MEANING AND BEING IN MYTH
University Park and London: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1990. Hardcover. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket - as new, still sealed in the original shrink wrap. More
Mythology
THE INDIAN THEOGONY: A Comparative Study of Indian Mythology from the Vedas to the Puranas
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970. Hardcover. "This book is concerned with the triad of classical Indian mythology, Brahma the Creator, Visnu the preserver and Siva the destroyer." Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with dark blue..... More
APHRODITE'S ENTRY INTO GREEK EPIC
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1974. First Edition. Trade paperback. Octavo. Original printed paper wrappers. A fine copy. More
THE GAWAIN POET: Complete Works
New York and London: W.W. Norton, 2011. Trade paperback. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A fine, unread copy. More
THE GRATEFUL ELEPHANT AND OTHER STORIES TRANSLATED FROM THE PALI
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Color frontispiece and ten black-and-white illustrations by Dorothy P. Lathrop. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1923. First edition. A collection of 26 stories selected from the..... More
THE MASKS OF GOD: Oriental Mythology
New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. 561 p. 23 textual figures. An exploration of Eastern mythology as it developed into the distinctive religions of Egypt, India, China and Japan. The second volume..... More
ZEUS: A Study in Ancient Religion, Volume II: Zeus God of the Dark Sky (Thunder and Lightning)
New York: Biblo and Tannen, 1965. Hardcover. Reprint. The second part of this monumental work, which traces the genesis, development, and cult of Zeus from Hellenic worship of the "bright sky" to the personified and..... More
RUNIC AND HEROIC POEMS OF THE OLD TEUTONIC PEOPLES
New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1968. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1915 first edition. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy. More
MAL OCCHIO (evil eye): The Underside of Vision
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Drawing on his own Italian-American heritage, DiStasi investigates the origins and social dynamics of the evil eye: its influence on childrearing, domestic relationships, and ethnic worldviews..... More
SPLITTING THE DIFFERENCE: Gender and Myth in Ancient Greece and India
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1999. Hardcover. Respected scholar and writer Wendy Doniger brilliantly traces the many instances of doubling, splitting, and impersonation in ancient Greek and Hindu mythology, comparing, for example..... More
THE USES OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY
London and New York: Routledge, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. "...an overview of Greek mythology - what it is like, where it comes from, and where it fits in Greek history and landscape." Octavo. Original black..... More
HOBGOBLIN AND SWEET PUCK: Fairy Names and Natures
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. An engaging exploration of fairy lore in history, literature, and tradition. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with silver titles. Some mild edgewear to the dust jacket; otherwise very..... More
THE LEGACY OF CANAAN: The Ras Shamra Texts and Their Relevance to the Old Testament
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1965. Second, Revised Edition. Hardcover. Supplements to Vetus Testamentum, Volume V. Octavo. Original light brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy. More
THE GILGAMESH EPIC AND OLD TESTAMENT PARALLELS
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1963. Hardcover. Second edition, fourth printing. "...interprets the famous Gilgamesh Epic and other related Babylonian and Assyrian documents and compares them with corresponding portions of the Old..... More
MYTHICAL TRICKSTER FIGURES: Contours, Contexts, and Criticisms
Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1993. Hardcover. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket - as new, still sealed in the original shrink wrap. More
EGIL'S SAGA: Translated from the Old Icelandic, with Introduction and Notes by Gwyn Jones
Syracuse, New York: Published by the Syracuse University Press for the American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Spanning the years c.850-1000, Egil's Saga traces the family history of Egill Skallagrimsson, an Icelandic farmer, viking, and..... More
THE MYTHOLOGY OF ALL RACES, Volume VI: Indian [and] Iranian
New York: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., 1964. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1917 first edition. 404 p. with 47 plates, including the frontispiece. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with gilt, blue, and red titles. A very..... More
CURIOSITIES OF INDO-EUROPEAN TRADITION AND FOLK-LORE
Singing Tree Press, 1969. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1863 first edition. Octavo. Original orange cloth binding, with black titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy. More
STRUCTURAL MODELS IN FOLKLORE AND TRANSFORMATIONAL ESSAYS
The Hague and Paris: Mouton, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Approaches to Semiotics, Volume 10. Octavo. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt titles. Light offsetting to the half-title; else a near fine copy in a near..... More
PATHS TO THE POWER OF MYTH: Joseph Campbell and the Study of Religion
New York: Crossroad, 1990. Trade paperback. Original paper wrappers. A very good copy. More
ODYSSEUS AND THE SEA PEOPLES: A Bronze Age History of Scotland
Victoria, British Columbia: Trafford Publishing, 2001. Trade paperback. Tall octavo. Original paper wrappers. A fine copy. More
OLD NORSE-ICELANDIC LITERATURE: A Short Introduction
Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers mythology and family sagas, as well as less well-known areas, such as oral storytelling, Eddaic verse, and skaldic verse. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with silver..... More
MORPHOLOGY OF THE FOLKTALE
Austin and London: University of Texas Press, 1971. Second Edition. Hardcover. "...regarded as one of the major theoretical breakthroughs in the field of folklore in the twentieth century." First edition translated by Laurence Scott, with..... More
CUENTOS ESPANOLES DE COLORADO Y NUEVO MEXICO (Spanish Folk Tales from Colorado and New Mexico), Spanish Language Originals with English Summaries
Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1977. Hardcover. Second Edition, Revised. In Two Volumes. "...easily the best and most abundant collection of folktales that we now have from Spanish America" from the foreword by..... More
ORIGINS OF ICELANDIC LITERATURE
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1967. Hardcover. Reprint. Surveys the prose and verse of Iceland from the oldest times down to the classical age of Snorri. Frontispiece map, with three plates. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding..... More