Natural History Lore and Legend
Author | : F. Edward Hulme |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 1991-09-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781856520270 |
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Author | : F. Edward Hulme |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 1991-09-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781856520270 |
Author | : Samuel Adams Drake |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 502 |
Release | : 1901 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Richard Folkard |
Publisher | : London : S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington |
Total Pages | : 660 |
Release | : 1884 |
Genre | : Botany |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Robert L. Crowell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
Presents lore and legends behind several common flowers including narcissus, crocus, dandelion, carnation, and marigold.
Author | : Montague Summers |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2012-03-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0486121046 |
Riveting study of vampirism in Europe — from vampires in Greek and Roman lore to their presence in Saxon England, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, and even modern Greece.
Author | : Bob Curran |
Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 2009-01-22 |
Genre | : Mythology, Celtic |
ISBN | : 144295714X |
This book is a celebration of that lore and legend. Its main purposes are to explore the old tales that have come down to us across the years and to see how they have shaped and honed our perceptions about Celtic life. In order to do this, I have followed a chronological structure that has already been laid out. The Mythological Tales section looks at some of the tales that have appeared in the Great Myth Cycles - those tales of heroes and gods. Because, as has already been noted, the Irish and Welsh Cycles are really the only ones that are in existence, many of the stories from them have been overly published in other volumes. This collection seeks out some of the lesser-known tales and presents them for the reader's interest and delight.
Author | : Bruce G. Knuth |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Gems |
ISBN | : 9780964355040 |
This comprehensive modern lapidary features gemological, historical, and metaphysical information about forty-six gems. Thousands of beliefs and uses have been collected and chronicled. 115 illustrations enhance this 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 reference. Folklore gathered from numerous cultures is given for each stone. Included is a new translation of Mandeville's fourteenth century Le Lapidaire, and hundreds of quotations from literature. All references to gems in the Bible, the Koran, Shakespeare's plays and poems, and the works of Chaucer, Emerson, Thomas Moore, and Sir Walter Scott are given. A translation of Marbode's eleventh century gem treatise is included, as well as references from Vedic texts. Additional features: crystal shapes and classifying gems, a history of gem literature, and a chapter on birthstones, planetary, and Apostolic stones. Gems in Myth, Legend, and Lore Revised Edition continues a tradition of gem literature spanning over two thousand years.
Author | : Alan Brown |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2021-02-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467147516 |
"Lean back into Louisiana lore with an earful of New Orleans jazz and a bellyful of Cajun cuisine. But when the music dies down and the lights flicker out, hushed conversations bleed into the darker mysteries of the Pelican State. Storied outlaws like John Murrell, Eugene Bunch and Leather Britches Smith steal into the room. Voodoo priestesses Marie Laveau and Julia Brown are already there, along with the Phantom Whistler and the Axeman of New Orleans. Folklorist Alan Brown educates and entertains with tales of the unseemly, bizarre and otherworldly, like the legends of the Rougarou, the Lutin and the Honey Island Swamp Monster."--Back cover.
Author | : Ruth Binney |
Publisher | : F+W Media, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 495 |
Release | : 2006-10-27 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 0715333933 |
A fascinating collection of animal and plant truths, tales, and traditions from the author of Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: Royal Family Life. Trying to understand the ways of the natural world has been a human preoccupation since the earliest times. The knowledge of which animals were helpful and which were dangerous, which plants had the power to heal and soothe and which to harm and kill was of obvious importance, not only to learn, but to remember and pass on. It is therefore hardly surprising that from all corners of the earth, a wealth of stories, signs, symbols, myths and legends about animals and plants have been passed down to us. There are sound principles in some of the traditional advice, wisdom in many of the stories and observations of nature, but there are also highly fanciful superstitions, tall stories and amusing anecdotes. Ruth Binney has collected them all into this entertaining and fascinating volume. There are intriguing tales of everything from mythical monsters and magical plants to domestic pets and humble weeds, as well as generations of advice, both sound and dubious, from age-old country remedies to predicting the weather through the observation of nature. “Whether read from cover to cover in one sitting or dipped into from time to time, there is plenty here to entertain.” —Blackmore Vale Magazine “This is the sort of book that you dip into merely intending to linger for a few minutes, only to find yourself staying for an hour.” —Dorset Magazine
Author | : Katharine Mcmillan Beals |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2017-05-17 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780259440369 |
Excerpt from Flower Lore and Legend Lone flower, hemmed in with snows, and white as they, But hardier far, once more I see thee bend Thy forehead, as if fearful to Offend, Like an unbidden guest; though day by day, Storms, sallying from the mountain tops waylay The rising sun, and on the plains descend; Yet thou art welcome, welcome as a friend Whose zeal outruns his promise! Wordsworth, To a Snowdrop. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.