enlightening introduction to their cultural and historical roots.

Lewis Spence: Introduction to Mythology (käytetty)

Introduction to Mythology
Myths and Legends
Lewis Spence
ISBN 1-85958-000-9
Pehmeäkantinen, 335 sivua
Kunto K3
Senate 1994

In Introduction to Mythology, originally published in the 1920s, Spence presented a comprehensive overview of traditional forms of narrative that, for our primitive ancestors, served as religion and science. Besides recounting tales from around the world, Spence explained the many differences in primitive and modern worldviews. According to Spence, themes such as animism, while now almost absent from out thinking, are still enlightening to us in modern times: “just as fossil animals and plants have their living representatives to-day, so do ideas and conceptions representing this petrified form of religion and science still flourish in our present-day superstitions and our present-day faiths.”

Romance and Legend of Chivalry - A. R. Hope Moncrieff (käytetty)

Fearless and loyal, honorable and courteous, the ideal knight of the Middle Ages was a model for six centuries of European noblemen. At first his deeds were celebrated in verse by the minstrels who entertained the courts of kings. Later they formed the subject of prose romances. Even when the chivalric code had fallen into decay, the stories lived on to inspire new interpretations.

The legends and romances in this magical selection reflect a multitude of ages and traditions. From the northern French court of Charlemagne comes the epic of Roland and the battle of Roncesvalles, from Wales and Brittany the tales of King Arthur and the Round Table. Spain is represented by Beltenebros and Esplandian.

A lucid and engaging survey of the legends of medieval Europe, this book will appeal to everyone with an interest in the great age of chivalry.

Series: Myths & Legends
Paperback: 488 pages
Publisher: Senate; New edition edition (April 29, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 185958022X
ISBN-13: 978-1859580226
Kunto K3 (hyvä)

Egypt: Myths and Legends - Lewis Spence (käytetty)

Series: Myths & Legends
Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Senate; Reprint edition (January 20, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1859580475
ISBN-13: 978-1859580479
Kunto K3

Greece and Rome

Series: Myths and Legends Series
Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Senate; New edition edition (March 31, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1859580025
ISBN-13: 978-1859580028
Kunto: K3 (omistuskirjoituksia)

Pre Columbian America: Myths and Legends - Donald Mackenzie

Series: Myths and Legends Series
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Senate; Reprint edition (September 27, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 185958490X
ISBN-13: 978-1859584903
Kunto: K3

Celtic: Myths and Legends - T Rolleston

Paperback: 496 pages
Publisher: Senate; First Thus edition (February 25, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1859580068
ISBN-13: 978-1859580066
Kunto: K3

Classical Mythology: Myths and Legends - A R Hope Moncrieff

Paperback: 440 pages
Publisher: Senate: an imprint of Studio Editions; 1st Edition edition (April 28, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1859580092
ISBN-13: 978-1859580097

Spain: Myths and Legends, Lewis Spence

For many centuries Spain was a land of battles as Spaniards and Moors fought for supremacy of the peninsula, city by city and kingdom by kingdom. Against this background of struggle, historical heroes became the subject of legend and ballad. Travelling troubadours recorded their deeds of valour in the epic tales of El Cid Campeador and his famous sword Colada, and of Bernaldo de Carpio, champion of Castile.

These and many other stories will be found in the pages of this collection, together with gentler tales of courtly love and mysterious legends of sorcery and magic. The author concludes with a selection of humorous romances, including Don Quixote, and less well known tales such as Lazarillo de Tormes and Guzman de Alfarache.

With sixteen evocative illustrations by Otway McCannell, this book is a detailed and enthralling guide to the great legends and romances of Spain.

Käytetty pehmeäkantinen
ISBN 1859580203
Paperback, 404p.
Senate, 1994
Kunto K3 (hyvä)