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Mountain Witches

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Author : Noriko T. Reider
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1646420551
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book Mountain Witches written by Noriko T. Reider and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2021-07-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mountain Witches is a comprehensive guide to the complex figure of yamauba—female yōkai often translated as mountain witches, who are commonly described as tall, enigmatic women with long hair, piercing eyes, and large mouths that open from ear to ear and who live in the mountains—and the evolution of their roles and significance in Japanese culture and society from the premodern era to the present. In recent years yamauba have attracted much attention among scholars of women’s literature as women unconstrained by conformative norms or social expectations, but this is the first book to demonstrate how these figures contribute to folklore, Japanese studies, cultural studies, and gender studies. Situating the yamauba within the construct of yōkai and archetypes, Noriko T. Reider investigates the yamauba attributes through the examination of narratives including folktales, literary works, legends, modern fiction, manga, and anime. She traces the lineage of a yamauba image from the seventh-century text Kojiki to the streets of Shibuya, Tokyo, and explores its emergence as well as its various, often conflicting, characteristics. Reider also examines the adaptation and re-creation of the prototype in diverse media such as modern fiction, film, manga, anime, and fashion in relation to the changing status of women in Japanese society. Offering a comprehensive overview of the development of the yamauba as a literary and mythic trope, Mountain Witches is a study of an archetype that endures in Japanese media and folklore. It will be valuable to students, scholars, and the general reader interested in folklore, Japanese literature, demonology, history, anthropology, cultural studies, gender studies, and the visual and performing arts.

Escape to Witch Mountain

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Author : Alexander Key
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402249810
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Escape to Witch Mountain written by Alexander Key and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sci-fi classic returns to print in its true, best, and original form! With renewed interest in Alexander Key's extraordinary 1968 novel, fans can dive into Escape to Witch Mountain as it was meant to be read. The powerful, thrilling story of Tony and Tia—twins joined by their paranormal gifts, on the run from evil forces that seek to suppress their forgotten pasts—is more gripping and relevant than ever. Praise for Escape to Witch Mountain: "Action, mood, and characterization never falter in this superior science fiction novel..."—Library Journal "Fantasy, science fiction, mystery, adventure—the story is all of these, with enough suspense and thrills to keep young readers glued to its pages from first to last."—Book World "Fascinating science fiction."—Elementary School Library Collection, Bro-Dart Foundation

Yamamba

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Author : Rebecca Copeland
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1611729483
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Yamamba written by Rebecca Copeland and published by Stone Bridge Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alluring, nurturing, dangerous, and vulnerable the yamamba, or Japanese mountain witch, has intrigued audiences for centuries. What is it about the fusion of mountains with the solitary old woman that produces such an enigmatic figure? And why does she still call to us in this modern, scientific era? Co-editors Rebecca Copeland and Linda C. Ehrlich first met the yamamba in the powerful short story “The Smile of the Mountain Witch” by acclaimed woman writer Ōba Minako. The story revealed the compelling way creative women can take charge of misogynistic tropes, invert them, and use them to tell new stories of female empowerment. This unique collection represents the creative and surprising ways artists and scholars from North America and Japan have encountered the yamamba.

Race to Witch Mountain: The Junior Novel

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Author : James Ponti
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
ISBN 13 : 1423152794
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book Race to Witch Mountain: The Junior Novel written by James Ponti and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Las Vegas cabdriver Jack Bruno gives two teenagers, Seth and Sara a ride. His world is about to change, since Seth and Sara are aliens who crashed landed their spaceship. They need help recovering their spaceship so they may return home.

The Forbidden Expedition

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Author : Alex Bell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1534406514
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book The Forbidden Expedition written by Alex Bell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stella and the gang travel to Witch Mountain to save Felix and what they find along the way could change the course of their adventures forever in this second novel in the whimsical Polar Bear Explorers’ Club series. Stella Starflake Pearl has been eagerly awaiting her next adventure, ever since she and Felix returned from the Snowy Icelands. She fears, however, that she might never be sent on another expedition, especially since the president of the Polar Bear Explorers’ Club himself is afraid of her ice princess powers. But when disaster strikes and Felix is snatched by a fearsome witch, Stella and the rest of the junior explorers—including a reluctant new ally from the Jungle Cat Explorers’ Club—must set off into the unknown on a forbidden journey to the top of Witch Mountain. What awaits them there is a mystery. The only thing they know is this: No one ever returns from Witch Mountain. In the second installment of Alex Bell’s magical The Polar Bear Explorers’ Club series, Stella and the gang face villainous vultures, terrifying witch wolves, flying sharks, and eerie picnicking teddy bears on their daring quest to save one of their own.

