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Folklore, fables and fairy talesReligion
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The author interweaves her own childhood memories with the telling of each tale. The order of the stories corresponds with…
their position on the Hindu religious calendar. For junior and senior high readers. 1985.
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Canadian fiction, Fantasy, Folklore, fables and fairy tales, Humourous fictionReligion
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Quinze monstres issus de folklores du monde entier se voient ici consacrer six pages chacun au fil desquelles sont révélés…
leur âge, expressions favorites, films préférés, lieux de prédilection, meilleurs souvenirs du secondaire, taille, cote d'élégance, caractéristiques physiques particulières, pouvoirs, origines, etc. Un ouvrage qui s'inscrit sous le signe de l'humour, mais qui n'en présente pas moins quelques informations intéressantes sur les légendes entourant Dracula, Golem, Méduse, Loki, Frankenstein, le Sasquatch, Baba Yaga, le monstre du Loch Ness, et plus. Années 5-8. 2007. Titre uniforme: Monsterology.
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Fantasy, Folklore, fables and fairy talesReference, Religion
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Réédition. En neuf chapitres (Le petit peuple - Esprits et génies de la nature - Animaux étranges - Bêtes fabuleuses…
- Les créatures mythologiques - Magie et sortilèges - Les métamorphoses - Les morts-vivants - Fantômes et apparitions), cette encyclopédie répertorie les créatures fantaisistes nées de l'imagination des hommes de l'Antiquité à nos jours, issues non seulement de la littérature d'"heroïc fantasy", mais du folklore et de la mythologie des cinq continents. Années 4-7. 2010. Titre uniforme: Fantasy encyclopedia.
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesReligion, General non-fiction, Arts and entertainment, Criticism
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Explores the psychologically important stories of ancient Greeks and Romans, still wielding cultural influence today. Dispels notion of comparative inferiority…
of Roman mythology, and discusses differences beyond deities' name changes. Describes the role of the mythic hero, and relationships between classical mythology and philosophy, Christianity, psychoanalysis, and New Age spirituality. 2007
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesReligion, General non-fiction, Ancient history, History
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Collection of Egyptian myths and stories of the sun god Ra, the sphinx, and numerous pharaohs and queens, along with…
historical, cultural, and geographic facts. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2013
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesEuropean history, History, General non-fiction, Religion
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Collection of Norse myths, describing the gods, goddesses, heroes, and monsters of ancient Scandinavia. Includes tales of the thunder god…
Thor, the one-eyed god and Allfather Odin, and the trickster god Loki. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2015
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesReligion, General non-fiction, European history
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Traces the diffusion of the Olympian deities across the globe and the evolution of Greek mythology in the distinct personalities and conflicts of twelve gods and goddesses. 2014
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesAncient history, Religion
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Edith Hamilton est sans doute le seul auteur à avoir saisi toute l'importance que gardent, à notre époque, les mythes…
et les légendes, qui sont le fondement même de notre culture, et où nous puisons encore une si large inspiration. Remontant aux sources, c'est chez les poètes Homère, Hésiode, Pindare, Ovide qu'elle retrouve la substance des grands thèmes mythologiques et nous les restitue, dans leur spontanéité, leur efficacité, sous forme de merveilleuses histoires : Orphée et Eurydice, Philémon et Baucis, Tantale et Niobé, les travaux d'Hercule, le défi d'Icare, la descente de Thésée aux Enfers. L'ouvrage le plus clair et le plus complet sur la mythologie, lu magistralement par Thierry Janssen. Le livre audio La Mythologie : ses dieux, ses héros, ses légendes est accompagné d'un livret PDF comportant une carte et des arbres généalogiques que vous pouvez retrouver en accès libre ici
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Fantasy, Folklore, fables and fairy talesReligion
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L'univers de Neil Gaiman est nourri par les légendes nordiques. Il revient à ses sources et nous raconte enfin la…
grande saga des dieux scandinaves qui l'ont inspiré pour son chef d'œuvre American Gods. De la genèse des neuf mondes au crépuscule des dieux et l'ère des hommes, ils reprennent vie : Odin, le plus puissant des dieux, sage, courageux et rusé ; Thor, son fils, incroyablement fort mais tumultueux ; Loki fils d'un géant et frère d'Odin, escroc et manipulateur inégalable... Fières, impulsives et passionnées, ces divinités mythiques nous livrent enfin ici leur passionnante – et très humaine – histoire. Embarquez au son de la voix profonde de Julien Chatelet à la rencontre des grands mythes nordiques
