Folklore

GRIECHISCHE MYTHOLOGIE 2 BDE. IN 1; Erster Band: Theogonie Und Goetter. Zweiter Band: Die Heroen

1854Best.-Nr. 5677Weidmannsche Buchhandlung. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Marbled boards with gilt lettering and tooling on spine. Fraying to top of spine. Edgewear to boards. Small discoloration spot on spine. Ffep has traces of removed plate. Small institution stamp on titlepage only trace of ex-library. Former owner's name in ink on ffep. Heavy foxing or browning throughout.; 528 & 365 pages . 1854. Weidmannsche Buchhandlung hardcover

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Rogers, Guy MacLeanBiblio.com

THE SACRED IDENTITY OF EPHESOS; Foundation Myths of a Roman City

1991Best.-Nr. 4511Routledge. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Dustjacket has minor shelfwear and rubbing. Former book price on ffep has been rubbed out.; First full-length interpretation of the foundation sets out a completely new methodology for analysing large inscriptions and challenges some of the basic assumptions scholars have made about the origins and significance of the "Second Sophistic". Argues that Ephesians used their past to define their present during the Roman Empire and his study sheds new light on how second-century Greeks established and maintained their identities in relation to Romans Christians and jews.; 1 x 9 x 6 Inches; 192 pages . 1991. 041505530X . Routledge hardcover

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Studniczka, FranzBiblio.com

KYRENE EINE ALTGRIECHISCHE GÖTTIN; Archäologische Und Mythologische Untersuchungen

1890Best.-Nr. 4555F. A. Brockhaus. Very Good. Hardcover. Leather spine and corners with gilt lettering and raised bands. May have been rebound at one time. Attractive.; Foxing to prelims and textblock. Text is in German and ancient Greek.; 223 pages . 1890. F. A. Brockhaus hardcover

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Lavedan, PierreBiblio.com

DICTIONNAIRE ILLUSTRÉ DE LA MYTHOLOGIE ET DES ANTIQUITÉS GRECQUES ET ROMAINES

1931Best.-Nr. 4700Librarie Hachette. Very Good. Hardcover. Slight fraying to spine ends. Spine and top portions of boards are discolored/sunned. Very solid and tight copy.; 1015 illustrations.; 1037 pages; Large and heavy volume. . 1931. Librarie Hachette hardcover

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Ruyt, Franz DeBiblio.com

CHARUN; Démon Étrusque De La Mort

1934Best.-Nr. 4696Librairie H. Lamertin. Very Good. Softcover. Light discoloration to spine. Very light chipping to wraps at extremities. Minor shelfwear.; 58 plates.; Études De Philologie D'Archéologie Et D'Histoire Ancieenes. Institut Historique Belge De Rome.; 305 pages . 1934. Librairie H. Lamertin paperback

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Vickers, BrianBiblio.com

TOWARDS GREEK TRAGEDY; Drama Myth Society

1973Best.-Nr. 3298Longman. Fine with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Comparative Tragedy I; 666 pages; Contents: I Tragedy and reality 1 Metaphysics and mystiques 2 Suffering and sympathy 3 Society religion and the individual; II Tragedy and myth 4 Myth: function and analysis 5 Structure and ethics in Greek myth 6 Myths in tragedy; III Tragic form and tragic feeling 7 The Oresteia: nature versus perversion 8 Helplessness and power in Greek tragedy: suppliant protector; oppressor revenger 9 Sophocles: suffering integrity 10 Four 'Electra' plays. Conclusion. Appendices I Else on katharsis II Kirk on myth III Matriliny patriliny and the erosion of a parent. . 1973. 0582504473 . Longman hardcover

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Babrius; Afredi Eberhard (ed)Biblio.com

BABRII FABULAE; Ex Recensione

1875Best.-Nr. 3624Weidmannsche Buchhandlung. Very Good-. Hardcover. Former classics scholar's name on ffep Alan E. Samuel. Former owner's bookplate on inner cover. Foxing to ffeps. Pages are browned. Corners are worn. Light chipping to a few pages. Browning to front cover.; Greek writer of fables who lived probably in the second century AD. Greek text with latin apparatus.; 100 pages . 1875. Weidmannsche Buchhandlung hardcover

