Southern Folklore

Living Conjure is a beginner's guide to Conjure written by an authentic Conjure woman with over four decades of working experience. Starr Casas learned Conjure the old-fashioned way: at home, from her relatives and ancestors. She would like to share that knowledge with a new generation of practitioners.

A sequel to the award-winning CHRISTMAS AT GREY SAGE. Maude and Silas, owners of Grey Sage, are busy making their guests’ experiences memorable ones. But a series of unsettling events has disturbed the serenity at the inn. Nestled in the aspen and pine-covered Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Santa Fe, Grey Sage is the ideal place for artists and writers. It’s late September, and Lily’s group of art students from Chicago has come for a retreat. Drake Dodson, a screenwriter, is there to write, and Dr. Boots Boone, a professor on sabbatical doing research in Native American culture and ...

This set includes all five Folklore books in the series! Kidnapped by Her Bigfoot, Loved by Her Yeti, Claimed by Her Sasquatch, Rescued by His Mermaid, and Chasing Her Unicorn. Join these couples as they go out searching for folklore characters and find their "happily ever afters", instead.

Contrary to popular belief, the roots of American country music do not lie solely on southern farms or in mountain hollows. Rather, much of this music recorded before World War II emerged from the bustling cities and towns of the Piedmont South. No group contributed more to the commercialization of early country music than southern factory workers.

1920s psychic medium, Daphne Moultrie and her friends Clover and Phineas visit a small Louisiana town where they encounter strange events that center on an Armenian refugee girl. Psychic visions, ancient mystical forces, and Romani myths collide with the lust for power as the friends try to avert catastrophe. . Teagan Ríordáin Geneviene’s 1920s paranormal series, A Medium’s Peril continues with the novella, A Peril in the Vines. In the quaint village of Joumou Hills, not too far from New Orleans, Daphne, Clover, and Phineas encounter a chilling mystery. There, Daphne believes she will...

En este libro, se le enseñará acerca de algunos de los dioses y diosas egipcios más prestigiosos que fueron adorados hace mucho tiempo. Después de algunos recursos educativos e información sobre ellos, nos sumergimos en algunas de las historias más intrigantes que la antigua cultura egipcia pudo reunir, como Isis y los siete escorpiones, el campesino y el trabajador, la gran reina Hatshepsut y la princesa de Bekhten. Estos mitos despertarán la imaginación y te dejarán maravillado y asombrado.

Set at the turn of the 19th century in the heart of Mississippi, LeFleur’s Bluff: The Guardian's Journey weaves a mesmerizing tale of magic, harmony, and self-discovery. Lee, an orphan with a curious heart and a knack for wandering beyond the known, stumbles upon a secret that forever changes the fate of his town. LeFleur’s Bluff, a burgeoning frontier settlement, seems ordinary on the surface, but ancient whispers drift through the woods. Tales of pacts with mystical beings, hidden forces at play, and an enchanted realm lurking just beyond the river’s edge fill the air. When the ...

Los mitos de los dioses incaicos en la primera sección del libro explican cómo se creó el mundo y también detallan las aventuras de varias deidades mientras compiten por la supremacía o actúan como embaucadores en los mundos de los mortales y las huacas por igual. La segunda sección contiene el mito del origen del Imperio inca, que fue usado para justificar la legitimidad política inca.

Al acercarnos al estudio del imaginario popular sudamericano hallaremos la riqueza simbólica propia de la voz popular mestiza y heterogénea transmitida de generación en generación, voz edificadora de saberes que, bajo la estructura narrativa de mitos y leyendas, busca dar alguna explicación a lo insondable del universo. Este volumen reúne una colección de relatos representativa de construcciones colectivas, comunes dentro de la región.

Step into a World of Enchantment and Memory Jon Burnham invites you to journey back to Morton, Mississippi, where the magic of childhood and the mysteries of the Fae intertwine. Growing up in the 1960s and 70s, Jon's world was filled with the echoes of the Panther Den, the beating heart of his high school years, and the whispered legends that shaped the small town’s spirit. But Morton held more than just memories; it was a place where questions lingered like the scent in the air, where every rustle in the woods could be the sign of something extraordinary. Here are some of the questions ...

Cannibalistic snakes exceeding 100 feet in length that cause the Earth to tremble. Large cats with 12-inch fangs thought to be extinct. Sauropod dinosaurs that flip canoes. A half-octopus, half-shark creature that pulls boats into the abyss. Plesiosaurs swimming in glacial lakes. These are but a few of the monsters lurking in the waters of South and Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

The Path of Light is a collection of short stories nothing if not a mirror to the phenomenal range of human behavior. Taken from the Upanishads to the Jatakas to South Asian folklore, these simple but contemplative tales reveal how people are capable of both extreme cruelty and inordinate kindness.