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Blood and Mistletoe
The History of the Druids in Britain
- Yale University Press, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 492 páginas
PVP: 28,00 €
ISBN 978-0-300-26775-4
EAN 9780300267754
Crushed by the Romans in the first century A.D., the ancient Druids of Britain left almost no reliable evidence behind. Because of this, historian Ronald Hutton shows, succeeding British generations have been free to reimagine, reinterpret, and reinvent the Druids. Hutton's captivating book is the first to encompass two thousand years of Druid history and ...
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Roman Myths
Gods, Heroes, Villains and Legends of Ancient Rome
- Amber Books Ltd, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 224 páginas
PVP: 24,50 €
ISBN 978-1-83886-164-3
EAN 9781838861643
In ancient Rome (753 BC - 476 AD) mythology was integral to various aspects of society, from religion, to politics, to the founding of the city. Today, we may encounter the legacy of these stories before we encounter the stories themselves, whether this is in day-to-day speech, the 18th century art on display at the ...
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Greek Myths
A New Retelling, with drawings by Chris Ofili
- Vintage, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 336 páginas
PVP: 14,75 €
ISBN 978-1-5291-1111-8
EAN 9781529111118
In this spellbinding new collection, Charlotte Higgins reinterprets some of the most enduring stories of all time. Here are the myths of Heracles and Theseus, the Trojan war, Thebes and Argos and Athens. They are stories of love and desire, adventure and magic, destructive gods, helpless humans, fantastical creatures and resourceful witches.In this telling the ...
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- Orion, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 512 páginas
PVP: 29,75 €
ISBN 978-0-06-324312-5
EAN 9780063243125
Foreword by Neil GaimanThe worlds leading Arthurian authority reimagines one of the most beloved and influential legendsthe story of King Arthur and his Knightsfor a new century in this gorgeous keepsake edition, illustrated with luminous full-color paintings and drawings by internationally acclaimed Tolkien artist John Howe.The stories of King Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot and Guinevere, ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 208 páginas
PVP: 13,25 €
ISBN 978-1-3988-0369-5
EAN 9781398803695
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- Penguin USA, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 320 páginas
PVP: 19,40 €
ISBN 978-0-14-313504-3
EAN 9780143135043
Two thousand years of legend and lore about the menace and majesty of dragons, which have breathed fire into our imaginations from ancient Rome to Game of ThronesA Penguin ClassicThe most popular mythological creature in the human imagination, dragons have provoked fear and fascination for their lethal venom and crushing coils, and as avatars of ...
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- Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 384 páginas
PVP: 18,75 €
ISBN 978-1-78733-369-7
EAN 9781787333697
A major new retelling of the Greek myths for a new generation, with original drawings by world-renowned artist Chris Ofili.Charlotte Higgins' spellbinding new collection will include all the most famous Greek myths, as well as many less well known but equally intriguing ones. Here are stories of the creation, of Heracles and Theseus and Perseus, ...
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Red Thread
On Mazes and Labyrinths
- Vintage UK, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 320 páginas
PVP: 8,43 €
ISBN 978-1-78470-264-9
EAN 9781784702649
A thrillingly original, labyrinthine journey through myth, art, literature, history, archaeology and memoir.The tale of how the hero Theseus killed the Minotaur, finding his way out of the labyrinth using Ariadne's ball of red thread, is one of the most intriguing, suggestive and persistent of all myths, and the labyrinth - the beautiful, confounding and ...
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Troy
Our Greatest Story Retold
- Penguin UK, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 496 páginas
PVP: 16,00 €
ISBN 978-1-4059-4446-5
EAN 9781405944465
The tale of Troy is the Big Bang of story-telling. Every story that came afterwards contains fragments of its incredible mixture of drama, tension, romance, betrayal, cunning, magic, violence, comedy, revenge, wonder, beauty, sacrifice, sorrow and triumph. The original epic, and still the best. I've loved it since I first heard about the matchless Helen ...
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Pandora's Jar
Women in the Greek Myths
- Pan, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 320 páginas
PVP: 16,50 €
ISBN 978-1-5098-7314-2
EAN 9781509873142
'Funny, sharp explications of what these sometimes not-very-nice women were up to, and how they sometimes made idiots of . . .but read on!' - Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's TaleThe Greek myths are among the world's most important cultural building blocks and they have been retold many times, but rarely do they focus ...
