Mythology

A collection of fascinating old stories associated with Scotland's amazing places

A treasure trove of wintery nature tales from storytellers across the globe, bringing a little magic and wonder to every dark night.

She came to Salem to start a new life, but the gods have other plans. The Coven, a group of Druid leaders initially tasked with protecting the balance, has been polluted by greed. Their leader, Cormac McBrehon covertly plans to steal the abilities of the next high priestess if only he could find her. Alex Sinclair is weary after 600 years of searching for a legend, for that is who she must be. Having nothing but a vague reference from ancient prophecy and the cruel insistence of the gods, he has combed the centuries for her. Racing, with life or death hanging in the balance, he must find her first. Brenawyn McAllister has come back to the fabled city of witches to the only family she has left: her grandmother. From the onset of her move, she is accosted and pursued, identified through obscure visions as a potential, though she knows nothing of magic. A devote Catholic, Brenawyn questions her faith when too many events, irreconcilable with her own beliefs, refuse to be ignored. Can Alex convince Brenawyn that she is the woman for whom he has been searching? Can he teach her to use her powers in time to defend against the Coven?

Dive in and discover everything you need to know about the extensive world of Celtic shamanism!Do you have an interest in the Celtic religion?Are you looking for a guide to shamanism and Druidry?Would you like to know more about Celtic magic and spirituality?Do you want to know more about Celtic Tree Astrology?If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then this guide is perfect for you. The Celtic people spent thousands of years cultivating their culture and religion, and modern neopagans have done extensive work to revive it in an authentic form while finding ways to apply it to contemporary society.In this book, you will:¿ Gain an understanding of Celtic paganism¿ Learn the differences between shamanism and Druidry¿ Delve into the world of Celtic mythology¿ Discover the hidden Celtic alphabet of Ogham¿ Learn about Celtic symbols¿ Uncover the secrets of Celtic animal and earth magic¿ Learn about Celtic Tree AstrologyBy the time you've finished this guide, you will have received a comprehensive education on Celtic shamanism and Druidry, Celtic magic, Celtic symbolism, and the Celtic Tree alphabet known as Ogham. Even if you know a little about the Celtic people, you can gain a deeper understanding of the subject, and you are sure to find something new and fascinating from reading this book!

You're more special than you know. Liz Brander's grandfather used to tell her that all the time. Could they be more than just words? Not long before a planned trip, a personal tragedy leads her to uncover a long-kept secret. Determined to fulfill her journey-or perhaps run away from her problems-she leaves for Florida, only to be stranded with no money, no place to go, and no one to turn to. With the warm gulf waters beckoning her and an unexpected connection, leaving her sleepy home in Ohio may be more than she bargained for. After finding out he's the unwilling partner of an upcoming arranged marriage, Wyatt, Prince of Aquana, seeks guidance from his late mother's journal, discovering they're more alike than he thought. Reading about her explorations of the world above the water is the push he needs to leave his home. When he steps onto land, Wyatt finds life above the ocean is much more than he ever imagined.As Liz and Wyatt's paths cross and become entangled with others, will their secrets remain hidden beneath the surface? Or will the sea pull them under?

Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen) is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimm's Fairy Tales (German: Grimms Märchen). The influence of the book was widespread. W. H. Auden praised it, during World War II, as one of the founding works of Western culture...

Könguljónið Óður vísindamaður sleppir mannætuskrímsli lausu. Menn reyna að gera viðeigandi ráðstafanir, en yfirvöld komast á snoðir um Það og ÞÞeir neyðast Þá til að gera viðeigandi ráðstafanir sem eru líka löglegar í staðinn.Of hardcore fyrir sósíalinn: Frægur klámmyndaleikstjóri kemur sér í ónáð hjá STASI fyrir and-félagslegan boðskap.Gott fólk: Fólk reynir að halda heilsunni með líkamsrækt og vegan lífsstíl til Þess að forðast að verða holdætu-bakteríunni að bráð.Ævintýri Hitlers í 101: Hitler rankar við sér í 101 Reykjavík, og Þarf að aðlagast nýjum aðstæðum og menningu.Maðurinn í Hornherberginu: Maður finnur púka sem getur veitt óskir gegn gjaldi.

