Treasury of Folklore: Seas and Rivers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Treasury of Folklore: Seas and Rivers write by Dee Dee Chainey. This book was released on 2021-03-04. Treasury of Folklore: Seas and Rivers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Enthralling tales of the sea, rivers and lakes from around the globe. Folklore of the seas and rivers has a resonance in cultures all over the world. Watery hopes, fears and dreams are shared by all peoples where rivers flow and waves crash. This fascinating book covers English sailor superstitions and shape-shifting pink dolphins of the Amazon, Scylla and Charybdis, the many guises of Mami Wata, the tale of the Yoruba River spirit, the water horses of the Scottish lochs, the infamous mystery of the Bermuda Triangle, and much more. Accompanied by stunning woodcut illustrations, popular authors Dee Dee Chainey and Willow Winsham explore the deep history and enduring significance of water folklore the world over, from mermaids, selkies and sirens to ghostly ships and the fountains of youth. With this book, Folklore Thursday aims to encourage a sense of belonging across all cultures by showing how much we all have in common.
Treasury of Folklore: Woodlands and Forests
Treasury of Folklore: Woodlands and Forests - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Treasury of Folklore: Woodlands and Forests write by Dee Dee Chainey. This book was released on 2021-08-05. Treasury of Folklore: Woodlands and Forests available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An entertaining and enthralling collection of myths, tales and traditions surrounding our trees, woodlands and forests from around the world. From the dark, gnarled woodlands of the north, to the humid jungles of the southern lands, trees have captured humanity's imagination for millennia. Filled with primal gods and goddesses, dryads and the fairy tales of old, the forests still beckon to us, offering sanctuary, mystery and more than a little mischievous trickery. From insatiable cannibalistic children hewn from logs, to lumberjack lore, and the spine-chilling legend of Bloody Mary, there is much to be found between the branches. Come into the trees; witches, seductive spirits and big, bad wolves await you. With this book, Folklore Thursday aim to encourage a sense of belonging across all cultures by showing how much we all have in common.
Folklore and the Sea
Folklore and the Sea - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Folklore and the Sea write by Horace Beck. This book was released on 1999. Folklore and the Sea available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Horace Beck, a former professor of American Literature at Middlebury College, has been gathering the sea's folklore for 70 years in Europe, North America, and the West Indies. This collection of legends, songs, superstitions, and stories, both true and apocryphal includes spectral ships, mermaids and mermen, pirates, sea language, sea monsters, navigation and weather lore, names on sea and shore, and much more. Library Journal called Folklore and the Sea "a browser's delight as well as a researcher's gold mine."
England's Witchcraft Trials
England's Witchcraft Trials - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook England's Witchcraft Trials write by Willow Winsham. This book was released on 2018-08-30. England's Witchcraft Trials available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. By the author of Accused comes “an entertaining as well as illuminating” history of Britain’s most infamous witch hunts and trials (Magnolia Review). With the echo of that chilling injunction, “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live,” hundreds of people were accused and tried for witchcraft across England throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. With fear and suspicion rife, neighbor turned against neighbor, friend against friend, as women, men, and children alike were caught up in the deadly fervor that swept through villages. From the feared covens of Pendle Forest to the victims of the notorious and fanatical Witchfinder Generals Matthew Hopkins and John Stearns, so-called witches were suspected, accused, and dragged to trial to await judgement and face their inevitable and damnable fate. In this “interesting, informative and insightful” book, historian Willow Winsham draws on a wealth of primary sources including trial transcripts, parish, and country records, and the often sensational—and highly prejudicial—pamphlets that were published after each trial. Her exhaustive research reveals just how frightening, violent, and terribly common the scourge really was, and explores the social conditions, class divisions, and religious mania that stoked its flames (All About History).
Banshees, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Creatures of the Night
Banshees, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Creatures of the Night - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Banshees, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Creatures of the Night write by Varla A. Ventura. This book was released on 2013-10-01. Banshees, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Creatures of the Night available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The lusty vampire, the sympathetic werewolf, the tragic banshee are just a few of the dark and frightening creatures you'll discover in Banshees, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Creatures of the Night. Huffington Post Weird News columnist and author Varla Ventura takes readers on a wild ride through the shadowy hills of rural Ireland, the dark German forests, and along abandoned farms and country roads across the world to discover some of the most frightening and freaktacular tales, tidbits, and encounters with all those beasties that go bump in the night. Along with classic pieces from Bram Stoker, Elliot O'Donnell, Sabine BaringGould, William Butler Yeats and many others, Ventura includes: • Famous vampires you may not know • The identity of the author of the first English vampire novel (and his relationship to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein) • Excerpts from the first psychic vampire novel ever written • Stories of 19th century werewolf hunters • Why banshees are the most feared of supernatural creatures
