18 books like Les grands mythes fondateurs
The new pantheon, or, An introduction to the mythology of the ancients, in question and answer
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Der Olymp, oder, Mythologie der Griechen und Römer
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North American myths & legends
A collection of traditional tales from North America, reflecting the cultures of Native Americans, European settlers, and African Americans.
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Magicians of the Gods
"The evidence revealed in this book shows beyond reasonable doubt that an advanced civilization that flourished during the Ice Age was destroyed in the global cataclysms between 12,800 and 11,600 years ago. But there were survivors-- known to later cultures by names such as 'the Sages', 'the Magicians', 'the Shining Ones', and 'the Mystery Teachers of Heaven'. They travelled the world in their…
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Tíminn og eldurinnEinar Pálsson.
Tíminn og eldurinn
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Imagini de i dei de gli antichi
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The religion of ancient Scandinavia
The ninth and tenth centuries were a period of new development and great changes within the Scandinavian countries. The Viking expeditions brought a large part of the population into direct contact with war and battle, while the former petty kings disappeared, or lost most of their importance, before strong rulers like Gorm in Denmark or Harald in Norway. In the courts of these new sovereigns…
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Darker than you think
Who is the Child of Night? That's what small-town reporter Will Barbee must find out. Inexorably drawn into investigating a rash of grisly deaths, he soon finds himself embroiled in something far beyond mortal understanding.
Doggedly pursuing his investigations, he meets the mysterious and seductive April Bell and starts having disturbing, tantalizing dreams in which he does terrible things --…
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Goethe & the Greeks
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Hedendomen i historiens spegel
Bilden av det förgångna tolkas alltid genom de tankemönster samtiden tillhandahåller, och olika tider har därför skapat skiftande biler av historien. I Hedendomen i historiens spegel tecknar författarna en bild av hur fornnordiska texter fått olika betydelse under skilda epoker.
För att kunna använda den norröna litteraturen med dess personligheter och händelser, myter och ritualer som källa…
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The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia
The native religion of the ancient Scandinavians was in its main features only a special form of that common to all the Germanic peoples, and this again was only a particular development of primitive beliefs and practices characteristic of the whole Aryan race. It is impossible to say how far back in time the special Germanic and Scandinavian developments of this religion may go, and of their…
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Egyptian Mythology
Nun, the embodiment of the primordial waters, lifts the barque of the sun god Ra into the sky at the moment of creation.]]
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A story of the golden age
You have heard of Homer, and of the two wonderful poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, which bear his name. No one knows whether these poems were composed by Homer, or whether they are the work of many different poets. And, in fact, it matters very little about their authorship. Everybody agrees that they are the grandest poems ever sung or written or read in this world; and yet, how few persons,…
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The children of Odin
Padraic Colum retells the full cycle of Norse mythology starting with their creation myths, through the rise of the AEsir and Vanir gods, and their many adventures, which culminate in Ragnarok (a battle between good and evil), and, the rise of the world of men and women.
Colum’s retelling is gripping, and, a wonderful introduction to an astoundingly complete mythology for readers of all ages.
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The Norse Myths
After a lengthy detailed introduction on background material, the important myths are retold.
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Nordic gods and heroes
A collection of Norse myths and legends featuring such gods as Odin, Thor, Frey, and Freya.
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In the days of giants
"This book is made of the stories told by the Northern folk,-the people who live in the land of the midnight sun, where summer is green and pleasant, but winter is a terrible time of cold and gloom; where rocky mountains tower like huge giants, over whose heads thunder rolls and crashes, and under whose feet are mines of precious metals."--p.1-2.
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Favorite Norse Myths
A collection of rarely retold tales from the "Elder Edda" and the "Younger Edda," two six-hundred-year-old Norse manuscripts.
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