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Segal, CharlesBiblio.com

PINDAR'S MYTHMAKING; The Fourth Pythian Ode

1986Best.-Nr. 2625Princeton University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Dustjacket and book have minor shelfwear. Dustjacket is protected in mylar.; Signed on ffep by author: "For Al with all best wishes Charlie". Traces the underlying mythical patterns implicit poetics and processes of mythopoesis that animate Pindar's longest and most elaborate victory ode. Particularly concerned with the way in which he incorporates patriarchal and aristocratic ideology myths of creations and first beginnings the voyage to the limits of the world and the myth of the hero.; 1 x 9.25 x 6 Inches; 223 pages; Signed by Author . 1986. 0691054738 . Princeton University Press hardcover

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Lacy, Norris JBiblio.com

THE FORTUNES OF KING ARTHUR

2005Best.-Nr. 2675D. S. Brewer. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Library barcode on ffep--however no other library markings. Cloth has a tear along bottom of spine-- 2" but does not cut through the actual board.; The essays in this volume offer a general overview and a number of detailed examinations of Arthur's fortunes in two senses. First is the role of Fortune itself often personified and consistently instrumental in accounts of Arthur's court and reign. More generally the articles trace the trajectory of the Arthurian legend - its birth rise and decline - through the middle ages. The final essay follows the continued turning of Fortune's wheel emphasizing the modern revival and flourishing of the legend. The authors all distinguished Arthurian scholars illustrate their arguments through studies of early Latin and Welsh sources chronicles romances in English French German Italian Latin and Welsh manuscript illustration and modern literary texts.; Arthurian Studies LXIV; 1.02 x 9.21 x 6.22 Inches; 288 pages . 2005. 1843840618 . D. S. Brewer hardcover

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Claudian; Hall, J BBiblio.com

CLAUDIAN: DE RAPTU PROSERPINAE; Edited with an Introduction and Commentary

1970Best.-Nr. 2993Cambridge University Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. DJ is price-clipped else Fine. Dustjacket is protected in plastic.; Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries 11; 262 pages; An exhaustive study of Claudian's unfinished mythological epic with a text apparatus criticus and commentary. The long introduction begins with a catalogue of manuscripts; and this leads to an investigation into the manuscript tradition and the history of the poem's transmission. Dr Hall then surveys the most important printed editions of the poem. He examines various theories of dating and discusses the sources of the story. He concludes the introduction with a brief critical assessment of the form and style of the poem. Dr Hall establishes his text after an examination of all the extant manuscripts. The apparatus though very full is selective in that it records readings of younger manuscripts only when they offer something new. It also ignores trifling corruptions. The commentary is similarly selective. In general it discusses everything relevant to the establishing of the text and ignores points of purely mythological and literary interest. . 1970. 0521074428 . Cambridge University Press hardcover

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Corti, LillianBiblio.com

THE MYTH OF MEDEA AND THE MURDER OF CHILDREN

1998Best.-Nr. 987Greenwood Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. One corner is bumped. Light shelfwear.; Signed by author: "To Lillian Feder-- who helped me find the path that would lead to this book and guided my first steps along the way. With warm regards Lillian"; Contributions to the Study of World Literature; 0.95 x 9.56 x 6.38 Inches; 264 pages; Corti focuses on the meaning and importance of the act of child murder in literary treatments of the ancient myth. She insists on the connection between the structure of tragedy and the psychology of abuse arguing that the tragedy of Medea dramatizes the violent hostility toward children which is always potentially present in patriarchal culture despite the conspicuous emphasis on positive descriptions of parental love in officially sanctioned discourse.; Signed by Author . 1998. 0313305366 . Greenwood Press hardcover

