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Author : Linda Susan McIntosh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789749336274
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (362 download)
Download or read book Status, Myth and the Supernatural written by Linda Susan McIntosh and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nathan Robert Brown
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101517522
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)
Download or read book The Mythology of Supernatural written by Nathan Robert Brown and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look into the paranormal legends, lore, mythology, and monsters featured on the hit television show Supernatural. From angels to demons, The Mythology of Supernatural explores the religious roots and the ancient folklore of the otherworldly entities that brothers Sam and Dean Winchester face on the hit television show Supernatural—and that have inhabited the shadows of human imagination across countless cultures and centuries.
Author : Jacob Pandian
Publisher : Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9788179360057
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Supernaturalism in Human Life written by Jacob Pandian and published by Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd. This book was released on 2002 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lawrence Shapiro
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231542143
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)
Download or read book The Miracle Myth written by Lawrence Shapiro and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many who believe Moses parted the Red Sea and Jesus came back from the dead. Others are certain that exorcisms occur, ghosts haunt attics, and the blessed can cure the terminally ill. Though miracles are immensely improbable, people have embraced them for millennia, seeing in them proof of a supernatural world that resists scientific explanation. Helping us to think more critically about our belief in the improbable, The Miracle Myth casts a skeptical eye on attempts to justify belief in the supernatural, laying bare the fallacies that such attempts commit. Through arguments and accessible analysis, Larry Shapiro sharpens our critical faculties so we become less susceptible to tales of myths and miracles and learn how, ultimately, to evaluate claims regarding vastly improbable events on our own. Shapiro acknowledges that belief in miracles could be harmless, but cautions against allowing such beliefs to guide how we live our lives. His investigation reminds us of the importance of evidence and rational thinking as we explore the unknown.
Author : Jane Puranananda
Publisher : River Books Press Dist A C
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Secrets of Southeast Asian Textiles written by Jane Puranananda and published by River Books Press Dist A C. This book was released on 2007 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey with fifteen scholars to Southeast Asia and neighbouring countries to discover the hidden meanings behind traditional textiles. Throughout Asia, textiles have played an important role in concepts of power and kingship and are also closely associated with shamanistic, Buddhist and Islamic beliefs. The papers presented in this work represent knowledge and research of leading scholars from around the world who participated in The James H W Thompson Foundation symposium in August, 2005. Diana K Myers compares Bhutanese and Southeast Asian textiles, Gillian Green covers Cambodian hangings, John Guy, Roy Hamilton and Robyn Maxwell discuss different aspects of Indonesian textiles, while Susan Conway investigates Shamanistic practices among the Shan. Barbara and David Fraser, Vibha Joshi and Piriya Krairiksh research the textiles of three other minority groups in Myanmar, while Patricia Cheesman and Linda McIntosh take us on a journey to Laos. For Thailand, Leedom Lefferts and Suriya Smutkupt look at links between Buddhism and textiles, while Thirabhand Chandrachareon discusses royal Thai brocades. Finally, Michael Howard shows how the Tai peoples of Vietnam use textiles to denote status and religion. 300 colour illustrations
Author : Leo Hardy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781702606622
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (66 download)
Download or read book Supernatural Myths and Legends of America written by Leo Hardy and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-26 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La Llorona is a mythical, legendary story with Hispanic origins. In English, it translates loosely to the wailing woman. La Llorona is a mythical, legendary story with Hispanic origins. In English, it translates loosely to the wailing woman. You may have seen the movie, here you will learn the truth behind the legend. The Wendigo legend has its roots in Algonquian Native American folklore. All versions of the legend refer to the creature as a cannibal. The legend of Skinwalker originates from the Navajo culture, a Native American tribe. The people in Navajo refer to skinwalkers as "yee naaldooshii" to mean, "one who walks on all four."With All Hallows Eve right around the corner, could there be a better time to talk about the Bell Witch? After all, it is one of the longest-standing, shiver-inducing, American legends. The unique twist is that while there is little concrete evidence of the happenings, as is the case with most folklore, this story features real, once living, people, the Bell Family.El Coco, also known as Cucuy or Cuca, is a mythical monster that manifests in various shapes and forms. This creature, which is the equivalent of the bogeyman in Western culture, is a household name in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. Also we will take a unique look at the legend of the Leeds or Jersey Devil.
Author : Jane Puranananda
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789749863336
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (633 download)
Download or read book The Secrets of Southeast Asian Textiles written by Jane Puranananda and published by . This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey with fifteen scholars to Southeast Asia and neighboring countries to discover the hidden meanings behind traditional textilesThroughout Asia, textiles have played an important role in concepts of power and kingship and are also closely associated with shamanistic, Buddhism and Islamic beliefs. The book presents scholarship and research from scholars from around the world and who participated in the James H. W. Thompson Foundation symposium, "Status, Myth and the Supernatural: Unraveling the Secrets of Southeast Asian Textiles," which was held in Bangkok in August of 2005. With hundreds of color illustrations and much new material not previously published, this 250 page volume presents many new perspectives on a fascinating topic.
