Download or read book Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth Legend and Folklore written by Theresa Bane and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Here there be dragons"--this notation was often made on ancient maps to indicate the edges of the known world and what lay beyond. Heroes who ventured there were only as great as the beasts they encountered. This encyclopedia contains more than 2,200 monsters of myth and folklore, who both made life difficult for humans and fought by their side. Entries describe the appearance, behavior, and cultural origin of mythic creatures well-known and obscure, collected from traditions around the world.
Download or read book Global Legends and Lore written by Adelaide Bennett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They are everywhere! Rising from their tombs in abandoned European cemeteries, howling at the moon as it rises over the canyons of Mexico, stalking the living in the villages of Africa: vampires and werewolves are hauntingly familiar in the legends and lore of people all over the world. In an amazing variety of forms, from the glamorous to the ghastly, shape-shifters and the undead continue to fascinate and terrorize the people of the world (whether they actually believe in their existence or just think they're kind of "fun"). Learn about some of the most horrifying creatures to ever inhabit the nightmares of our species and realize, on every continent, in every time and place, the legends and lore of vampires and werewolves are everywhere!
Download or read book Wanted Undead Or Alive written by Jonathan Maberry and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable guide identifying and describing mankind's enemies: supernatural beasts, ghosts, vampires, serial killers, etc.-- and unearthing effective, time-proven responses to each horrific threat.
Download or read book A Glimpse of Ghosts written by Valerie McKenzie and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Garkain written by Anna J Walner and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-25 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amelia was dropped at a hospital in Houston 25 years ago. After searching for her biological family for years she receives a vague text: "It's time for you to come home, we need you, the Colony needs you." The Colony is a secret society in the Outback of Australia, driven from Europe in 1788 to the prison colony of New Holland to begin anew. Her mother is Garkain, her father Larougo. Two different bloodlines, two different societies. One Vampire, one Werewolf. Given away instead of killed, she's being called home for a purpose. She'll agree to things she thought she never would, become things she never thought existed, and agree to a bargain that will change the Colony forever. The vampire rule book has changed in this imaginative series that defies expectations. Blending worlds together as a delicious escape in a new and unique way. Welcome to your new obsession.
Download or read book Spirits of the Earth The Inheritors 3 written by Fletcher Anthony and published by Momentum. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fern must find the mountain that has haunted her dreams and visions. Or will she and her tribe be destined to wander forever? The People have come to this land over a vast and frightening mass of water. They must put aside memories of their ancestral home in ancient Java, sacrificed to the Newcomers. Now they are newcomers, struggling to live at one with the land and its ancient dreaming. And they will have to deal with the scheming of Bright Feather and his woman, Nerida. In present-day Australia, another Fern must bring together her past and future to realise her heart's desire and resolve the threats to her people in the King Leopold Ranges. She must forgive herself and others to truly walk in the present.
Download or read book Downfall written by Mark Barber and published by Winged Hussar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sub Officer Kyle Hawkins is two days out of his training as a Knight Hospitaller when he is sent to the jungle planet of Paradiso. After four years of gruelling training as a warrior of the NeoVatican, criticised by his superiors for his liberal, pacifistic theological views, he volunteers for the Paradiso assignment in an attempt to prove his worth. However, after arriving he finds that it is little more than a simple security detail, attached to a platoon of Fusiliers of the PanOceanian Light Infantry, guarding a sleepy MagnaObra research facility not far from the border of Yujingyu territory known as Alpha Four Four. The platoon Hawkins works alongside is led by Lieutenant Priya Shankar, a driven, serious minded officer whose professionalism makes her popular with her seniors, but seemingly cold and unapproachable to the soldiers under her command. Experienced with peacekeeping, disaster relief operations and ceremonial guard duties, Shankar has done everything expected of a Fusilier officer - except actual combat.
Download or read book Art Myth Symbolism written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Art Myth and Symbolism written by Charles Pearcy Mountford and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Records written by American-Australian scientific expedition to Arnhem Land, 1948 and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Art myth and symbolism by C P Mountford written by American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, 1948 and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Myths Gods and Fantasy written by Pamela Allardice and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 1991-11-28 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Folklorist Pamela Allardice considers humankind's curiosity about the boundaries of the visible word and how that curiosity has given life to a host of marvelous beings. In every era and every land stories of dazzling beasts mighty gods and insubstantial spirits have passed from one awestruck generation to another. contains over 500 alphabetical entries which makes it into a valuable reference as well as a fascinating read." -- Amazon.
Download or read book Tales of Terror written by and published by Time Life Medical. This book was released on 1987 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of thirteen tales about ghosts, goblins, hauntings, and black magic, gathered from places as far apart as Arabia and Norway.
Download or read book Echoes of the Dreamtime written by Ainslie Roberts and published by J.M. Dent & Sons. This book was released on 1988 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retelling of Aboriginal legends concerning creation, birth, death, animals, etc., combined with the paintings of Ainslie Roberts.
Download or read book The Second Chronicles of Caer Norren written by Adriana Pausenwein and published by Adriana Pausenwein. This book was released on 2023-12-24 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short stories set in the witcher universe.
Download or read book THEY BITE written by Jonathan Maberry and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From two award-winning authors, a collection of horror legends and folklore from the world of supernatural and paranormal storytelling. The ultimate guidebook to the horrific roots and modern-day expressions of our darkest fears, with contributions from the modern masters of the macabre. Wary mortals have always lived in fear of monsters that feast on human flesh and blood to energize their evil essence. Every culture and country has its demons—and since earliest times we've tried to capture these supernatural predators through the power of storytelling. But they refuse to be tamed . . . Join Bram Stoker Award winners Maberry and Kramer on a chilling journey into the nature of the beast. You'll unearth graves and venture into forbidden caves and forests to discover the evolution of supernatural predators throughout centuries of scares. From ancient heroes battling dragons to wary vampire hunters opening cobweb-enshrouded coffins, this compendium of creepy creatures tracks the monsters of our imagination from the whispered fireside tales of old to the books, comics, and films that keep us shivering on the edges of our seats with delight and fascination.