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Goedicke, HansBiblio.com

NEAR EASTERN STUDIES IN HONOR OF WILLIAM FOXWELL ALBRIGHT

1971Best.-Nr. 1085The Johns Hopkins University Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Dustjacket has a few small nicks and tears at the top of the spine. DJ is price-clipped.; This books consists of a series of 35 scholarly articles written by near eastern specialists on the occasion of the 80th birthday of William Albright now deceased one of the foremost experts in near eastern studies in the last century.; 503 pages; Some Articles include: Passive and Ergative in Hebrew; Phoenician Elements in Isaiah; A re-study of an Elephantine Aramaic Marriage Contract; Redaction of the Plague Narrative in Exodus; History and Cult in the Old Testament; Yahweh and Mari; Punic Art in Italy; Edom and Judah in the Sixth-Fifth Centuries B. C; Scene on the drinking mug from Ugarit; Remarks on Comparative Mythology; Ugaritic Texts and Textual Criticism of the Hebrew Bible; Formation of the Feminine in Semitic Languages; Gilgamesh. There are many more articles in English German and French. . 1971. 0801812356 . The Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover

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Woodward, Jocelyn MBiblio.com

PERSEUS; A Study in Greek Art and Legend

1937Best.-Nr. 410Cambridge University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Corners are lightly bumped.; 98 pages . 1937. Cambridge University Press hardcover

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(Folklore)Biblio.com

Eight Pamphlets of Medical and Folklore Interest Mainly Scottish.

1913Best.-Nr. 8182London Aberdeen Glasgow: Various imprints 1913. 8 pamphlets 8vo each retaining their printed wrappers bound together in contemporary blue cloth red leather label ’Medical Pamphlets’ to spine. Some pamphlets a little nicked and soiled to protruding fore-edges. Binding a little rubbed to extremities. Ink ownership stamps of James A. Stephen to flyleaf presentation inscription to third pamphlet: ‘J.A. Stephen from D.R.’ A sammelband of pamphlets assembled by Aberdonian doctor James Stephen with an emphasis on folkloric material and featuring many pieces by his fellow Aberdonian doctor the folklorist Dr. David Rorie. Although uncredited Rorie is probably the author of the pamphlet on the songs and names of the Garioch Medical Association a body he joined in 1905 and most likely the D.R. who has inscribed it making it a presentation copy. The full contents are: 1: Rorie David. Collectanea. Stray Notes on the Folk-lore of Aberdeenshire and the North-East of Scotland. extracted from: Folk-Lore. A Quarterly Review of Myth Tradition Institution and Custom. London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd. September 30th 1914. pp. 341-364. Original orange wrappers printed in black. 2: Newman Sir George. A Century of Medicine at Padua. London: British Periodicals Ltd. 1922. pp. 38 2. Original grey paper wrappers printed in black. 3: Rorie David. The Songs and Names of The Garioch and Northern Medical Association With Historical Notes. Printed in Celebration of The Sixtieth Annual Meeting held at The Kintore Arms Inverurie Saturday 27th September 1913. Aberdeen: For Private Circulation. The University Press 1913. pp. 42. Original grey paper wrappers printed in black. 4: Hay Matthew. Recognition of Professor Matthew Hay. Presentation Ceremony in Aberdeen January 14 1925. Aberdeen: The Aberdeen University Press Ltd. 1925. pp. 36. Original pale green wrappers printed in black. This a subscriber’s copy. 5: MacNaughton W.A. and David Rorie eds. The Caledonian Medical Journal. Vol. X No. 3. Glasgow: Printed by Alex. MacDougall 1915. pp. 61-92. Original sage green paper wrappers printed in black. Includes articles on Folk-Medicine in Scots Ballad and Rhyme by Rorie and Medicine and Surgery in the Mabinogion. 6: MacNaughton W.A. and David Rorie eds. The Caledonian Medical Journal. Vol. XII No. 3. Glasgow: Printed by Alex. MacDougall 1923. pp. 65-100 1 plate. Original grey paper wrappers printed in black. 7: Rorie David. The Mining Folk of Fife. Reprinted from “County Folk-lore” Vol. VII. 1914. pp. 386-419 1 2 double-sided plates. Offprint in original orange paper wrappers printed in black. 8: Mitchell John. Jeannie Lowrie o’ Laichie Toon. Aberdeen: William Smith & Son The Bon-Accord Press 1920. pp. 11 1. Original pale brown wrappers printed in dark brown. [Various imprints] hardcover