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- Orion, 2020
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 256 páginas
PVP: 14,75 €
ISBN 978-1-4746-1038-4
EAN 9781474610384
'Lively' THE TIMES'Engrossing' THE SPECTATOR'Stunning' WOMAN x{0026} HOME'Marvellous' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINEThrough ancient art, evocative myth, intriguing archaeological discoveries and philosophical explorations, Bettany Hughes takes us on a voyage of discovery to reveal the truth behind Venus, and why this immortal goddess is so much more than nudity, romance and sex. It is both the remarkable ...
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Troy
Our Greatest Story Retold
Brought to you by Penguin. Following the bestselling retellings of the Greek myths in Mythos and Heroes, Stephen Fry's bewitching third volume Troy - concerning love and war, passion and power - is now ready for ordering. The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for ...
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Beowulf
A Translation and Commentary, Together with Sellic Spell
- Harper Collins, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 448 páginas
PVP: 13,05 €
ISBN 978-0-00-759009-4
EAN 9780007590094
The translation of Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was an early work, very distinctive in its mode, completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication. This edition is twofold, for there exists an illuminating commentary on the text of the poem by the translator ...
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- Princeton, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 584 páginas
PVP: 28,25 €
ISBN 978-0-691-19592-6
EAN 9780691195926
The first anthology to present the entire range of ancient Greek and Roman stories-from myths and fairy tales to jokesCaptured centaurs and satyrs, incompetent seers, people who suddenly change sex, a woman who remembers too much, a man who cannot laugh-these are just some of the colorful characters who feature in the unforgettable stories that ...
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- Orion, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 256 páginas
PVP: 18,40 €
ISBN 978-1-4746-1036-0
EAN 9781474610360
Through ancient art, evocative myth, exciting archaeological revelations and philosophical explorations Bettany Hughes shows why this immortal goddess endures through to the twenty-first century, and what her journey through time reveals about what matters to us as humans. Charting Venus's origins in powerful ancient deities, Bettany demonstrates that Venus is far more complex than first ...
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Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods
Early Humans and the Origins of Religion
- Columbia, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 312 páginas
PVP: 29,00 €
ISBN 978-0-231-18337-6
EAN 9780231183376
Religions and mythologies from around the world teach that God or gods created humans. Atheist, humanist, and materialist critics, meanwhile, have attempted to turn theology on its head, claiming that religion is a human invention. In this book, E.Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. Evolving ...
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Heroes
Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures
- Penguin UK, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 400 páginas
PVP: 16,75 €
ISBN 978-1-4059-4036-8
EAN 9781405940368
There are Heroes - and then there are Greek Heroes. Few mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, quite as stylishly and triumphantly as Greek heroes.In this companion to his bestselling Mythos, Stephen Fry brilliantly retells these dramatic, funny, tragic and timeless ...
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- Dorling Kindersley, 2019
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 352 páginas
PVP: 28,95 €
ISBN 978-0-241-38705-4
EAN 9780241387054
Discover the world's greatest myths and legends - from Greek mythology to Norse mythology - in this comprehensive guide. What did Japanese mythology say about the beginning of the Universe? How did Oedipus become the classic tragic hero in Greek mythology? Who brought about the origin of death in Maori mythology? Combining vivid retellings of ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 256 páginas
PVP: 11,95 €
ISBN 978-1-84749-794-9
EAN 9781847497949
"Of unknown date, and surviving in a tenth-century manuscript, Beowulf is the tale of a young Geatish hero and his struggle with three deadly foes, beginning with the dread monster Grendel, who has been devouring warriors in the hall of the Danish King in their sleep. The most important Old English poem, and the first ...
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Ireland's immortals
A history of the gods of irish myths
- Princeton, 2018
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 608 páginas
PVP: 27,45 €
ISBN 978-0-691-18304-6
EAN 9780691183046
Ireland's Immortals tells the story of one of the world's great mythologies. The first account of the gods of Irish myth to take in the whole sweep of Irish literature in both the nation's languages, the book describes how Ireland's pagan divinities were transformed into literary characters in the medieval Christian era--and how they were ...
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