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General fiction, Multi-cultural fiction, Folklore, fables and fairy talesReligion, Spirituality, Christianity
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Ten stories based on women from the Bible: Eve Naamah, Sarai, Sarah, Rebecca, Leah, Rachel, Dina, and Yocheved. In "Rebecca…
Comes Home," a compassionate young woman's trip to the community well leads her to a husband. For grades 5-8. 2006
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesGeneral non-fiction, Christianity, Religion, Music
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Award-winning author explores historical and religious origins of customs associated with the Christian holiday of Easter. Discusses the roots of…
Lent, passion plays, sunrise services, Easter parades, Easter eggs, and the Easter bunny as well as the inspiration for such hymns as "He Lives!" and "The Old Rugged Cross." 2007
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Folklore, fables and fairy tales, Short storiesReligion
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More than forty tales from oral tradition, with historical notes and commentary. In the title story, an ant teaches the…
great king a lesson in humility. In "The Smell of Money," wise Solomon pays for the smell of bread--with the sound of coins. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2006
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesReligion, General non-fiction
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Author of Penguin Guide to Medieval Europe (DB 23799) and Knight and Chivalry (DB 29779) explores the myths and legends…
of the Holy Grail, beginning in the Middle Ages. Studies the origins and symbolism of the Grail in Christian literature. Considers cults, conspiracy theories, and popular culture. 2004
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesReligion
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It is believed that Buddha, the holy one, visited Earth many times and appeared in many different shapes--each time becoming…
wiser until he came as the man called Buddha. In one of his lifetimes, however, he came to Earth as a golden deer. This is the story of how he saved all creatures killed for their meat by humankind. For grades K-3 and older readers
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesReligion, Reference, General non-fiction
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Introduces primitive art in the form of rock paintings and sculpture and interprets each in terms of religious beliefs. Traces…
the mythologies connected with this art to the migration of people from Africa and Europe eastward through Asia to Australia and North and South America
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesReligion, Reference, History
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The development of religious concepts beginning with their earliest awakening. Campbell describes animal myths of early hunters of the open plains and of twentieth-century peoples of the equatorial forest
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesReligion, Biography, Historical biography, Literature biography, General non-fiction, Psychology
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Campbell's lifelong interest in the similarities between art, religion, mythology, psychology, and literature is explored in this series of interviews.…
Traces his development of a personal revelation of "inner bliss" and the ability to translate the eternal myths into everyday experiences. Outgrowth of the film Hero with a Thousand Faces. 1990
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Folklore, fables and fairy tales, Adventure storiesReligion, General non-fiction
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Transcripts of thirteen television lectures, by teacher-mythologist Joseph Campbell, on human beings' use of myth to understand the mysteries of…
life. He discusses rites of initiation, Native American myths, neolithic gods and goddesses, Egyptian myths, Buddhism, yoga, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and the legends of Arthur and Parzival. 1990
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesReligion
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In ancient times the Norse gods dwelt in the land called Asgard. Of all the gardens there, none was more…
beautiful than Iduna's for nothing withered and nothing died. Iduna possessed a special treasure--a golden chest of magic apples that kept the gods immortal. But the evil giant Thiassi vowed to capture Iduna and her magic apples. For grades 3-6 and older readers
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Folklore, fables and fairy talesReligion
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Explains the necessity of myths to human well-being and deplores the fact that no religious myth at present meets this…
need. Campbell describes the similarities between Eastern and Western religious myths, and the divergent uses that the Occident and Orient make of the same fables. 1972