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1	The World of Myth: An Anthology more books like this by David Adams Leeming (Editor) Approaches to mythology usually catalogue the least important aspect of the subject - the endless names, places, stories - as if they had no significant context beyond the particular cultures in which they emerged. "The World of Myth" provides a more universal context by examining the relevance of the myths of the ancients. The collection is ... see all copies from $3.07! new only from $11.50! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Mythology, the Voyage of the Hero more books like this by David Adams Leeming This book offers an approach to the subject of mythology by stressing the universal rather than national themes. It covers a wide array of narrative texts from the Bible to English literature to interpretations by Joseph Campbell, C.G. Jung and others, which illustrate the stages of the universal hero. The arrangement of texts by themes such as ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.56! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The World of Myth more books like this by David Adams Leeming Hercules, Zeus, Thor, Gilgamesh--these are the figures that leap to mind when we think of myth. But to David Leeming, myths are more than stories of deities and fantastic beings from non-Christian cultures. Myth is at once the most particular and the most universal feature of civilization, representing common concerns that each society voices in ... see all copies from $5.25! new only from $21.95! \| first editions
4	Goddess: Myths of the Female Divine more books like this by David Adams Leeming, Jake Page An old woman lives still among the broken slopes of the mountains in the land of the Tarahumara Indians. No one knows exactly where. She is sometimes seen standing along the highway near El Paso, hauling wood near Oaxaca, or even hitching a ride on a semi rig. She is the bone woman, the gatherer, La Loba. She collects bones, especially those of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.36! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Gods, Heroes, & Kings: The Battle for Mythic Britain more books like this by Christopher R Fee, David A Leeming The islands of Britain have been a crossroads of gods, heroes, and kings-those of flesh as well as those of myth-for thousands of years. Successive waves of invasion brought distinctive legends, rites, and beliefs. The ancient Celts displaced earlier indigenous peoples, only to find themselves displaced in turn by the Romans, who then abandoned ... see all copies from $5.65! new only from $12.63! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America: An Anthology more books like this by David Adams Leeming, Jake Page This marvellous collection brings together the great myths and legends of the United States-from the creation stories of the first inhabitants, to the tall tales of the Western frontier, to the legendary outlaws of the 1920s, and beyond. This thoroughly engaging anthology is sweeping in its scope, embracing Big Foot and Windigo, Hiawatha and Uncle ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.45! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Evidence of Things Not Seen: Reissued Edition more books like this by David Adams Leeming, James A Baldwin, Derrick A Bell (Adapted by) This edition of a classic work by one of America's premier writers offers a new Foreword by Derrick Bell (with Janet Dewart Bell) to the 1995 paperback edition, and is as meaningful today as it was when it was first published in 1985. In his searing and moving essay, James Baldwin explores the Atlanta child murders that took place over a period of ... see all copies from $2.29! new only from $6.70! \| first editions \| SVS
8	God: Myths of the Male Divine more books like this by David Adams Leeming, Jake Page Gods is a "biography" of the god archetype from Palaeolithic times to the present. As a sequel to Goddess, this collection speaks to myth and gender issues in relation to the use of the male as a metaphor for the great mystery of existence. The authors retell myths from North and South America, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Africa, tracing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.34! \| first editions \| SVS
9	James Baldwin: A Biography more books like this by David Adams Leeming Authorized by Baldwin before his death in 1987, this biography is written by his former assistant (from 1964-1967), David Leeming - they met in Turkey in 1962. During those years he was particularly involved in Baldwin's civil rights activities. Leeming has been given exclusive access to the Baldwin family and documents pertaining to the writer's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $169.34! \| first editions
10	A Dictionary of Asian Mythology more books like this by David Adams Leeming Meet the supreme Gautama Buddha, the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesa, and Chang O--the Lunar Toad who is Chinese goddess of the Moon. Journey to the sacred Cambodian ruins of Angkor and golden Mount Meru, home of the Hindu gods. Discover myths like the Stone and the Banana of Indonesian origin and the Indian Churning of the Ocean of Milk, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.94! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Stephen Spender: A Life in Modernism more books like this by David Adams Leeming A life of Stephen Spender (1909-1995) that stresses his gift for friendship with great writers, using Spenders diaries and letters as its primary sources. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
