Encyclopedia of Giants and Humanoids in Myth, Legend and Folklore

Theresa Bane (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

212 Seiten

2016
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6351-7 (ISBN)

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Every culture has in its folklore and mythology beings of immense size and strength, as well as other preternatural and monstrous humanoids who walk among us, serving the divine or fulfilling their own agendas. This book catalogues the lore and legends of more than 1,000 different humanoid species and individual beings.

Every culture has in its folklore and mythology beings of immense size and strength, as well as other preternatural and monstrous humanoids who walk among us, serving the divine or fulfilling their own agendas. This book catalogs the lore and legends of more than 1,000 different humanoid species and individual beings, including the Titans, valkyries, jotuns, yokai, biblical giants, ogres, trolls and many more.

Theresa Bane, a professional vampirologist, has appeared on the Discovery Channel’s Twisted Histories: Vampires and William Shatner’s Weird or What for her expertise on the undead and is the author of other books on unusual phenomena. She lives in Staunton, Virginia, USA.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

The Encyclopedia

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.03.2016
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	390 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4766-6351-3 / 1476663513
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6351-7 / 9781476663517
Zustand	Neuware