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Monsters, mortals, gods, and warriors: For over sixty years readers have chosen this book above all others to discover the thrilling, enchanting, and fascinating world of Western mythology. From Odysseus's adventure-filled journey to the Norse god Odin's effort to postpone the final day of doom, Edith Hamilton's classic collection not only retells these stories with brilliant clarity but shows us how the ancients saw their own place in the world and...
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Moon Books
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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This entertaining if unorganized compendium by shamanic teacher Almqvist (Medicine of the Imagination) brings together non-Christian practices, beliefs, and stories from Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. The author provides an overview of the area's history, from the first Frisian settlers around 400 BCE to Julius Caesar's conquest of the area now known as Belgium. She explores the symbols and folklore of the "low lands," describing, for instance,...
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Interlink Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"You don't need to be Wiccan to enjoy this friendly book of home cooking and natural remedies. To the kitchen witch, every recipe is like a little spell bringing the opportunity to create love and positive energy in the home and for loved ones. This year-round guide to seasonal recipes and rituals for all the pagan festivals will be invaluable to Wiccans wishing to celebrate the good things that are given to us by the land. Wicca is a peaceful, balanced,...
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Running Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Connect to the enchanted mystery of trees, plants, and forests as you engage in rituals, spell work, and seasonal magic crafted by the bestselling author of Practical Magic, Nikki Van De Car. Forest Magic is a guide to befriending the mysterious and wise guardians of our woodlands. Ancient and wise, trees and plants watch over us-sheltering us and guiding us. At the same time, it is our calling to cherish and honor them, as we work together in eternal...
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Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2015
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English
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Looks at the history of the rise of Christianity as experienced by the adherents of the traditional religions of the ancient world who directly experienced the major disruptions brought about by the rise of what they viewed as an upstart cult.
11) Fatal tide
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East Salem trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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"When Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of earthly delights is reunited with the pagans who commissioned it, a dark prophecy begins to unfold in East Salem, beginning with a savage double-murder by hellish creatures straight out of the painting itself. The lone survivor of the attack, a seventeen-year-old Brit, finds sanctuary at Tommy Gunderson's home, and the place is soon surrounded by demons who seem to be biding their time--but for how long?"--Dust jacket...
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Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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An innovative history that shows how the religious idea of the heathen in need of salvation undergirds American conceptions of race. If an eighteenth-century parson told you that the difference between "civilization and heathenism is sky-high and star-far," the words would hardly come as a shock. But that statement was written by an American missionary in 1971. In a sweeping historical narrative, Kathryn Gin Lum shows how the idea of the heathen has...
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Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"In a world of pagan traditions and deeply rooted love, a girl in jeopardy must save her family and community, in a transporting historical novel by nationally bestselling author Cathy Marie Buchanan. It's the season of Fallow, in the era of iron. In a northern misty bog surrounded by woodlands and wheat fields, a settlement lies far beyond the reach of the Romans invading hundreds of miles to the southeast. Here, life is simple or so it seems to...
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Tuonela duet volume 1
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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In the depths of the Finnish wilderness, more than wolves roam the dark woods. When a death goddess attacks their village, best friends Siiri and Aina prove helpless to stop her from dragging Aina into Tuonela, the mythical underworld. In Tuonela, the cruel Witch Queen turns Aina's every waking moment into a living nightmare. But Aina soon learns that the God of Death himself has plans for her. To escape, she strikes a costly bargain with him, not...
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Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Follows a young pagan woman with hidden powers and a one-eyed captain of the Woodsmen as they form an unlikely alliance to thwart a tyrant"--
In her forest-veiled pagan village, Évike is the only woman without power. The villagers blame her corrupted bloodline-- her father was a Yehuli man, one of the much-loathed servants of the fanatical king. When soldiers arrive from the Holy Order of Woodsmen to claim a pagan girl for the king's blood sacrifice,...
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