12 view cover	Myth: A Biography of Belief more books like this by David Adams Leeming Joseph Campbell wrote that mythology is "the wonderful song of the soul's high adventure." In "Myth", David Leeming considers the role this "wonderful song" has to play in a world increasingly dependent on scientific and technical information. Exploring classic works such as the "Song of Songs", "The Tao Te Ching", "The Rig Veda", "The New ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Mythology of Native North America more books like this by David Adams Leeming, Jake Page "Although (the authors) recognize the distinctions among various tribes, they argue that American Indians had a collective mythological tradition that also fits into a larger human tradition, including Greek and African mythology."--"American Archaeology." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.67! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Jealous Gods and Chosen People: The Mythology of the Middle East more books like this by David Adams Leeming Esteemed scholar David Leeming, who has authored more than twelve books on mythology, here offers the first comprehensive narrative study of the mythology of the Middle East, that tumultuous region that was the cradle of civilization. Leeming begins with a brief, engaging history of the Middle East, spanning Neolithic cultures, the Bronze Age and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.75! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	God more books like this by David Adams Leeming, Jake Page He has been a trickster, a shaman, a divine child; he has been a sacrificial victim, a consort of the earth goddess, a warrior, a sky king; and the creator, a distant and impersonal immensity. He is the male divine, seen in the many gods of myth, and his life story is told here in this graceful and illuminating account by David Leeming and Jake ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
16	Mythology more books like this by David Adams Leeming see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	From Olympus to Camelot: The World of European Mythology more books like this by David Adams Leeming From stories suggested by the great cave paintings to the experiments by modern scientists, this is a sweeping and innovative look at the mythology of Europe. 21 illustrations. see all copies from $4.90! new only from $36.96! \| SVS
18 view cover	Stephen Spender : a lifetime in modernism more books like this by David Adams Leeming Although often embroiled in contorversy and public debate, Stephen Spender's all consuming passion was literature. At Oxford he became friendly with Cecil Day Lewis, Louis McNeice, W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood and with these writers his name will always be associated. This is a serious literary biography which quotes extensively from ... see all copies from $3.92! new only from $3.97! \| first editions
19 view cover	Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney more books like this by David Adams Leeming Described by those who knew him best as a Buddha, a Merlin, and "a cross between Brer Rabbit and St. Francis of Assisi," the artist Beauford Delaney was anything but ordinary. James Baldwin, his closest friend, wrote that "He has been starving and working all of his life - in Tennessee, in Boston, in New York, and now in Paris. He has been menaced ... see all copies from $5.20! new only from $8.95! \| first editions
20	Flights: Readings in Magic, Mysticism, Fantasy, and Myth more books like this by David Adams Leeming see all copies from $1.99! first editions
21 view cover	A Dictionary of Creation Myths more books like this by David Adams Leeming, Margaret Adams Leeming From cosmic eggs and the Garden of Eden to the Spider Woman and the Gaia Principle, from myths of the Apocalypse and the great world religions to myths of love, re-birth, and science, this guide illuminates the phenomenon of creation in all aspects of the human experience. 32 illustrations. see all copies from $4.61! new only from $4.61! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Children's Dict. of Mythology more books like this by David Adams Leeming (Editor) A dictionary of terms, names, and places in the mythology of various cultures around the world. see all copies from $4.24! new only from $201.42! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Dictionary of Folklore more books like this by David Adams Leeming (Editor) Why was Abraham Lincoln known as "Honest Abe?" Did George Washington really cut down his father's cherry tree? How much truth is there to the tall tale of John Henry, the "natural-born steel-driving man," or Paul Bunyon and Babe the Blue Ox? Where does the reality of the lives of Daniel Boone or Davy Crockett end and the fiction begin? The answers ... see all copies from $6.99! new only from $19.45!
24 view cover	Storytelling Encyclopedia: Historical, Cultural, and Multiethnic Approaches to Oral Traditions Around the World more books like this by David Adams Leeming (Editor), Inc Staff Book Builders Oral storytelling is a form of communication that dates back to the dawn of mankind. Teachers, librarians and storytellers continue to find that traditional storytelling methods possess unparalleled power as a medium for the education, entertainment and enchantment of children. The "Storytelling Encyclopaedia" is the first definitive reference ... see all copies from $49.52! new only from $185.44!
25 view cover	Encyclopedia of Allegorical Literature more books like this by David Adams Leeming, Kathleen Morgan Drowne In the Encyclopedia of Allegorical Literature, readers will find more than 400 concise articles covering all aspects of literary allegory: the device wherein characters, situations, and actions stand for ideas. Far-ranging in scope, the book covers the entire Western allegorical tradition during the vast sweep of time between the Old Testament ... see all copies from $47.44!

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