Bulfinch's
Mythology: Includes The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, and Legends of Charlemagne
- For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text
by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman antiquity;
Scandinavian, Celtic, and Oriental fables and myths; and the age of chivalry have been
known. The tales are eminently readable. As Bulfinch wrote, "without a
knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be
understood and appreciated.... Our book is an attempt to solve this problem, by telling
the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amusement"
Earnest A. Wallis Budge
Egyptian
Religion: Ideas of the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt - In Egyptian Religion,
Sir E. A. Wallis Budge, who was Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British
Museum in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, delves deeply and insightfully
into ancient Egypt.
Egyptian Book of
the Dead - The Book of the Dead is a great collection of texts that
the ancient Egyptian scribes composed for the benefit of the dead -- spells and
incantations, hymns and litanies, magical formulae and names, words of power and prayers,
cut or painted on walls of pyramids and tombs, and painted on coffins and sarcophagi and
rolls of papari.
The Mummy - In
The Mummy Earnest A. Wallis Budge gives an account of the history of ancient
Egypt and describes the techniques used in mummification and the rituals and
artifacts associated with this funeral rite. ... This fascinating volume
will interest anyone wishing to understand not only the process of
mummification but also the cultural background of a ritual upon which an
entire civilization was built.
Joseph Campbell
Myths to Live By
- What is a properly functioning mythology and what are its
functions? Can we 'life by' myths today? Can they help relieve our
modern anxiety, or do they help to foster it? in Myths to Live By,
Joseph Campbell explores the vital link of man to his myths and the way in
which they can extend our human potential.
James Cowan
Mysteries of the
Dreamtime: The Supernatural Life of the Australian Aborigine -
For centuries, the mysterious spiritual life of Aboriginal Australians has
lain concealed behind a veil of misunderstanding and prejudice. Whether
making a Dream Journey in search of his ancestral roots, or painting his
body in order to recreate his culture heroes, the Aborigine partakes of an
intense spiritual reality that can only be expressed through a complex
calendar of ritual and ceremony.
Sir James Frazier
The New Golden
Bough -out of print - A pioneer study in magic and religion that
links the primitive concepts and modes of thought to the many institutions
and fold customs they underlie, The Golden Bough was a milestone in the
interpretation of man's cultural past. No other work in the field of
anthropology contributed so much to the mental and artistic climate of our
times -- what Freud did for the individual, Frazer did for civilization as
a whole. Tracing the evolution of human behavior from the savage to
the civilized through his studies of magic, taboos, sexual practices,
superstition, and wizardry, and locating from these the basis and roots of
contemporary social, scientific, and religious ideas, Frazer built a
magnificent behavioral bridge from the past to the present.
Brian Froud
Faeries -
explores a whole world of magic charged with the wild beauty of
creatures who do not live by human rules. Theirs is a realm of
wonder, exquisite delight, and enchanted danger. The two gifted
artists who created this book, have made a study of the history of Faerie.
Going to old sources they examined the myths and legends, sorted fact from
fancy, and, finally, illuminated their findings with nearly two hundred
extraordinary drawings and full color paintings. Rarely have research and
artistry combined to produce so beautiful a result.
Good Faeries Bad
Faeries - In the long-awaited sequel to Faeries, artist Brian
Froud rescues pixies, gnomes, and other faeries from the isolation of the
nursery and the distance of history, bringing them into the present day
with vitality and imagination. In this richly imagined new book, Brian
reveals the secrets he has learned from the faeries - what their noses and
shoes look like, what mischief and what gentle assistance they can give,
what their souls and their dreams are like. As it turns out, faeries
aren't all sweetness and light. In addition to such good faeries ad Dream
Weavers and Faery Godmothers, Brian introduces us to a host of less well
behaved creatures - traditional bad faeries like Morgana le Fay, but also
the Soul Shrinker and the Gloominous Doom. The Faery kingdom, we find, is
a subject to good and evil as the human realm.
Norma Lorre Goodrich
Merlin -
You may think of him as a funny old man in a pointy hat, waving a
magic wand, But he was actually a prodigy, warrior, counselor to Kings,
Christian scholar, and great man of science, literature, and mysteries.
Here for the first time is the true history of Merlin, his life and his
times, as told by best-selling author and historian Norma Goodrich.
Included in Merlin is a new translation and explanation of his
extraordinary Prophecy (wherein he predicts his own death) and a full
telling of his amazing relationships with King Arthur, Lancelot, Morgan Le
Fay, and the Lady of the Lake. No longer hiding behind the smoke screens
of legend and myth Merlin brings Merlin - the historical figure, the great
man of scholarship and magic - to life.
King Arthur -
for 1300 years scholars have wondered: Was Arthur real? Now, Norma
Goodrich, the best-selling author of Ancient myths and Medieval Myths and
a scholar who knows more than 20 ancient and modern languages. has combed
the fields of history, linguistics, anthropology, archaeology, and
literature to offer the first complete historical proof of Arthur,
Guinevere, Lancelot, Camelot, Avalon, the Round Table, and the Holy Grail.
