Encyclopedia of Giants and Humanoids in Myth, Legend and Folklore

Informationen zum Autor Theresa Bane, a professional vampirologist, has appeared on numerous podcasts, television, and radio shows for her expertise on the undead and is the author of other books on unusual phenomena. She lives in Staunton, Virginia. Klappentext Every culture has in its folklore and mythology beings of immense size and strength, as well as other preternatural humanoids great or small 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, Jotnar, yokai, biblical giants, elves, ogres, trolls and many more.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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents¿PrefaceIntroductionThe EncyclopediaBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Theresa Bane, Bane Theresa
• Publisher: McFarland
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9781476663517
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-6351-7
• Series: McFarland Myth and Legend Encyclopedias
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference, Folklore, myths & legends, Reference works, Folklore studies / Study of myth