Mythology

Henry Shoemaker compiled these legendary tales set in the Juniata Valley of central Pennsylvania. Shoemaker's tales recall the transition of the landscape from forest to industrial logging and the decline of the native peoples as the European settlers advanced westward. This collection of tales has been modernized for 21st-century audiences but maintains the charm, wit, and suspense of the originals.Old DanThe Rede The Snow Image The Shadow Man The Wolf Tribe Candlemas The Warlock Shaney John The Hart's Horn Nita-Nee The Original Lost Creek Valley The Old Tree The Girl and the Panther The Standing StoneWarrior's Ridge Warrior's Mark Wild Ducks A Story of Black Jack Tom Fausett Aaron Hall Hallowe'enAll Souls' Night Merithew Green GapThe Rob Roy

Scarabeus - The Story of an African Beetle is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1892.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

INTRODUCCION Esta antología es una vista panorámica de todos mis cuentos infantiles escritos en diferentes épocas y sobre diferentes temas y géneros. Entre los temas, hay una amplia gama de cuentos sobre el amor, la muerte, la vida, la vida después de la muerte, el valor, la inocencia, la envidia, etc. Entre los géneros, hay cuentos de corte realista, surrealista, fantásticos, populares, etc. Algunos de estos cuentos se ajustan muy bien a la técnica narrativa del realismo mágico; otros, se basan en el folclor, en las creencias y supersticiones, y en los mitos y creencias religiosas. Hay cuentos alegóricos y sobre ficción histórica. Algunos de estos cuentos fueron tomados y adaptados de mi libro de cuentos para adultos. Pero, en su gran mayoría, estos cuentos se basan en mi propia experiencia, en eventos y situaciones que he observado a lo largo de mi vida, al hallarme en diferentes lugares y circunstancias. Debo mencionar aquí, que algunos de estos cuentos tienen su origen en algún sueño o revelación que tuve desde muy joven. Por ejemplo, "el niño que se convirtió en ángel," revela la fuerte emoción que sentí y la preocupación de tener que revelar a mi familia y, a otras personas, cuando me empezaron a salir las alas, y de cómo tenía que esconder o disimular con mis ropas los promontorios de las alas cuando me empezaron a crecer. Por otro lado, es notable el marcado realismo de alguna historia como en "La mamá gallina," producto de mi experiencia como campesino mientras vivía con mis padres; y el relato sobre, "La pobreza," que expresa la dureza de la vida del campo, especialmente en tiempos de sequía, de hambruna y de precariedad económica; pero también, debo decir que estos fueron los mejores momentos de mi vida mientras vivía con mis padres. Todas éstas fueron experiencias reales y vividas.

The Continuing Parody of humoristic fantasy, the Saga of the Knights of the Provincial Order, Residing in the Magic Dream Realm have done it again, for now even more harrowing chaos and evil dastardly doings to surmount and encounter have entered their paths. Young Squire Galahad, a Chosen half of a Divine love-bonded couple that gives their Realm and ours its existence has now entered the Honah Lee Academy as a Squire and returned to the Magic Dimension Realm, having to leave his beloved best friend Dinny Sapphire behind who abides within our Earthly dimension of life. Galahad has pledged a heart-wrenching vow to somehow find a way to transport Dinny Sapphire to the Magic realm by her coming-of-age 18th Birthday, yet he needs the aid and support of his newly acquired Bunkmates at the Academy: Squire Perci, the epitome of Divine Otherworldly chastity, and Squire Bors, his valiant, strong, humorous partner in Dynamic duo, and the anomalistic B-pyxis Finnimbrun, the twin of a magically borne male/female pair of oddly symbiotic twins, or... 'just plain Finn' as his male half would put it; Finn, Borne of pure magic and actually of 11yrs of age while birthed (go figure that out read the tale!) He is confronted by his own inborn curse the night he is born, and befriended by a twee tiny little light globe who sprinkles sparkling healing dust and smooches him every night to help subdue the debilitating hex upon him and devotedly follows him everywhere he goes since his birthnight. The new Quad Squad of Squires vow an inter-dimensional retrieval plan to find a way to aid their brother Galahad while learning of their mystic and physical esoteric studies...but a newly arrived and Mysterious Sister Apa, a hypnotic, bewitching young beauty enters the Academy and bunks right next door to them with her Triplet suitemates and seems to have other plans to thwart this...most of it all targeted in oddly obsessive amour...towards Squire Finn, who alike Perci and Bors had pledged a vow of chastity and clear intent just to aid Galahad, for he was borne for just that purpose. When Finn is besieged by Sister Apa's wiles and wild rebellion...which she surely takes too far...he also is astounded and stunned to find out through a strange missive adventure that he himself is also Divinely Chosen, has a Sacred Chosen Love bonded partner, a hexed and Cursed adopted Fae Princess Calliope, who was also born in the Other Tyme like Dinny Sapphire but now resides in their Magic Dimension, only placed under a horrible vile spell by the posthumous Villainess Empress Shar; This debacle of distortion of Finn Sandwiched between a quandary of two females is disrupting the trajectory of what Finn knows he was born to do, find a way Galahad can be with his Love Dinny Sapphire physically...which also involves a 'heavenly intervention', for Dinny Sapphire is founded to also be of...Otherworldly Alien lineage, one not seen nor heard of in a long, long time...and this brings other Villians into the mix, a Mr. Krunk Jr lurking about Dinny Sapphire's every move to oust her otherworldly secrets and finally get the revenge he so craves, with the help of even another Twin...who is tied to the alluring sister Apa, the Mordacious Warlock Wizard Momos, who has her in his partnership of tyrannic take down to set her torrid trap into motion; Will Galahad, with his best Mate Finn and the Dynamic duo of Bors and Perci, be able to get through their trials and tribulations and reach their goals of Knighthood and Chivalric Quest to aid Dinny Sapphire and Galahad's Chosen Love bond? Or will it all end in infamy and disgrace? Read on, valiant ones, and find out...

