Creatures in the Mist: Little People, Wild Men and Spirit Beings Around the World : a Study in Comparative MythologyAlgora Publishing, 2007 - 210 pàgines Bringing together a medley of stories, myths, and folklore Gary Varner shares a fascination and respect for humankind's early and contemporary cultures and wonders at similarities across the board. Here, he focuses on "Little People" and giants, animals and were-creatures, and the odd, helpful or threatening ways imputed to our earthly companions including dogs and cats, bats and spiders, and the stories people have told each other about them since time immemorial. Gary Varner has performed a valuable service in these books. [Presenting] lore from about the world, a collector's hoard of traditions rich and strange, ... Varner shows there really are obvious and puzzling similarities between widely separated cultures. Gary Varner has pointed the way to some important cross-cultural readings in the ageless themes of stone and water. - Jeremy Harte, Curator of the Bourne Hall Museum, Surrey, England, in Northern Earth magazine, #103, 2005 Menhirs, Dolmen and Circles of Stone is an excellent guide to large-scale magical stones and stone magic. This book is a must for anyone interested in megalithic sites. Most highly recommended. -PanGaia Magazine, United States As with other books by the same author, this is a book based upon broad research into the subject, stretching across the world. What results is a fascinating weave of stories and images, descriptions of sites and associated tales, that leaves a sense of a thousand deities whispering in the air. Because it is so broad a sweep, the positive outcome is an overreaching perspective of the patterns and commonalities held between human communities - our ancestors - all around the world. The book is a sound overview and provocation toresearch more deeply ourselves, to find alternative visions, tales and interpretations, to find out more about the sacred currents, their depths and importance - both to our ancestors and to ourselves. The author's notations are comprehensive, allowing us easily to follow the clues. A valuable piece of work. -The Druid Network, England * Gary R. Varner is a lecturer and writer on folklore and early religions. He is author of several popular books comparing legends and beliefs around the world, including The Mythic Forest, the Green Man & the Spirit of Nature (Algora 2006); Menhirs, Dolmen and Circles of Stone: The Folklore and Magic of Sacred Stone (Algora 2005); and Sacred Wells: A Study in the History, Meaning, and Mythology of Holy Wells. His approach incorporates details from ancient cultures and from Native American, UK and European, Asian, South Pacific and African folklore. Varner is a member of the American Folklore Society. |
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13 | |
The Water Horse | 23 |
THE FOREST FOLK | 31 |
GIANTS | 39 |
Children Childbirth | 51 |
The Nature of Fairies | 58 |
WILD MEN | 71 |
THE OWL | 145 |
THE DOG | 149 |
Dog Symbolism | 151 |
Black Dogs | 153 |
Ghost Dogs | 156 |
DogMen | 157 |
THE CAT | 161 |
THE BEAR | 167 |
HORNED BEINGS | 83 |
SPIRITS OF THE OTHERWORLD GHOSTS AND Vampires | 89 |
The Vampire in Legend and Lore | 93 |
WEREWOLVES NOT JUST IN TRANSYLVANIA | 97 |
HARPIES AND OTHER CREATURES OF STORMS AND WIND | 105 |
SPIRIT BEINGS OF THE ANIMAL INSECT KIND | 109 |
Fairies | 111 |
THE SNAKE | 113 |
The Horned Snake | 116 |
THE TURTLE AND THE TORTOISE | 131 |
THE TOAD AND THE FROG | 135 |
THE EAGLE AND THE RAVEN | 141 |
THE HARE AND THE RABBIT | 173 |
The Bat | 177 |
THE SPIDER | 181 |
THE BEE | 185 |
AFTERWORD | 189 |
Giants | 190 |
THE FAIRY | 191 |
THE WILD MEN | 193 |
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207 | |
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