PDF Books in Folklore & Mythology
Omens and Superstitions of Southern India
by Edgar ThurstonOmens and Superstitions of Southern India is written by Edgar Thurston, a Physician and Lecturer of anatomy. He has written many books on anthropology and ethnography including "Pearl and Chank Fisberies of the Gulf of Manaar" and "Anthropology of the Todas and Kotas of the Nilgiri Hills : and of the Bráhmans, Kammálans, Pallis, and Pariahs of Madr..
Myths and Legends of China
by E. T. C. WernerMyths and Legends of China is an in depth exploration of Chinese mythological characters and legends, written by the British consul E. T. C. Werner, whose notable writings include A Dictionary Of Chinese Mythology , Chinese Weapons , Success and How He Won It , and No Surrender . The author starts the book with introduction of the origin of Ch..
Malay Magic
by Walter W. SkeatMalay Magic is a folklore work written by the English philologist Walter William Skeat and one of the active personalities for introducing English as higher education subject in United Kingdom. His published works on Etymology, lexicography, and place-name studies include A Concise Dictionary of Middle English, The place-names of Ca..
The Coming of the Fairies
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Coming of the Fairies is a collection of short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. This book contains reproductions of the famous Cottingley photographs, and gives the whole of the evidence in connection with them. The diligent reader is in almost as good a position as I am to form a judgment upon the authenticity of the pictures. This nar..
The dawn of astronomy
by Sir Norman LockyerThe enormous advance which has been recently made in our astronomical knowledge, and in our power of investigating the various bodies which people space, is to a very great extent due to the introduction of methods of work and ideas from other branches of science. Much of the recent progress has been, we may indeed say, entirely dependent upon the ..
Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion - A Study in Survivals
by John Cuthbert LawsonThis book is the outcome of work undertaken in Greece during my two years’ tenure of the Craven Studentship from 1898 to 1900. It is therefore my first duty gratefully to commemorate John, Lord Craven, to whose benefactions of two and a half centuries ago I owed my opportunity for research.The scheme of work originally proposed was the investigatio..
At the Emperor's Wish - A Tale of the New Japan
by Oscar K. DavisFar out toward the end of Lower Timber Street, where incurious visitors to the city seldom stray, stands the house of Kudo Jukichi. It is called Lower Timber Street, the Upper end being down in the city where once the stout castle of the Lord of the Clan was the center of all the life of the place. But the name is falsely descriptive, for it leads ..
Stories and Story-telling
by Angela M. KeyesAll the stories in this book have been tested with children. Favorites easily available in other collections have been omitted. The seventy-five or more very short stories, intended to help young children to express their observations, experiences, and fancies, have been included at the request of many teachers. he story will give pleasure. Ed..