A collection of three novellas and two short stories, Longevity and Other Stories, is an eclectic sample of John Saye's style. Learn how warped and confusing it might be to live forever. Follow a twisted tale of deep-dwelling aliens set against the backdrop of a London populated with rats and frogs in waistcoats and top hats. Find out what it's like to run away with the monster you love. Contained are: LongevityShadow StreetThe Monster of Blueberry FallsShort stories The Black Hole and The Psychic Piranha

Votre enfant compte les jours avant le réveillon de Noël ? Redécouvrez la magie des contes d'hiver en lisant au coin du feu ou bien au chaud dans le lit.Ce livre de contes de Noël est parfait pour être partagé en famille pendant les fêtes de fin d'année. Plongez dans un recueil incontournable regroupant des histoires classiques de Noël écrites par des auteurs prestigieux : Charles Dickens, Josephine Marchand, Alphonse Daudet, Hans Christian Andersen, Guy de Maupassant et E.T.A. Hoffmann.Chaque récit promet de faire vivre la joie de Noël et la magie des contes et légendes aux petits comme aux grands. Un cadeau idéal pour créer des souvenirs inoubliables en famille pendant la période des fêtes !

Bertha Pappenheim: Maasse-Buch. Buch der Sagen und Legenden aus Talmud und Midrasch nebst Volkserzählungen in jüdisch-deutscher SpracheLesefreundlicher Großdruck in 16-pt-SchriftGroßformat, 210 x 297 mmBerliner Ausgabe, 2023Durchgesehener Neusatz bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Theodor BorkenTextgrundlage ist die Ausgabe:Allerlei Geschichten. Maasse-Buch, Buch der Sagen und Legenden aus Talmud und Midrasch nebst Volkserzählungen in jüdisch-deutscher Sprache. Nach der Ausgabe des Maasse-Buches, Amsterdam 1723, bearbeitet von Bertha Pappenheim, Frankfurt am Main: J. Kauffmann Verlag, 1929.Die Paginierung obiger Ausgabe wird in dieser Neuausgabe als Marginalie zeilengenau mitgeführt.Umschlaggestaltung von Thomas Schultz-Overhage unter Verwendung des Bildes: Gustav Bauernfeind, Juden an der Klagemauer, o.J..Gesetzt aus der Minion Pro, 16 pt.Henricus - Edition Deutsche Klassik GmbH

Kleinhans - Eine Ohio Geschichte ist ein unveränderter, hochwertiger Nachdruck der Originalausgabe aus dem Jahr 1892.Hansebooks ist Herausgeber von Literatur zu unterschiedlichen Themengebieten wie Forschung und Wissenschaft, Reisen und Expeditionen, Kochen und Ernährung, Medizin und weiteren Genres. Der Schwerpunkt des Verlages liegt auf dem Erhalt historischer Literatur. Viele Werke historischer Schriftsteller und Wissenschaftler sind heute nur noch als Antiquitäten erhältlich. Hansebooks verlegt diese Bücher neu und trägt damit zum Erhalt selten gewordener Literatur und historischem Wissen auch für die Zukunft bei.

Midsummer midnight: the endless white night of the far north.Malyuta, slave and hunter, names his first born son 'Ambrosi' because it means 'Immortal.'Then comes Kuzma, the bear-shaman, who claims the baby as his apprentice. He promises Malyuta riches or even the return of his youth, if he will give up his new-born son.Malyuta refuses, throughout the long night. The bear-shaman leaves, at last, declaring that keeping the baby will bring Malyuta nothing but misery.It is never wise to anger a shaman. Kuzma watches as Ambrosi grows...Can Ambrosi escape the bear-shaman? Can he protect his father from the Kuzma's revenge?Book Two of the Ghost World sequence, which began with Ghost Drum and continues with Ghost Dance.

