Mytologi

In this practical guide, fifth-generation Druid Jon G. Hughes details how to use flowers in magical practice, focusing on flowering plants with a long history of magical use going back to Druidic times.

Here at last is an exciting new edition of the Brazilian modernist epic Macunaíma: The Hero with No Character, by Mário de Andrade. This landmark 1928 novel follows the adventures of the shapeshifting Macunaíma and his brothers as they leave their Amazon home for a whirlwind tour of Brazil, cramming four centuries and a continental expanse into a single mythic plane. Having lost a magic amulet, the hero and his brothers journey to São Paulo to retrieve the talisman that has fallen into the hands of an Italo-Peruvian captain of industry (who is also a cannibal giant). Written over six delirious days-the fruit of years of study-Macunaíma magically synthesizes dialect, folklore, anthropology, mythology, flora, fauna, and pop culture to examine Brazilian identity. This brilliant translation by Katrina Dodson has been many years in the making and includes an extensive section of notes, providing essential context for this magnificent work.

Theophil, auch Theo oder einfach nur T genannt, lebt in der Altstadt. Er ist zwar im Bahnhofsviertel aufgewachsen, hatte aber die dort vorherrschenden rauen Sitten satt. Seine Behausung hat er sich oberhalb des Restaurants Gusto d`oro, einem Nobel-Italiener, eingerichtet, denn er liebt exquisites italienisches Essen. Durch seine spezielle Bettel-Methode, die er selbst entwickelt hat, ist es ihm ein Leichtes, an herrliche Happen zu kommen.Er könnte durchaus glücklich sein, doch er ist allein und hat sein Einzelgängerdasein satt. Ob und wie er Freunde findet, welche Rolle dabei Josy, Sonja Hansen, Lian und Tangmo spielen werden, was er dabei alles erleben und wohin die Reise gehen wird, das könnt ihr hier nachlesen.

This is the first in-depth comparative analysis of envy, jealousy, and vengefulness experienced by divine personalities in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Greek texts, and the functions served by attributing negative emotions and traits to one's gods. Suitable for biblical, classical, and literary scholars.

Book Three of a truly original take on the Robin Hood legends, setting Robin the outlaw archer as a queer, chaotic-neutral druid; Marion as pagan queen who is sister & not wife, their consort a Christian--and thusly conflicted--nobleman.