Return from Witch Mountain

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Author : Alexander Key
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664326302
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Return from Witch Mountain written by Alexander Key and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tia and Tony's visit to Earth is disrupted when Tony is kidnapped by a power-crazed doctor wishing to use the boy's special powers for his own evil purposes.

The Witches' Blade

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Author : A.K. Mulford
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063291673
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (632 download)

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Download or read book The Witches' Blade written by A.K. Mulford and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second powerful novel in the Five Crowns of Okrith fantasy series brings us into a new part of the world as the fae princess Rua joins forces with a truly unlikely ally—all with the same romance and adventure readers have come to expect from A.K. Mulford’s viral sensation! A magic sword. A powerful curse. An untested fae princess. And a continent on fire... Eighteen-year-old Ruadora Dammacus now possesses the Immortal Blade, a powerful artifact that might be enough to overthrow the cruel oppression threatening the land. Yet when Rua discovers the Northern Court King’s uncle is not only alive but has cast a spell on the blue witch army, she realizes that the battle is just beginning. Venturing into the Northern Court, Rua finds herself working closely with the young Northern King. Her problems are mounting, and the handsome—and perhaps evil—king is only one of them. With the eyes of her newfound family on her, can Rua prove herself worthy of the Immortal Blade and break the curse over the blue witches, or will its magic be too difficult to control? And, perhaps even more dangerous, is her growing connection to the Northern King and what that means for her people…and her heart.

The Witch Family

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Author : Eleanor Estes
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547546777
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book The Witch Family written by Eleanor Estes and published by HMH. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story of two girls trying to banish a witch is “full of wonderful fun, excitement, and humor” (Library Journal). Old Witch likes nothing better than to fly around on her broomstick, crying “Heh-heh!” and casting abracadabras. But now she has been sent away . . . by two young girls. Amy and Clarissa have decided that Old Witch is just too mean and wicked. So, drawing a rickety old house upon a barren glass hill, they exile Old Witch there with a warning: She better be good, or else no Halloween! But to give Old Witch some company, they draw her a Little Witch Girl and a Weeny Witch Baby . . . Old Witch tries to be good, but anyone would get up to no good in a place as lonely as the glass hill. And Amy and Clarissa are about to find that out, when Old Witch magics them into her world of make-believe-made-real, in “a very special book that is certain to give boundless pleasure—at any time of the year” (The Horn Book). “A classic for Halloween.” —Library Journal

Signs, Cures, & Witchery

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Author : Gerald Milnes
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9781572335776
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book Signs, Cures, & Witchery written by Gerald Milnes and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The persecution of Old World German Protestants and Anabaptists in the seventeenth century--following debilitating wars, the Reformation, and the Inquisition-- brought about significant immigration to America. Many of the immigrants, and their progeny, settled in the Appalachian frontier. Here they established a particularly old set of religious beliefs and traditions based on a strong sense of folk spirituality. They practiced astrology, numerology, and other aspects of esoteric thinking and left a legacy that may still be found in Appalachian folklore today. Based in part on the author's extensive collection of oral histories from the remote highlands of West Virginia, Signs, Cures, and Witchery; German Appalachian Folklore describes these various occult practices, symbols, and beliefs; how they evolved within New World religious contexts; how they arrived on the Appalachian frontier; and the prospects of those beliefs continuing in the contemporary world. By concentrating on these inheritances, Gerald C. Milnes draws a larger picture of the German influence on Appalachia. Much has been written about the Anglo-Celtic, Scots-Irish, and English folkways of the Appalachian people, but few studies have addressed their German cultural attributes and sensibilities. Signs, Cures, and Witchery sheds startling light on folk influences from Germany, making it a volume of tremendous value to Appalachian scholars, folklorists, and readers with an interest in Appalachian folklife and German American studies.

The High Mountain Court

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Author : A.K. Mulford
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063291630
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (632 download)

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Download or read book The High Mountain Court written by A.K. Mulford and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of romance, intrigue, magic, and passion, the first book of The Five Crowns of Okrith—the thrilling TikTok sensation from A.K. Mulford—The High Mountain Court begins the journey of the fugitive red witch Remy as she fights to reclaim her kingdom and discover what’s inside her heart. For thirteen years, nineteen-year-old Remy has known she is possibly the last red witch alive, and she is determined to stay that way. But the Northern Court King, who has slaughtered her family and placed a bounty on red witch heads, is intent on destroying her kind once and for all. When four fae warriors enter her tavern refuge, Remy tries to flee, but her magic isn’t strong enough to stop the determined—and handsome—Prince Hale of the Eastern Kingdom. He claims he wants to stop a war with the Northern Court before his kingdom succumbs to the same fate as Remy’s. In order to do that, he needs a red witch…and Remy may be the only person alive who can help him. Yet even as she’s drawn to him, can she really trust Prince Hale? Can her fallen court truly be rescued from the evil clutches of the Northern Court King? Does she even have a choice? For the chance to save herself, her people, and help rid the world of a murderous tyrant, Remy must put her faith in Hale and his companions on a dangerous quest to find lost relics…and discover if she is ready to secure her legacy.