McNaughtan's Bookshop · Vereinigtes Königreich150,00 £≈ 178,51 €

Tolkien, J R R; Gordon E V (Eds)Biblio.com

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

1930Best.-Nr. 17228London United Kingdom: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1930. nd revised edition from 1925 1st. Arthurian legend taken from a 14th century manuscript by unknown author. This one of the best known Authurian tales involving quests to test Gawains prowess written in middle English in alliterative verse. CONDITION Green cloth has been stored in a damp place at some stage causing soiling to bds and split to ends pages exposing cloth backing to spine frontis has illus and another plate showing beginning of text from original 14th C manuscript as part of introduction pp xvii 211. Mostly clean with tidy pencil notaions through poem. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford at the Clarendon Press Hardcover

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Edward A ArmstrongBiblio.com

The Folklore of Birds: An Enquiry into the Origin & Distribution of some Magico-Religious Traditions The New Naturalist

1958Best.-Nr. 52610Collins London 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". xvi 272pp. Binding firm. Slight foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket marked and chipped with slightly faded spine slight loss and a couple of small internal tears. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Edges foxed and browned. Corner of front end paper cut out. Corners bumped. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Animals & Birds; Myths Legends & Folklore. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52610. . Collins hardcover

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Peter Brookesmith (ed)Biblio.com

The Unexplained: Mysteries of Mind Space & Time 157 issues complete in 13 Volumes

1983Best.-Nr. 66477Orbis London 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Size: 4to 9 3/4 - 12". 3120 31pp. 13-volume set complete. Internal hole to spine of binder for vol 8. Some fading to volume numbers on a couple of binders. Edges foxed and browned. This set is published over the period 1980-3. "The collection covers the paranormal UFOs cryptozoology and alternative histories." Profusely illustrated. In official binders. Most covers are absent but those for the index volume are present. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 5 kilos. Category: Magic Paranormal & Occult; Myths Legends & Folklore. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 66477. . This is a SET of books therefore heavier than a standard volume and will involve extra shipping charges to some countries. Orbis hardcover

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Thomas Crofton Croker (1798-1854), Irish writer and antiquary [Ireland; antiquarian; folk, fairy tales; folklore]:Biblio.com

Fairy Legends; South of Ireland Autograph presentation to John Franklin Junior on title leaf of the second edition of his 'Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland'.

Best.-Nr. 7399Title leaf: London. John Murray. 1824. Dimensions of leaf roughly 16 x 10 cm. The removed title leaf of a book: aged foxed and with chipping and short closed tears to the edges. The inscription reads 'John Franklin Junr. from The Author.' See Image. Title leaf: London. John Murray. 1824. unknown

Richard M. Ford Ltd · Vereinigtes Königreich50,00 £≈ 59,50 €

Society, FolkloreBiblio.com

Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry: Forgotten Books

Best.-Nr. 160506145X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback

Bonita · Vereinigte Staaten54,54 $≈ 48,63 €

Hellenic Ministry of CultureBiblio.com

The Bull in the Mediterranean World: Myths & Cults

2003Best.-Nr. 050425Athens Greece: Hellenic Ministry of Culture 2003. Soft cover. Very Good . 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 227pp. colour photos. Illustrated wrapper w French flaps is clean showing light diagonal crease to bottom front corner. Binding square and not creased. Quarto - 29.5 x 23.5cm. Exhibition catalogue of the 213 works displayed at the Cultural Olympiad 2001-2004 through the Hellenic Ministry of Culture together with an opening series of essays written by specialist researchers and historians. The Bull in the Mediterranean World" looks at the male symbolic universe of the ancient cultures around Mare Nostrum - Our Sea - amongst whom the bull acquired a number of different meanings and became a cult object in secular and religious rituals. Hellenic Ministry of Culture paperback

Post Horizon Booksellers · Kanada95,00 CA$≈ 60,29 €

Kanzaki county history and Folklore MuseumBiblio.com