"Like Smoke, Like Light, the debut collection of short fiction from Japanese author Yukimi Ogawa, gathers seventeen tales that Locus Magazine has described as constructed in a "wild-but still grounded, feeling more like SF than fantasy-fashion." As novelist and poet Francesca Forrest writes in her introduction, "Ogawa is a remarkable light in the science fiction and fantasy firmament," who "writes unsettling stories that are by turns horrifying and touching." This book "give us space and time to think about how we really feel about tricky questions-like what makes a monster" and how loving families can be found when one accepts "the forms they choose to wear."--Publisher's description.

The creative seed for Fascinating Folklore began under the popular hashtag #folklorethursday. Each week John Reppion tweeted a different writing prompt on a folkloric theme that PJ Holden would swiftly adapt into a stunning single-panel comic. What began as a creative challenge between two friends rapidly developed; Reppion expanded each of his original prompts into a rich essay corresponding to each of PJ's stunning comics. The range of folkloric topics is genuinely expansive, from Hawthorne, Blackberries, and the Willow tree to the legend of Boudica, the Wandjina spirits of Western Australia, and the Japanese ghost, Okiku!

Fans of The Ritual by Adam Nevill and action-packed horror movies like Demons and 30 Days of Night will love this new chiller from the author of Tomb of Gods.During a winter storm, a ravenous beast preys upon the people of a remote town and a pipeline construction company. Among them, a predatorial psychopath welcomes a master as cold and dark as his heart. Following a trail of carnage, retired police chief Sam Larsen, along with a hellbent group of men and a corrupt sheriff, desperately try to stop the beast before its contagious hunger spreads to others. A young mother, trapped inside her isolated home with her children, must do everything in her power to survive the night. FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing Independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress

I have been given a mission. Find the Blackbird.To find Philip Hakorn, the leader of the Blackbird warrior guild, who was taken from his home. I have just retired as the first Minister of Pranda and was looking forward to my retirement. Riding around Tralia risking my life was not my first choice once released from duty. But this search leads me from my old training ground, down to the southern forest and into one of the river towns that holds more secrets than I thought possible. We must find my friend at all cost.There was more to this than an abduction. Someone searched for the guild members kidnapping or murdering them. What were they searching for? What did Philip know that he became a target?The Blackbird warriors were all summoned and when The Blackbird whistles all listen and obey.

'In these wise, capacious, achingly beautiful stories, Omer Friedlander maps the hidden geography of the human heart like a young Chekhov' ANTHONY MARRA'A beautiful debut by a deeply humane writer. Every story is a vivid world unto itself, intensely felt, and often revelatory' NICOLE KRAUSSA divorced con-artist and his young daughter sell empty bottles of 'holy' air to credulous tourists. In a bombed-out Beirut radio station, a Lebanese Scheherazade enchants three young soldiers with her nightly tales.Ahead of a school 'Show and Tell', two brothers kidnap a Shoah survivor from a supermarket to pose as their grandfather.An Israeli volunteer at a West Bank checkpoint mourns the death of her son, a soldier killed in Gaza.From the limestone alleyways of Jerusalem to the desolate Negev Desert and the sprawling orange groves of Jaffa, Omer Friedlander's stories are fairy tales turned on their head by the stakes of real life, where moments of fragile intimacy mix with comedy and notes of the absurd.Casting his eye, not on the region's conflicts, but on the hopes and failures of its people, The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land is at times darkly funny, at others quietly devastating.