Author : Eric Kurlander
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300190379
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Hitler's Monsters written by Eric Kurlander and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A dense and scholarly book about . . . the relationship between the Nazi party and the occult . . . reveals stranger-than-fiction truths on every page.”—Daily Telegraph The Nazi fascination with the occult is legendary, yet today it is often dismissed as Himmler’s personal obsession or wildly overstated for its novelty. Preposterous though it was, however, supernatural thinking was inextricable from the Nazi project. The regime enlisted astrology and the paranormal, paganism, Indo-Aryan mythology, witchcraft, miracle weapons, and the lost kingdom of Atlantis in reimagining German politics and society and recasting German science and religion. In this eye-opening history, Eric Kurlander reveals how the Third Reich’s relationship to the supernatural was far from straightforward. Even as popular occultism and superstition were intermittently rooted out, suppressed, and outlawed, the Nazis drew upon a wide variety of occult practices and esoteric sciences to gain power, shape propaganda and policy, and pursue their dreams of racial utopia and empire. “[Kurlander] shows how swiftly irrational ideas can take hold, even in an age before social media.”—The Washington Post “Deeply researched, convincingly authenticated, this extraordinary study of the magical and supernatural at the highest levels of Nazi Germany will astonish.”—The Spectator “A trustworthy [book] on an extraordinary subject.”—The Times “A fascinating look at a little-understood aspect of fascism.”—Kirkus Reviews “Kurlander provides a careful, clear-headed, and exhaustive examination of a subject so lurid that it has probably scared away some of the serious research it merits.”—National Review
Author : Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
Publisher : University of Alberta
ISBN 13 : 1772122955
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (721 download)
Download or read book Imagining the Supernatural North written by Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Turning to face north, face the north, we enter our own unconscious. Always, in retrospect, the journey north has the quality of dream.” Margaret Atwood, “True North” In this interdisciplinary collection, sixteen scholars from twelve countries explore the notion of the North as a realm of the supernatural. This region has long been associated with sorcerous inhabitants, mythical tribes, metaphysical forces of good and evil, and a range of supernatural qualities. It was both the sacred abode of the gods and a feared source of menacing invaders and otherworldly beings. Whether from the perspective of traditional Jewish lore or of contemporary black metal music, few motifs in European cultural history show such longevity and broad appeal. Contributors: Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough, Angela Byrne, Danielle Marie Cudmore, Stefan Donecker, Brenda S. Gardenour Walter, Silvije Habulinec, Erica Hill, Jay Johnston, Maria Kasyanova, Jan Leichsenring, Shane McCorristine, Jennifer E. Michaels, Ya’acov Sarig, Rudolf Simek, Athanasios Votsis, Brian Walter
Author : David Fletcher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780993510236
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Myth Education written by David Fletcher and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will be an awesome introduction to people interested in mythology.
Author : Robert J. David
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0989002284
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Spirit Fire and Lightning Songs: Looking at Myth and Shamanism on a Klamath Basin Petroglyph Site written by Robert J. David and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert J. David's Spirit Fire and Lightning Songs makes a major contribution to the steadily growing body of research in the western United States that prioritizes indigenous voices, myth, and neuropsychological models to provide a fresh and innovative approach to decolonizing the past. As a Klamath Tribal member, David's scholarly and engaging writing style lends itself to the retelling of Klamath-Modoc myths and the interpretation of how these myths convincingly relate to rock art at 4-Mod-22, a complex Klamath Basin petroglyph site in Northern California near the former Tule Lake. David's work at 4-Mod-22 highlights three distinctive classes of rock art: iconic motifs, residual markings, and geometric figures. Information provided by a combination of Klamath-Modoc ethnography and myth suggests that these distinctive rock art categories denote two patterns of ritual use that include shamans' consultations with their spirit familiars, and shamanic power quests.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book HALI written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Erika Engstrom
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739184768
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Television, Religion, and Supernatural written by Erika Engstrom and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-02-19 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the text of the CW network television series Supernatural, a program based in the horror genre that offers viewers myriad religious-based antagonists, through the portrayals of monsters which its two main characters “hunt” and destroy, as well as storylines based in the Bible. Even as the series’ producers claim a non-religious perspective, we contend that story arcs and outcomes of episodes actually forward a hegemonic portrayal of Christianity that portrays a good-versus-evil motif regarding the superiority of Christianity. The depiction of its protagonist brothers, Dean and Sam Winchester of Lawrence, Kansas, forwards a pro-American perspective to a more generalized fight against evil in contemporary times.
Author : Shazia Sadaf
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000936929
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Contemporary Pakistani Speculative Fiction and the Global Imaginary written by Shazia Sadaf and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the first book-length study of emergent Pakistani speculative fiction written in English, this critical work explores the ways in which contemporary Pakistani authors extend the genre in new directions by challenging the cognitive majoritarianism (usually Western) in this field. Responding to the recent Afro science fiction movement that has spurred non-Western writers to seek a democratization of the broader genre of speculative fiction, Pakistani writers have incorporated elements from djinn mythology, Qur'anic eschatology, "Desi" (South Asian) traditions, local folklore, and Islamic feminisms in their narratives to encourage familiarity with alternative world views. In five chapters, this book analyzes fiction by several established Pakistani authors as well as emerging writers to highlight the literary value of these contemporary works in reconciling competing cognitive approaches, blurring the dividing line between "possibilities" and "impossibilities" in envisioning humanity’s collective future, and anticipating the future of human rights in these envisioned worlds.
Author : Paul Meier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780801054310
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (543 download)
Download or read book The Fakers written by Paul Meier and published by . This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. D. Lewis-Williams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315423766
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)
Download or read book Myth and Meaning written by J. D. Lewis-Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J.D. Lewis-Williams, one of the leading South African archaeologists and ethnographers, uses ethnographic, archival, and archaeological lines of research to understand San-Bushman mythological stories. From this, he establishes a more nuanced theory of the role of myths in cultures worldwide.
Author : Martin Steele Day
Publisher : Lanham, MD : University Press of America
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Many Meanings of Myth written by Martin Steele Day and published by Lanham, MD : University Press of America. This book was released on 1984 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com.
