Books - "mythology"
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The Wisdom Of Ptah-Hotep - Spiritual Treasures From The Age Of The Pyramids
UK FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG+) with d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Constable & Robin 2006
KEYWORDS: ancient egypt philosophy magic ritual ritualism myth mythology
Magic And Mystery In Ancient Egypt
Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 1998
KEYWORDS: history ancient egypt philosophy magic ritual ritualism myth mythology
Luo Religion and Folklore
Octavo illus. light card covers, 150pp, illus, VG+ (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings thus, light scuffing and creasing to covers, light tanning within)
PUBLISHER: Universitetsforlaget 1974
KEYWORDS: luo religion folklore folk lore religious kenya kenyan tanzania tanzanian east africa african mythology religion religious spirituality culture anthropology
The Myth Of Greece And Rome
Super octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: George. G. Harrap & Co. 1952
KEYWORDS: history myth mythology ancient greece rome roman grecian
Chinese Ideas of Life and Death: Faith Myth and Reason in the Han Period (202 BC-AD 220)
Octavo maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x+226pp, VG+ (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings, light tanning to pages) in d/w VG (light scuffing, chipping/tears (minor) to corners, usual stamps and markings)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1982
KEYWORDS: han dynasty china chinese history life death religion religious myth philosophy mythology sinology east asia asian
Gods and Herose: Oral Traditions of the Gurage of Ethiopia
Octavo hardcover (VG+, ex-library, folding map) in d/w VG; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently, they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford / Clarendon Press 1974
KEYWORDS: ethiopia ethiopian gurage oral history tradition east africa horn african myth legend god mythology
The First Sunshine - Australian Aboriginal Myths
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Rigby 1978
KEYWORDS: australian indigenous aboriginal myth mythology legend oral history
The Book of Legendary Lands
UK FIRST EDITION, super octavo white cloth boards, blind stamped lettering to spine, 461pp+16pp appendices, illus., nr FINE in d/w nr. FINE
PUBLISHER: MacLehose Press 2013
KEYWORDS: modern first edition umberto eco translation italian literature italy fanstasy fantastic mythology science fiction legend atlantis hyperborea cockaigne
Return To Sodom And Gomorrah - Bible Stories From Archaeologists
Super Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Softback Preview 1995
KEYWORDS: history myth mythology archaeology
Greek Mythology in Byzantine Art : Studies in Manuscript Illumination 4
Tidy ex-library, quarto, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to board and spine, xii + 218pp + LX plates to rear, plates, VG (usual library markings, light chafing to boards, light brusing to board corners)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1951
KEYWORDS: greek mythology byzantine art greece classics art archaeology
A Pictorial History of Sea Monsters and Other Dangerous Marine Life
Quarto green cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, illus., 314pp, VG (moderate foxing to edges and within, prev. owner's stamp to fep. & title) in d/w VG (moderate scuffing and chipping)
PUBLISHER: Nelson-Crown 1972
KEYWORDS: sea monster monsters mythology legend maritime sharks rays barracuda octopus octopi giant squid fish fishes electric leviathan loch ness
The Power of Myth
Quarto softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Doubleday
KEYWORDS: Joseph Campbell Bill Moyers mythology culture anthropology sociology religion myths history
The Long Journey Home: Re-Visioning the Myth of Demeter and Persephone For Our Time
Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Shambala 1994
KEYWORDS: Christine Downing mythology ancient contemporary commentary
The Rosy Cross Unveiled - The History, Mythology and Rituals of and Occult Order
Super octavo, maroon cloth heavy boards, gilt tooling to spine, 160pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing and rubbing to boards) in illus d/w VG+ (moderate sunfading to spine, slight foxing and chafing)
PUBLISHER: Aquarian Press 1980
KEYWORDS: Christopher McIntosh rosy cross mythology occult christain rosenkreuz occultism rosicrucian esoteric alchemy freemasonry hermetic order of the golden dawn
The Virgin: Mary's Cult and the Re-Emergence of the Goddess
Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Arkana 1988
KEYWORDS: Spirituality feminine mythology theology philosophy Goddess religion pre-history Mary cult
Christian Mysticism - An Introduction To Contemporary Theoretical Approaches
Super octavo softcover, illus light card covers, white lettering to boards and spine, x + 276pp., VG+ (moderate scuffing to cover edges, mild creasing to rear cover, mild bruising to page edge corners)
PUBLISHER: Ashgate 2009
KEYWORDS: christian christianity mysticism folklore mythology
Dictionary Of Hindu Lore And Legend
ex library, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2002
KEYWORDS: religion mythology legend lore folklore spirituality theology
Man and Marijuana: Some Aspects of Their Ancient Relationship
FIRST EDITION, rare; tidy ex-library, octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 120pp, VG (usual stamps and markings, sl. tanning and soiling within, tape stains to boards) in d/w VG (plastic covered with adhesive strips top and bottom, light soiling and tanning, usual markings)
PUBLISHER: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 1972
KEYWORDS: rare scarce marijuana canabis drugs weed dope sativa ecology botany plant plants anthropology medicine medical oil food fiber hallucinogen hallucinogens central asia ancient china india europe archaeology compartive mythology linguistics ethnobotany ethnobotanical hemp
Religions of Africa : A Pilgrimage into Traditional Religions
EX LIBRARY, octavo, hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at east reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Harper & Row Publishers 1970
KEYWORDS: study analysis Africa African religion religions religious systems mythology
The Mask of Apollo
Paperback (VG); all of our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at east reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: New English LIbrary1971
KEYWORDS: greek historical fiction mythology lgbt lgbtqi gay