Sequel to the award-winning Kitsune-Tsuki Following the search for the shape-shifting kitsune, onmyouji Tsurugu no Kiyomori serves Naka no Yoritomo and his new wife Kaede, protecting their household from the supernatural and warning of...
Folklore
- Author:Baugh, Laura VanArendonkSummary:
- Author:Flynn, BenedictSummary:
These stories are about how, many years ago, Arthur the once and future King of England, set out to save his country from the troubles that plagued it, aided by the brave knights of his round table, and the most famous sword in the...
- Author:Jones, AndySummary:
- Author:Dundes, AlanSummary:
- Author:Gargiulo, Terrence L.Summary:
Terrence Gargiulo and Dr. Gini Graham Scott present 24 short stories designed to help listeners navigate a world full of dishonest and petty characters. Entertaining and thought-provoking, these stories offer blueprints for managing any...
- Author:James, Simon DanielSummary:
In this tale there is an old man who keeps the sky, the stars, the moon, and the light of the world in a set of boxes. Raven tricks him into opening the boxes. Raven then steals the sun, and the world around him becomes instantly...
- Author:Croft, ClarySummary:
Helen Creighton was born at the turn of the nineteenth century and until her death in 1989, she made a remarkable contribution towards retrieving the stories, songs, and legends that have shaped the culture and the people of the...
- Author:Hale, Thomas A.Summary:
On May 17, 1967, the American writer Alex Haley went to Juffure, a village in The Gambia on what was once the western fringe of the Mali empire. There he met a griot, or jali, who recounted a story about Haley’s roots in Africa. Haley...
- Author:Grimm, Jacob, Grimm, WilhelmSummary:
From the land of fantastical castles, vast lakes and deep forests, the Brothers Grimm collected a treasury of enchanting folk and fairy stories full of giants and dwarfs, witches and princesses, magical beasts and cunning children. From...
- Author:Yahgulanaas, Michael NicollSummary:
Hummingbirds symbolize wisdom and courage. The determined hummingbird challenges a raging fire that threatens the forest. The story reminds us all that power is not always about size. It is always about commitment. This tale has origins...
- Author:EELLS, Elsie SpicerSummary:
This book, subtitled "How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-Lore", is a collection of short stories, most of them etiologial myths from Brazilian Indian Folklore.
- Author:Vansina, Jan.Summary:
Dans un précédent article, auquel celui-ci fait suite, l’auteure avait posé la question suivante : les historiens non autochtones possèdent-ils les outils linguistiques et analytiques propres à interpréter les récits relevant de la...
- Author:King, ThomasSummary:
Two tales, set in a time “when animals and human beings still talked to each other,” display Thomas King’s cheeky humor and master storytelling skills. Freshly illustrated and reissued as an early chapter book, these stories are perfect...
- Author:Taylor, C. J.Summary:
Presents seven creation legends from Native American tribes, accompanied by detailed illustrations.
- Author:Creighton, HelenSummary:
Bluenose Magic, first published in 1968, is considered a classic of Maritime literature, and its author, Dr. Helen Creighton, is one of Canada's best-loved and most respected folklorists. This fascinating and engaging companion to the...
- Author:Creighton, HelenSummary:
Ghosts guarding buried treasure, phantom ships, haunted houses and supernatural warnings of death are just some of the strange and mysterious phenomena from Bluenose Ghosts. These unexplained mysteries are all based on personal...
- Author:SkaaySummary:
- Author:McKinley, RobinSummary:
Kind Beauty grows to love the Beast at whose castle she is compelled to stay and through her love releases him from the spell which had turned him from a handsome prince into an ugly beast.
- Author:Christopher, NeilSummary:
In the Arctic, orphaned Ava stumbles upon a group of magical dwarves who show him how it feels to have a home of his own.
- Author:Cuthand, DougSummary: