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Central African Folktales by J. K. Jackson (Editor)
$24.99 NZD
Category: Myth and legend | Series: The\World's Greatest Myths and Legends Ser.
From the beating heart of Central Africa comes a collection to join East African, West African and Southern African Folktales Featuring stories such as The Prince Who Insisted on Possessing the Moon, The Dog Came to Live with Man, and The Legend of the Cunning Terrapin and the Crane, tales from Cent ...Show more
Chinese Folktales by J. K. Jackson (Editor)
$24.99 NZD
Category: Myth and legend | Series: The\World's Greatest Myths and Legends Ser.
Chinese Folklore is drawn from over three thousand years of storytelling, with early legends of the gods and heroes, weird mysteries of sorcery and elemental forces, tales of the land and the animals within, and delightful sketches of love. Fantasy and philosophy often play important roles as the young ...Show more
Czech Folktales by Jake Jackson (Editor); Rajendra Chitnis (Introduction by)
$24.99 NZD
Category: Myth and legend | Series: The\World's Greatest Myths and Legends Ser.
The Czech people trace their roots through medieval Bohemia and further back to the ancient Western Slavs before the start of the Viking Age. Their lively stories are parables and moral fables, rich with satire and the weave of determination in the face of grim reality. With a new introduction this new ...Show more
Korean Folktales by JAKE JACKSON
$24.99 NZD
Category: Myth and legend | Series: The\World's Greatest Myths and Legends Ser.
Everyday folk and fairy tales from Korea with magicians, magistrates, mischievous creatures and devious sprites. Organized into four sections - Love, Marriage & Family, Powerful Spirits & Mystical Realms, The Magical & the Supernatural, Tales of Animals & Mythical Creatures - this de ...Show more
Serbian Folktales by J. K. Jackson (General Editor)
$24.99 NZD
Category: Myth and legend | Series: The\World's Greatest Myths and Legends Ser.
Stories of the Serbian people are both poetic and strident, reflecting their proud heritage as Southern Slavs, who, in the years after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, swept South, taking over the lands of the once great Ancient Greeks, the Latins and the Thracians. Their folk tales echo the beauti ...Show more
Slavic Myths (PB) by Ema Lakinska (Introduction by); J. K. Jackson (Editor)
$21.99 NZD
Category: Myth and legend | Series: The\World's Greatest Myths and Legends Ser.
Slavic mythology brought together with the legends, folkore and fairy tales of Eastern Europe in this intriguing new collection. With a new introduction, this collection of Slavic tales is based on the oral storytelling traditions of the peoples of Eastern Europe, from the Polish and the Slovaks to the ...Show more
Turkish Folktales by Nathan Young (Introduction by); J. K. Jackson (Editor)
$21.99 NZD
Category: Myth and legend | Series: The\World's Greatest Myths and Legends Ser.
With a new introduction, the Turkish folk tales in this collection are curious and bizarre, beautiful and delightful, combining elements of ancient Anatolian folklore with Slavonic, Scandinavian and Arabian influences. Entertaining and exuberant, they shame the more prosaic fairy stories of other tradit ...Show more
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