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How much of what became the folk tales of our ancestors was rooted in scientifically verifiable fact, and what can...  Read More >>

Diver's journey from respected foundation executive to spiritual healer includes forays with healing ministries,...  Read More >>

Maybe it's the time of year she was killed. Maybe it's the fact that her parents were considered suspects and later...  Read More >>

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Excerpt from Rambling Sketches: In the Far North and Orcadian Musings Almost all the scenes described came under...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Coins in the Indian Museum Calcutta, Vol. 1: Including the Cabinet of the Asiatic...  Read More >>

Excerpt from A Study in Epic Development It is hoped that the title of the thesis here presented - A Study in Epic...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Babylonian-Assyrian Birth-Omens, and Their Cultural Significance 2 The field of divination was gradually...  Read More >>

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At last! The definitive version of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon, told in scintillating verse by master...  Read More >>

How did the walls of Jericho fall? Did the sun really stop in the heavens? How did the Bible help the British win...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1910, this book analyses the customs and superstitions of modern Greece as a means of gaining...  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

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Excerpt from Witchcraft and Second Sight in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland: Tales and Traditions Collected...  Read More >>

"Bigfoot isn't a recent entry to popular culture; the mythical monster arose decades ago, and fully entrenched itself...  Read More >>

This ambitious and vivid study in six volumes explores the journey of a single, electrifying story, from its first...  Read More >>

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Seven engaging stories set along the Cotswold Canals – a unique blend of waterways history and folk tales  Read More >>

Contributors show how legend trips can express humanity s interest in the frontier between life and death and the...  Read More >>

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Excerpt from La Chanson De Roland: A Modern French Translation of Theodor Muller's d104 of the Oxford Manuscript;...  Read More >>