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En esta versión de la historia de origen maya, el niño Balám viaja a un pueblo encima de una gran tortuga azul, pero lo preceden un piojo, un sapo, una serpiente y un gavilán, todos llevando las buenas noticias de su llegada.
In this version of the Mayan origin story, the child Balám travels to a village on the back of a big blue turtle, but he is preceded by a louse, a toad, a snake, and a hawk, all carrying the good news of his arrival.
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The New York Times best-selling author of The Vagina Bible offers empowering, period-positive, no-nonsense facts about the science, medicine and myths surrounding menstruation.
Most women, transgender, and non-binary people who menstruate can expect to have hundreds of periods in a lifetime. So why is real information so hard to find? Despite its significance, most education about menstruation focuses either on increasing the chances of pregnancy...
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From the ruins of Greek and Roman temples to Mexico's Pyramid of the Sun and the enduring mysteries of Stonehenge, this captivating study circles the earth in its examination of the legends, traditions, and superstitions that all cultures have woven about the sun.
Starting with solar creation myths, this volume explores ancient ideology surrounding the sun and moon, solar mythology, and solar folklore. An extended analysis of sun worship around the...
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Adrienne Mayor's books include The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology, and The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World (all Princeton). She is a research scholar in classics and the history of science at Stanford University.
A treasury of astonishing mythic marvels-and...
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"THE NEED GNOME" was born as a poem and remains so in this newly minted Book Eleven of Kelly Anne Manuel's Essentials Series. In this story the Child is invited on a journey to meet a mythical creature named the Need Gnome. The Child will engage immediately with the narrator who introduces this unique and mysterious main character.
"THE NEED GNOME" offers a standing invitation to the Child. The Child will learn that this character represents a safe...
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The tears of princess Prunella is an British fairy tale. Princess Prunella befriends a boy who can only hear beautiful things. He has never learned to hear crying. This upsets the princess and he goes out into the world to find a way so he can hear her tears. The moral of this story is: true love will prevail. Recommended for age 7+.
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In a playful town, a man tries to sell birds and a squirrel to the hungry Mr. and Mrs. Tummyrumble. But a chatty fly warns Mrs. Tummyrumble that the animals might not be suitable for a regular dish. With humor and creativity, they decide to make a unique bubbly pie instead. This whimsical tale teaches that sometimes unexpected advice can lead to delightful surprises.
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The friends are going on a birthday adventure to visit the Lollipop Garden through the Rainbow Forest. They go down the Lemonade River on a boat that can almost fly. They meet a herd of talking words. Eventually they arrive at a very sickly Lollipop Garden. To cure the Lollipop flowers and save the harvest they must explore the Sweet Rock Cave and outwit an ancient magic.
Likened to Alice in Wonderland, the captivating story of 10-year-old Tickle...
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A very slightly updated version of the traditional Norwegian folk tale from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book from 1889. The Blue Fairy Book was the first of 12 Fairy Books to be written and published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and, though Lang is credited as the creator of these books, it is worth noting that almost all of the actual translation and writing of the stories was done by others - most notably his wife, Nora.
This...
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"Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. Haunted by visions of the Fairy King since childhood, she's had no choice. Her tattered copy of Angharad--Emrys Myrddin's epic about a mortal girl who falls in love with the Fairy King, then destroys him--is the only thing keeping her afloat. So when Myrddin's family announces a contest to redesign the late author's estate, Effy feels certain it's her destiny. But musty, decrepit Hiraeth Manor is an...
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Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by The Millions A vibrant new voice blends Native folklore and the search for identity in a fierce debut work of personal history.
"Leah Myers may be the last member of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe in her family line, due to her tribe's strict blood quantum laws. In this unflinching and intimate memoir, Myers excavates the stories of four generations of women in order to leave a record of her family. Beginning...
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Immersed in mist and old magic, Storyland is an exquisitely illustrated new mythology of Britain, set in its wildest landscapes. Historian and printmaker Amy Jeffs reimagines ancient legends in wondrous detail in this this gift-worthy collection for all lovers of myth, folklore, and mysticism.
Storyland begins between the Creation and Noah's Flood, follows the footsteps of the earliest generation of giants, covers the founding of Britain, England,...
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Erich Neumann (1905-1960), a psychologist and philosopher, was born in Berlin and lived in Tel Aviv from 1934 until his death. His books include The Fear of the Feminine, Amor and Psyche, and The Great Mother (all Princeton).
The Origins and History of Consciousness draws on a full range of world mythology to show how individual consciousness undergoes the same archetypal stages of development as human consciousness as a whole. Erich Neumann was...
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Do you like stories about gods and spirits, giants and monsters, damsels in distress, and clever heroes?
All of these can be found in African myth and folklore, which have a vast and varied tapestry of stories from hundreds of cultures, each with its own traditions and values.
Sometimes the heroes of these stories are divine beings who come down from heaven to create the world we live in, but sometimes human beings and animals themselves are the ones...
16) Mitología Yoruba: Fascinantes mitos y leyendas de los yoruba y otros pueblos de África occidental
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Si está buscando una colección de mitos chinos para todas las edades y quiere conocer la cultura china sin leer un libro de texto universitario, siga leyendo...
La mayoría de los estadounidenses conoce la mitología griega, romana y egipcia. Pero las historias populares de la antigua China ofrecen diferentes perspectivas y una comprensión más profunda de las raíces de la sociedad.
Para los estadounidenses puede ser un desafío encontrar una...
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¿Te gustaría que tus hijos e hijas se relajaran escuchando un cuento?
Entonces no te pierdas el audio cuento de Los 3 cerditos del siglo XXI, una adaptación moderna y original del clásico infantil.
Este audio cuento tiene una música de fondo especial, compuesta por frecuencias de sonido que ayudan a los niños y niñas a tranquilizarse y relajarse.
Tus hijos e hijas van a disfrutar de una historia entretenida y al mismo tiempo se beneficiarán...
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The Only Tragedy in this Swan Princess is Having No Social Life.
You've Heard of Swan Lake?
Well, this Dance takes place in a University Far, Far Away.
As all the Fairy Tale Kings and Queens are having their Happily Ever Afters, Odette's stuck dancing solo when she wants to be in a romantic duet. But, when her latest catch happens to be a Taxidermist who'd rather stuff a bunny rabbit rather than pet it, how will Odette keep her half life as a Swan...
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Have you been thinking how to give your kids the tools of becoming successful? This book holds a little Secret so keep reading…
FORGIVENESS is one of these misconceptions that children get wrong when going through kindergarten and school. When not understood correctly, being confused about this can lay a very heavy burden on a young person's shoulders!
"The Legacy of The Dragon: Understanding The Law of Forgiveness gives your kids a head start in...
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