MACKENZIE, DONALD A.

India: Myths & Legends.

London: The Gresham Publishing Company, 1994. 1st ed. "This delightful book provides a compendium and guide to the seemingly infinite variety of stories of the Indian tradition." Pp.463, 40 b/w illustrations. P/b. VG.

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Book number: 21336

Catalogue: Mythology

Keywords: Mackenzie India Myths Legends Mythology Holy God Vishnu Shiva Ramayana Mahabharata A17360 Mythology

MATARASSO, P.M. (TRANSLATED).

The Quest of the Holy Grail.

Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1971. Rep. "The Quest is in fact a renunciation of the courtly ideals of the Romances sung by the early troubadours." Pp.304, pages toned. P/b. G+.

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Book number: 14700

Catalogue: Mythology

Keywords: Matarasso Quest Holy Grail God Christian A8983 Mythology

MUNZ, PETER.

When the Golden Bough Breaks: Structuralism or Typology?

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973. 1st ed. This original, provocative study presents a new method of interpretation of mythology, and reveals the wide-ranging implications of this universal phenomenon for many disciplines. Pp. 13/143. Black cloth, d/w. VG/VG.

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Book number: 19510

Catalogue: Mythology

Keywords: Munz When Golden Bough Breaks Structuralism Typology Mythology A14918 Mythology

OGILVIE, R.M.

The Romans and Their Gods. (Ancient Culture and Society.)

London: Book Club Associates, 1979. Book club ed. "It makes wide use of original material (all of which is quoted in translation) to give a picture of religious life at Rome in the period between 80 BC and AD 69." Pp. 7/135, 4 plates, 2 plans, illustrated bookplate to verso front board. Turquoise blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. G+/G+.

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Book number: 27785

Catalogue: Mythology

Keywords: Ogilvie Romas Their Gods Ancient Culture Society Illustrated 25044 Mythology

PRICE, SIMON & KEARNS, EMILY.

The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion.

Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2003. 1st ed. "We get closer to the truth of ancient mentalities, riven by pluralism, particularism and local identities. The brilliant introduction sets just the right tone of learning lightly borne: thoughtful and theoretically informed, but brisk, practical, insightful and comprehensive". Pp 584. 3 maps. 6 genealogies. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+.

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Book number: 20518

Catalogue: Mythology

Keywords: Price Kearns Oxford Dictionary Myth Religion Mentalities A15812 Mythology

SADEH, PINHAS.

Jewish Folk Tales. (Translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin.)

London: Collins, 1990. 1st ed. "An exciting and eye-opening collection, this provocative volume is truly the first worldwide anthology of Jewish folktales." Pp. 18/443, illustrated throughout. Dark blue cloth, illustrated d/w. VG/VG.

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Book number: 29900

Catalogue: Mythology

Keywords: Sadeh Halkin Jewish Folk Tales Illustrated 27769 Mythology

SPENCE, LEWIS.

Legends and Romances of Spain.

London: George G.Harrap & Company Ltd, 1931. Rep. "I have made an earnest endeavour to provide English readers with a conspectus of Spanish romantic literature as expressed in its cantares de gesta, its chivalric novels, its romanceros or ballads, and some of its lighter aspects." Pp.405+ bibliography, colour frontispiece and further 7 colour plates and 8 black & white plates by Otway McCannell(RBA), spotting to closed page edges. Grey cloth with gilt title to spine. G+.

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Book number: 39320

Catalogue: Mythology

Keywords: Spence Legends Romances Spain Illustrated Otway Mccannell Cantares Gesta Poema Del Cid Amadis Gaul Palmerin Catalonian Roderic Goths Calaynos Moor Gayferos Count Alarcos Ballads Magic Sorcery 39858 Mythology

TREHARNE, R.F.

The Glastonbury Legends.

London: Abacus, 1975. "The ruins of Glastonbury Abbey are all that remain of one of the greatest monasteries of medieval England - said to be the site of the first Christian church in Britain, and the burial place of both the Holy Grail and of King Arthur." Pp, 134, 12 b/w illustrations, page edges toned, ink stamp to fep. P/b, ex.lib. illustrated cover. G.

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Book number: 11213

Catalogue: Mythology

Keywords: Treharne Glastonbury Abbey Medieval England Church Grail Arthur A4109 Mythology