The Little Mermaid meets Loki in this dark, twisted retelling that's anything but a Fairy Tale. In this world, foes look like friends, the heroes are deliciously wicked, and you'll never see the end coming.Ten years ago, I 'died', and it was the best thing that ever happened to me.I should have known it wouldn't last.Once my family thought I was dead I was finally free to live. Until the day my brother walks into my tiny bookshop.No one leaves the Grayling pack and gets away with it. They drag me back, but not for the reason I believe.My mother has made an enemy of a powerful witchand I am to take the punishment meant for her. Death would have been kinder.This curse? What I am now? It's so much worse than I could have imagined. She didn't just cut me off from my wolf, or even simply kill me. She made me a golden retriever and sent me to a shelter. I'm ready to die in truth now, I'm hoping for it even. And then my mate walks in...but how am I supposed to convince him I'm the strong partner he needs to help him stop the end of the world when I can't stop wagging my freaking tail?

A tale of two mothers, each desperate to protect her child. But only one of them can succeed. And only one of them knows why.---The Bone Roots is a slavic-folklore inspired fantasy that explores how far a mother will go to protect her child…It’s been 40 years since the Fox took Kada’s brother. Though she ran and kept herself hidden, she fears it may be stalking her again, this time to steal her daughter.Every year, Vedma Kada gives thanks to the bone roots – those that belong to the child-bearing tree who gave Kada her desperately-wanted baby, Secha. Kada lives her life in service of the bone roots and the goddess Zemya, but they cannot keep her daughter safe. Not when Secha’s emerging powers, both mysterious and brutish, threaten to out her for who she truly is…Meanwhile Sladyana, a rich noblewoman, has spent the last fifteen years searching for her missing daughter, Luba. She was snatched from their home by the Fox thief and Sladyana has heard nothing from her since. But the one who gave Sladyana her daughter has come within her grasp once again, and so has the secret of her daughter’s fate.File Under: Fantasy [ Tree of Life |  Mother Issues | Out Foxed | Unravelling Secrets ]

Bluebeard gets a feminist Gothic makeover in this subversive take on the famous French fairy tale—from the acclaimed director of The Love Witch, and for fans of Jane Eyre

The Witch Garden is more than just your average, typical back garden - it's more like a large and diverse, self-contained magical ecosystem.

How had I let myself, god of love, fall so hard for another being? I knew the power of love, its consequences, and now I was my own victim.¿¿After a painful separation, Callie and Archer deserve a relaxing reunion. Instead, they're on the run from Zeus, forced into hiding with their extended family, and dealing with a slew of problems. As if Lucien's recent prophecy of doom and betrayal isn't puzzling enough, Callie's illness comes with even more unbelievable powers.Hindered by her traumatic past, Athena goes on a self-appointed quest for the one god who can save them. From the warm waters of the Caribbean to the cold mountain peaks of Iceland, the gods uncover shuddering truths they can hardly bear. Can they meet their fate head-on, knowing lives could be lost?In this reinvention of Cupid and Psyche, experience an electrifying series where familial and romantic bonds are at war, and knowledge could mean the end of everything...or a new beginning.Authors 4 Authors Content RatingThis title has been rated 17+, appropriate for older teens and adults, and contains:Frequent implied sexGraphic violenceStrong languageDeath of a childDeath of a parentFor more information on our rating system, please, visit Authors4AuthorsPublishing.com/books/ratings

There is everything you need to know about them in an easy-to-read and accessible way making it of special interest to Hindus and those from other religions and nations, and even those who are agnostic or atheistic.

Three things I was sure of:First, I was not a Hero.Second, magic still existed.And third, I was willing to walk through the Gates of Hell for my friends.For years, Chloe has hidden from the shadows of her past, trying to escape its haunting. That is all about to change when she discovers a note taped to her front door inviting her to join The Raven Society.Thousands of years ago, the Raven Society was created to protect, maintain, and preserve history deemed too dangerous for society. Their priceless secret? The Book of the Veiled. Its discovery could open Pandora's box of consequences, for whoever holds it can rewrite history and change the course of the future.And it has been stolen.The Raven Society's search for the book must survive the Gates of the Otherworld, betrayals, deception, and deadly motivations. But, in the end, they will realize that myths and fables aren't just bedtime stories but stories of forgotten lives that have been driven into the shadows.How far into the darkness would you be willing to travel to discover the truth?

An origin story in the style of Maleficent for fans Madeline Miller and Natalie Haynes

The first lavishly illustrated collection of famous and forgotten Welsh folk tales created for children