18 books like Blackfoot Lodge Tales
History and folklore of the Cowichan Indians
This concise work contains several traditional tales of the Cowichan people, who are native to British Columbia. The work includes tales such as The Story of the First Man on Earth, Sowittan and several others. The work was written in an effort to preserve these tales for posterity.
This book was created from a scan of the original artifact, and as such the text of the book is not selectable or…
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Ancient tales and folklore of Japan
This enthralling collection brings together over 50 ancient tales from Japanese folklore, gathered and retold by 19th century traveler and naturalist Richard Gordon Smith.
During his journeys around Japan, Smith recorded ancient Japanese myths and legends in his personal diaries. The result is a fascinating collection of historical legends from all over Japan, with themes including ghosts,…
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Zuñi folk tales
This work includes several traditional Zuñi folk tales, as recorded and translated by Frank Cushing, an American anthropologist and Zuñi expert, having lived with the tribe for several years. Some of the folktales included in the work are The Poor Turkey Girl, The Warrior Suitor of Moki, The Coyote and the Beetle and dozens of others. The book also includes several lovely illustrations and…
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Tales of old Japan
Compiled by a British diplomat and published in 1871, "Tales of Old Japan" is an anthology of short stories that makes earlier centuries of Japanese life vibrantly immediate to the contemporary reader. They focus on various facets of everyday existence in ancient Japan, from numerous rituals, like hara-kiri and marriage, to sermons and fairy tales indicative of desirable traits and…
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American hero-myths
What I think is the essence, the principle of vitality, in religion, and in all religions, is their supposed control over the destiny of the individual, his weal or woe, his good or bad hap, here or hereafter, has it may be. Rooted infinitely deep in the sense of personality, religion was recognized at the beginning, it will be recognized at the end, as the one indestructible ally in the struggle…
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Empire of Wild
"Joan has been searching for her missing husband, Victor, for nearly a year--ever since that terrible night they'd had their first serious argument hours before he mysteriously vanished. Her Me tis family has lived in their tightly knit rural community for generations, but no one keeps the old ways...until they have to. That moment has arrived for Joan. Joan turns to Ajean, an elderly…
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Kutenai tales
Collection of texts made by Alexander F. Chamberlain in 1891 and by Franz Boas in the summer of 1914.
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Volksmärchen der Deutschen
Eine Sammlung von Märchen (besser: Kunstmärchen), Legenden und Sagen in fünf Bänden, die volkstümliche (aber literarisch vermittelte!) und satirische Elemente miteinander verbindet.
Inhalt:
Die Bücher der Chronika der drei Schwestern
Richilde
Rolands Knappen
Legenden von Rübezahl
Die Nymphe des Brunnens
Libussa
Der geraubte Schleier
Liebestreue
Stumme Liebe
Ulrich mit dem Bühel
Dämon…
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Dornröschen
Enraged at not being invited to the princess's christening, a wicked fairy casts a spell that dooms the princess to sleep for one hundred years.
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The Basket Woman
A volume of western myths and authentic Indian folk-tales for school use.
Cocky young glaciers, contemplative pine trees, resourceful ancient Paiutes, and rabbits too clever for their own good. Through the kindly but mysterious Basket Woman, they all become the companions and teachers of Alan, the young son of homesteaders in early Nevada. The Basket Woman, a keeper of her people's traditions,…
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The Alhambra
Verhalen over het gebouwencomplex in Granada, dat eigendom was van de laatste islamitische vorsten in Spanje.
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Irish Fairy Tales
A collection of ten traditional tales of Irish heroes, kings, soldiers, magicians, poets, and madmen.
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Myths and Legends of the Sioux
The timid rabbit who outwits the tyrannical bear, the wonderful turtle who marries the Indian chief's daughter, the pet crane who saves a family{u2014}these and many other legendary figures appear in Myths and Legends of the Sioux. Marie L. McLaughlin, born to a white father and a mixed-blood Sioux mother, heard these stories while growing up among the eastern Sioux of Minnesota. When she…
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Tales of Ancient Egypt
Selected tales evoke the mystery, superstitions, and myths of Egypt under the pharaohs.
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The Wept of Wish-ton-wish: A Tale
The incidents of this tale must be sought in a remote period of the annals of America. A colony of self-devoted and pious refugees from religious persecution had landed on the rock of Plymouth, less than half a century before the time at which the narrative commences; and they, and their descendants, had already transformed many a broad waste of wilderness into smiling fields and cheerful…
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The myths of the New World
The book is a study of an obscure portion of the intellectual history of our species as exemplified in one of its varieties. It is based on the mythology of the American Indians.
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Ghosts!
Presents seven, easy-to-read ghost stories based on traditional folk tales and legends from various countries.
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Short & shivery
Thirty hair-raising tales, selected from international ghostlore, have been skillfully retold especially for young people. Eerie black-and-white illustrations, ghastly details, and strong, shuddery endings make these the kind of stories young readers crave. Famous stories like "The Robber Bridegroom" by the Brothers Grimm, "Tailypo," and "The Golem" are included, as well as retellings of stories…
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