Whether as the mothers of the Norse God Heimdall, Morgan and her sisters on Avalon, the nine sisters at the heart of the founding myth of the Gikuyu of Kenya, or witches battling with the Irish St Patrick, stories of nine women, often attending a goddess or linked to a heroic or divine male, exist across much of our world. Triggered by a local story still told in his native Dundee, Stuart McHardy has traced what seems to be memories of groups of nine women, most likely some kind of priestesses, across much of Europe and as far as Siberia, Korea, India and Africa. Whether as Pictish saints, Muses, Valkyries, Druidesses or witches, the tales of these groups of nine women transcend a vast range of cultural and linguistic boundaries. The painting of nine women dancing round a priapic male in a Catalonian cave painting over fifteen thousand years old suggests these groups may well have been one of the oldest cultural institutions humanity has known.Â

In the beginning, fairy tales were all we had. Tales to explain the unexplained, to impart morality, and culture. But more often than not, to warn. From the editors of the From the Rock anthologies comes a new selection of stories, carefully curated from some of Newfoundland and Labrador's favourite authors. Between these pages, old tales are revisited, familiar foes lurk, and fairy tales for the modern age are born. Including the work of Bronwynn Erskine (By Reservation Only), Melissa Bishop (The Fairies of Foggy Island) and David James Lynch (All Things Broken).

The God of Lightning is no match for this fiery dragon shifter.After years of touring the world as the rockstar he is, Zeus is longing for more. The days when people worshiped the gods of Olympus are long gone, and it takes more than an adoring concert crowd to give him that hit of devotion. He needs something more, something new to bring back that spark. And the answers he seeks can only be found in the Underworld.Princess Jade wants nothing to do with her kingdom's old ways. None of the other dragon families still honor the mating rituals that used to be required to secure the bloodlines. But her mother, the queen, is not a modern ruler. And if the queen has her way, Jade will be nothing more than a broodmare for the realm.Can Zee find love that lasts with a runaway princess? Can Jade trust the king of the players with her tender heart?Zeus is book twenty-seven in the Speed Dating with the Denizens of the Underworld shared world, filled with powerful dragon shifters, fun-size satyrs, Greek gods, and so much more.

Curator Madame Françoise René de Cotret travels to Japan to procure loans of Buddhist sculptures for a forthcoming exhibition to be held at the Cernushi Museum in Paris. She is reunited with her Japanese friend Itsue and learns about her troubled romance with a Korean national, Françoise in turn becomes attracted to a Buddhist monk. Later as the two women travel around the Kansai area they are caught by leaders of a criminal syndicate when they discover stolen statues waiting to be exported. Along with an appendix of factual information about temples in the Kansai area, a co-production of forty years experience in Japan, authors Abbott and Léveillé weave together a tale of suspense and romantic intrigue with actual historical and geographical locations.

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Mythical tales of bloodshed set in a Feudal Japan that runs rampant with spirits both demonic and heroic fighting for the fate of their world, from acclaimed creator Saverio Tenuta.

This is a trilogy tale about tiny, leafy, stick-like creatures of the forest who must battle the evil foretold in the Prophesy Rhymes of old. Leaflings is a time-machine ride through the medieval forest. Keep your sword handy...

Orphaned by war yet blessed by the gods, the slave-girl Tisiphone is chosen to become an assassin for the Greek Empire of the North. Fighting her way up from the slave pits, Tisiphone is given to the scarred warrior, Chloe, to train. The seasoned warrior prepares Tisiphone the only way Chloe knows: with the lash, with blood, with fear that must be conquered. For if Tisiphone is to stand with her sister Furies against the barbarian horde that threatens the Empire, she must be made to be like bronze: razor-sharp and unbending. But Tisiphone's heart will not be turned to ice. Tisiphone tempers war with love; for her sister Furies, for a man, perhaps even for undeserving Chloe herself.

Do you know that there was a "three-legged" seer, named rishi Bhringi? Perhaps you do not know. To make you "know" the "unknown," or "lesser known," is the sine qua non, nay the aim, of the book entitled "Story Time: The Puranic Wisdom." For the stories, myths, legends, tales, included in this volume, have been dug out from the holy scriptures and renowned classics. One of the characteristic beauties of the puranic and the classical literature is the happy amalgamation of nature and imagination. It is common to entertain children with stories in which birds and beasts are made to speak. But the stories of the Puranas and the epics are meant for elderly people. The usual expedient device employed is that these creatures in the previous birth, were human beings. For instance, a deer was a rishi in the previous birth, or a fox a king; the subsequent degradation being due to a curse. Each story teaches us something about life.

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