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Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods
PaperbackOriginal price $9.99 - Original price $9.99Original price $9.99$11.99$11.99 - $11.99Current price $11.99| /Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods (1915) is a collection of Hawaiian folktales and myths by W. D. Westervelt. Connecting the origin story...
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Hawaiian Legends
PaperbackOriginal price $12.99 - Original price $12.99Original price $12.99$14.99$14.99 - $14.99Current price $14.99| /“Mr. Rice's theory as to the origin of these legends is based on the fact that in the old days, before the discovery of the islands by Captain Co...
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Bad Medicine and Good: Tales of the Kiowas
PaperbackOriginal price $21.95 - Original price $21.95Original price $21.95$27.99$27.99 - $27.99Current price $27.99| /One of the great tribes of the Southwest Plains, the Kiowas were militantly defiant toward white intruders in their territory and killed more dur...
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Codex Chimalpopoca: The Text in Nahuatl with a Glossary and Grammatical Notes
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95$43.99$43.99 - $43.99Current price $43.99| /In this companion volume to History and Mythology of the Aztecs, John Bierhorst provides specialists with a transcription of the Nahuatl text, k...
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Epic Traditions of Africa
PaperbackOriginal price $22.00 - Original price $22.00Original price $22.00$30.99$30.99 - $30.99Current price $30.99| /"Belcher's volume contains a much needed and extremely well-integrated overview and discussion of a vast inter-related West African culture compl...
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Seneca Myths and Folk Tales
PaperbackOriginal price $26.95Original price $26.95 - Original price $26.95Original price $26.95Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /"On the Cattaraugus reservation, it was part of a child's initial training to learn why the bear lost its tail, why the chipmunk has a striped ba...
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Seven Cherokee Myths: Creation, Fire, the Primordial Parents, the Nature of Evil, the Family, Universal Suffering, and Communal Obligation
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95$43.99$43.99 - $43.99Current price $43.99| /Like ancient peoples the world over, the Cherokees of the southern Appalachian Mountains passed along their traditions and beliefs through storie...
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Legends of the Delaware Indians and Picture Writing
PaperbackOriginal price $19.95Original price $19.95 - Original price $19.95Original price $19.95Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /This collection of twenty-two Delaware Indian stories has long been sought out both by scholars and individuals. Beyond the lessons, the book int...
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The Ascent of Vishnu and the Fall of Brahma
PaperbackOriginal price $12.15 - Original price $12.15Original price $12.15$13.99$13.99 - $13.99Current price $13.99| /After the Vedic era, the triad of gods comprising Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva propelled to power. Among them, Brahma initially became the supreme de...
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Blackfeet Indian Stories
PaperbackOriginal price $9.60 - Original price $9.60Original price $9.60$12.99$12.99 - $12.99Current price $12.99| /The Blackfeet were hunters, travelling from place to place on foot. They used implements of stone, wood, or bone, wore clothing made of skins, an...
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The Reign of the Vedic Gods
PaperbackOriginal price $12.95 - Original price $12.95Original price $12.95$14.99$14.99 - $14.99Current price $14.99| /Home to one of the ancient civilizations of the world, India is also the birthplace of numerous gods worshipped by millions of Hindus living in I...
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Hindu Tales From the Sanskrit - Mythological Stories for Children & Adults
PaperbackOriginal price $7.99 - Original price $7.99Original price $7.99$13.99$13.99 - $13.99Current price $13.99| /Please visit www.ArcManor.com for more books like this and from other great authors. Product DetailsISBN-13: 9781604501674 Media Type: Paperback ...
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Oneida Iroquois Folklore, Myth, and History: New York Oral Narrative from the Notes of H. E. Allen and Others
HardcoverOriginal price $29.95Original price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /This is the first major book to explore uniquely Iroquois components in the Native American oral narrative as it existed around 1900. Drawn large...
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Divining the Self: A Study in Yoruba Myth and Human Consciousness
PaperbackOriginal price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95$37.99$37.99 - $37.99Current price $37.99| /Divining the Self weaves elements of personal narrative, myth, history, and interpretive analysis into a vibrant tapestry that reflects the text...
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The Science of the Dogon: Decoding the African Mystery Tradition
PaperbackOriginal price $18.95 - Original price $18.95Original price $18.95$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /A look at the close resemblance between the creation and structure of matter in both Dogon mythology and modern science • Reveals striking simila...
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The Classic of Mountains and Seas
PaperbackOriginal price $19.00Original price $19.00 - Original price $19.00Original price $19.00Current price $18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /This major source of Chinese mythology (third century BC to second century AD) contains a treasure trove of rare data and colorful fiction about ...
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Invisible Reality: Storytellers, Storytakers, and the Supernatural World of the Blackfeet
PaperbackOriginal price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00$40.99$40.99 - $40.99Current price $40.99| /Rosalyn R. LaPier demonstrates that Blackfeet history is incomplete without an understanding of the Blackfeet people’s relationship and mode of...
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The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95$30.99$30.99 - $30.99Current price $30.99| /A lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its ever-expanding influence on global popular culture through the concept of yokai. Monsters, ghos...
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The Origin Myth of Acoma Pueblo
PaperbackOriginal price $24.00Original price $24.00 - Original price $24.00Original price $24.00Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /A masterpiece of Pueblo Indian mythology, now in a restored edition Edward Proctor Hunt, a Pueblo Indian man, was born in 1861 in the mesa-top vi...
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The Faces of the Gods: Vodou and Roman Catholicism in Haiti / Edition 1
PaperbackOriginal price $47.50 - Original price $47.50Original price $47.50$58.99$58.99 - $58.99Current price $58.99| /Vodou, the folk religion of Haiti, is a by-product of the contact between Roman Catholicism and African and Amerindian traditional religions. In ...
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The Japanese Myths: A Guide to Gods, Heroes and Spirits
HardcoverOriginal price $24.95Original price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /While people around the world love Japan's cultural exports--from manga and anime to Zen--not everyone is familiar with Japan's unique mythology th...
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Baba Yaga's Book of Witchcraft: Slavic Magic from the Witch of the Woods
PaperbackOriginal price $26.99Original price $26.99 - Original price $26.99Original price $26.99Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /Move Swiftly On Your Own Two Feet, for Baba Yaga You Must Meet Discover ancient and modern Slavic magical practices through stories told by the leg...
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Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines
PaperbackOriginal price $26.99 - Original price $26.99Original price $26.99$35.99$35.99 - $35.99Current price $35.99| /David Unaipon-the man on the $50 note-was a most extraordinary person. An early Aboriginal political activist, he was also a scientist, a writer,...
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Conjuring the Calabash: Empowering Women with Hoodoo Spells & Magick
PaperbackOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /"This book is about Black girl magick, queer girl magick, straight girl magick, trans magick, bisexual magick. It's about giving yourself the pow...
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