The Legend of the Mountain Witch

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Author : Linda C. Martin
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1638672547
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (386 download)

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Download or read book The Legend of the Mountain Witch written by Linda C. Martin and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2021-12-20 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Legend of the Mountain Witch By: Linda C. Martin The Mountain Witch isn’t just any old witch. Her real name is Fern Golden, and she is the keeper of the forest. Fern Golden protects those that cannot protect themselves. She feeds all the little animals of the forest and cares for children who are hurt or need help. She plants the most beautiful flowers and sings songs with the birds.

Mountain Witch

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Author : Felicia Andrews
Publisher : Jove
ISBN 13 : 9780515047806
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book Mountain Witch written by Felicia Andrews and published by Jove. This book was released on 1980 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

William and the Witch's Riddle

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Author : Shutta Crum
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1101932694
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book William and the Witch's Riddle written by Shutta Crum and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William must solve a witch's riddle in order to save his family and end a centuries-long curse.

Out of This World

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Author : Graham Swift
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1447206169
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (472 download)

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Download or read book Out of This World written by Graham Swift and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-01-26 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1972, Robert Beech, First World War survivor and present-day armaments maker, is killed by a car bomb. The event breaks the career of his son Harry, a news photographer, and comes close to destroying his granddaughter Sophie. Ten years later, the Falklands War has begun and both Harry, now working as an aerial photographer, and Sophie, visiting an analyst in New York, are haunted by a past that has scarred and divided them. ‘As tense as a thriller . . . a powerful and exciting book that raises uncomfortable political questions’ The Times ‘It appeals to the emotions, the intellect and the imagination, and its elegance is as durable as Greek art . . . a novel for those who still believe in the importance of fiction, indeed of art’ Scotsman ‘The novel succeeds brilliantly. The impression is of having been shown all the majesty as well as the emotional complexity of history’ Time Out ‘Not a book the reader is likely to forget, Out of this World deserves to be ranked at the forefront of contemporary literature’ New York Times Book Review ‘Brilliant clarity and depth’ Mail on Sunday

Devil House

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Author : John Darnielle
Publisher : MCD
ISBN 13 : 0374717672
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Devil House written by John Darnielle and published by MCD. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “It’s never quite the book you think it is. It’s better.” —Dwight Garner, The New York Times From John Darnielle, the New York Times bestselling author and the singer-songwriter of the Mountain Goats, comes an epic, gripping novel about murder, truth, and the dangers of storytelling. Gage Chandler is descended from kings. That’s what his mother always told him. Years later, he is a true crime writer, with one grisly success—and a movie adaptation—to his name, along with a series of subsequent less notable efforts. But now he is being offered the chance for the big break: to move into the house where a pair of briefly notorious murders occurred, apparently the work of disaffected teens during the Satanic Panic of the 1980s. Chandler finds himself in Milpitas, California, a small town whose name rings a bell––his closest childhood friend lived there, once upon a time. He begins his research with diligence and enthusiasm, but soon the story leads him into a puzzle he never expected—back into his own work and what it means, back to the very core of what he does and who he is. Devil House is John Darnielle’s most ambitious work yet, a book that blurs the line between fact and fiction, that combines daring formal experimentation with a spellbinding tale of crime, writing, memory, and artistic obsession.

The Mountain is Moving

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Author : Patricia Morley
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780774806756
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book The Mountain is Moving written by Patricia Morley and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Imperial times in Japan, women were subservient inferiors; in theory they were liberated by the democratic constitution imposed by the US after World War II; but, in real-life Japan, change is glacially slow. Here, that slow-changing reality is juxtaposed with the fast-moving aspirations of Japanese women. The author achieves this through wide-ranging interviews with Japanese women, and by using a range of contemporay Japanese literature.

Waterless Mountain

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Author : Laura Adams Armer
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486492885
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Waterless Mountain written by Laura Adams Armer and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story, told in beautiful poetic prose, of the training of a present-day Navajo Indian boy who feels a vocation to become a medicine man.