The result is a drama far more exciting and important than anything in our
imaginations, and a gripping detective story of history and legend.
Alfred Perceval Graves
The Irish Fairy
Book -out of print - These enchanting fairy tales are
representative of the very best of Irish folklore. Alfred Perceval Graves,
father of the poet Robert Graves, selected contributors to this volume for
their fidelity to the Irish originals. These stories lyrically evoke the
spirit of Ireland and are complemented by a selection of poetry including
works by Tennyson and Yeats. This volume, with charming black and white
illustrations, cannot fail to excite the imagination of young and old
alike and to delight all those who wish to revel in the romance of early
Ireland.
Michael Green
The Book of the
Dragontooth - out of print - for centuries, legends of dragons
have enchanted and mystified our world. Gallant knights have slain them.
Storytellers have held us spellbound with stories of dragon's cunning and
power. Many of us are skeptical; we have never been certain ... Herein lies the extraordinary account of a pilgrimage through realms both
earthly and spiritual, a journey of revelation and self-discovery, and a
quest for a malignant artifact from a forgotten age. Within these
pages are the transcribed journals of Magnalucius, a 16th century artist
and mystic who sought the Perilous Dragontooth. Magnalucius weaves a
spellbinding tale of arcane secrets, Druidic knowledge, treacherous
snares, and Arthurian lore as he attempts to solve an ancient mystery that
awaits its conclusion even today.
Quest: In Search
of the Dragontooth/Book and Amulet - out of print - Now readers can join in an extraordinary pilgrimage through earthly and spiritual realms, as a 16th century
artist-mystic searches for the Perilous Dragontooth--a mystery still unsolved. Includes his tale of Druidic
knowledge and Arthurian lore, a replica of a periadam amulet, and a parchment copy of an ancient woodcut.
Full-color illustrations.
Michael
Grant & John Hazel
Who's
Who Classical Mythology - The Who's Who in Classical Mythology
is the most complete and detailed reference book of its kind. It offers
scholarly accounts of all those half-remembered mythological tales
surrounding fantastic gods such as Apollo, Zeus, Athena and Dionysus, and
mortals such as Achilles, Odysseus, Jason, Aeneas, Romulus and Remus, and
Tarquin.
Joseph Jacobs
Celtic Fairy
Tales - This enchanting selection of stories has been culled from
two volumes of Celtic Fairy Tales collected by Joseph Jacobs in 1892. Many
of these Irish tales have been passed by word of mouth alone from one
generation to the next for hundreds of years. And all the color, magic and
charm of Celtic folklore is portrayed here in simple language which will
delight young and old alike.
J.A. MacCullouch
The Religion of
the Ancient Celts -out of print - J.A. MacCulloch's classic text
attempts to summon the dead Celtic religion and reconstruct the faith
according to the evidence that remains. There is little written material
available - manuscripts from the eleventh and twelfth centuries, and the
Maginogion document from Wales. For more clues we have to turn to
fold-custom, which preserved so much of the ancient cult, folk-tales,
burial-mounds and other relics. The Celt was a seeker after God, eager to
conquer the unknown by religious rite or magic art. Celts were born
dreamers and much that is spiritual and romantic in more than one European
literature is due to them.
Caitlin & John
Matthews
Encyclopedia of
Celtic Wisdom: The Celtic Shaman's Sourcebook - The Celtic
tradition is a source of inspiration to many of us seeking to discover our
ancestral spiritual heritage. Yet so many primary Celtic texts, themselves
rich in ancient wisdom, have been buried away from us for generations.
Now, this superb new sourcebook offers all who are following the way of
the Celtic tradition a unique opportunity to draw upon a deep, and
hitherto unavailable, well of ancestral knowledge.
From
Isles of Dream: Visionary Stories & Poems of the Celtic Renaissance -
From time immemorial, Celtic bards and prophets maintained
"perpetual choirs of song" to preserve and enhance the sacred
order of the universe. Trained to utter the enchantments of the other
world and maintain the song lines of the land with sacred story, they gave
rise to a living spiritual vision in which this world and that - Gods and
Goddesses, heroes and spirits - coexisted in a magical reality.
M.V. Seton-Williams
Egyptian Legends
and Stories -out of print - From ancient times, the Land of
Egypt has been the source of many forms of literature: hymns, songs,
poems, prayers, plays, stories and maxims. These were recorded by the
priests and scribes and the purpose of this book is to present to the
reader translations of some of these ancient and obscure texts in a
readable form. The stories selected date from the early Pharaonic period
to medieval times and because the Egyptians were a religious people, the
majority of them are based on religious themes, with good triumphing over
evil. Many of the stories are precursors of those familiar to us, such as
the creation myth of the Memphite Theology, which predates the New
Testament by many centuries.
