Children meet Bragi, the god of poetry, and the famous Valkyrie maidens, among other gods, goddesses, heroes, and giants. Illustrations throughout depict the wondrous other world of Norse folklore and its fantastical Northern landscape.

    For centuries dervish masters have instructed their disciples by means of these teaching stories, which are said to increase perception and knowledge and provide a better understanding of man and the world. In wit, construction, and piquancy, they compare with the finest tales of any culture. Idries Shah spent many years traveling through three continents to collect and compare oral versions of these remarkable stories. This anthology, presented in the dervish manner, contains stories drawn from the repertories of dervish masters over a period of more than a thousand years.

    The result of sixteen years of research in Talmudic, gnostic, cabalistic, apocalyptic, patristic, and legendary texts, the classic reference work on angels is beautifully illustrated and its reissue coincides with the resurgence of belief in angels in America.

    A translation and commentary of the central Hindu religious classic - The Bhagavad Gita

    

    To some they offer tantalizing glimpses of other worlds. to others a subversive counterpoint to human arrogance and weakness. Like no other author. Katharine Briggs throughout her work communicated the thrill and delight of the world of fairies. and in this book she articulated for the first time the history of that world in tradition and literature.From every period and every country. poets and storytellers have described a magical world inhabited by elfin spirits. Capricious and vengeful. or beautiful and generous. theyve held us in thrall for generations. And on a summers morn. as the dew dries softly on the grass. if you kneel and look under a toadstool. well ...

    Josh McBroom relates how he and his family harness the rambunctious prairie wind.

    Dr. Anne Ross writes from wide experience of living in Celtic-speaking communities where she has traced vernacular tradition. She employs archaeological and anthropoligical evidence, as well as folklore, to provide broad insight into the early Celtic world.

    When they discover the organ has been damaged by mice, a priest presents a Christmas poem to the organist who puts it to a simple melody. The boys' choir replaces the bellows of the organ, and moves the hearts of many in the small Austrian church. The hymn travels through Austria by many hands, anonymous, until rediscovered by the organist's son.

    A fairyland so real that young readers will know that it is just around the corner.Here the prices are good and handsome, the princesses beautiful and honest. There is a crock of gold at the end of every rainbow. The good people and the kind people always get their just reward. And the evil-doer gets his just deserts.In other words, here is the land of the imagination of the young. A land with a special charm and appeal that makes grown-ups wish they ere young again - and makes children happy that they still have the power to believe. "All the stories are beautifully told. How happy Mrs. de Valera must be writing stories thay bring so much happiness to children and parents alike." - back cover blurb.