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Viking Folktales (PB) by J. K. Jackson (Editor)
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: The\World's Greatest Myths and Legends Ser.
Character-forming moral fables, Viking and Nordic folk and fairy tales take the magic of the natural world and combine it with the practical common sense of the everyday. Good folk are rewarded for their hard work, the honest and the faithful are valued by the gods: treasured tales from Hans Christian A ...Show more
West African Folktales by J. K. Jackson (Editor)
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: The\World's Greatest Myths and Legends Ser.
Tricksters and animals play an important role in West African folklore with stories that entertain but serve a moral purpose. Traditions and local tales revel in the antics of these characters: from Nigeria to Benin, from the cunning spider god Anansi to Agemo, the chameleon spirit deity of the Yoruba p ...Show more
Wizards : From Merlin to Faust by David A. McIntee
Category: Children's Classic Fiction | Series: Myths and Legends
From the wise and mysterious soothsayer with his long grey beard to the deathless necromancer practicing his dark magics in a forgotten dungeon, wizards have captured our imaginations since the earliest days of human storytelling, presenting us with some of our greatest heroes and villains. This book co ...Show more