Mytologi

Featuring the full Flame Tree treatment, with new stories from open submissions alongside the classic stories and fascinating background, this gorgeous new book reveals the origins, development and relevance of the wily, clever and complex figure of the trickster god Anansi.

A witch, a healer, Morgana le Fay has deep roots in Celtic mythology and offers a fascinating canvas for the many writers in this new book. Created through open submissions and supported by an extensive introduction examining the origins of Morgana le Fay, is a wonderful new book in the best tradition of Flame Tree's collectable hardcover editions.

Featuring the full Flame Tree treatment, with new stories from open submissions alongside the classic stories and fascinating background, this gorgeous new book reveals the man behind the myth of Achilles, the great warrior of the Trojan War in Ancient times, whose exploits and famously weak heel have been subjected to the norms of epic literature.

'A modern-day bard.' Madeline Miller, author of Circe and The Song of Achilles'Shaw has so much wisdom and knowledge about the old stories, it emanates from his pores.' John Densmore, The Doors'Through feral tales and poetic exegesis, Martin Shaw makes you re-see the world, as a place of adventure and of initiation, as perfect home and as perfectly other. What a gift.' David Keenan, author of Xstabeth'I can still remember the first time I heard Martin Shaw tell a story. The tale that emerged was like a living thing, bounding around, throwing itself at us there listening. I had never heard anything like it before.' Paul Kingsnorth, Booker shortlisted author of The WakeToday, as we are confronted by not one, but many crossroads in our lives - identity, technology, love, seduction, politics - celebrated mythologist and wilderness guide Martin Shaw delivers Smoke Hole - three ancient myths that serve as metaphors for our world today. Assailed by the seductive promises of social media and shadowed by a pandemic that brought loneliness to an all-time high, Martin argues that we are losing our sense of direction, our sense of self. He invites us to use these stories to help find 'a commons for the imagination, a place to breathe deeper, feel steadier and become acquainted with rapture.' Smoke Hole is a passionate call to arms and an invitation to use these stories to face the complexities of contemporary life, from fake news to parenthood, climate crises, addictive technology and more. Available now as a podcast! Subscribe to Smoke Hole Sessions to hear amazing conversations between Martin Shaw and some of our most admired writers, actors, comedians, musicians and more, including Sir Mark Rylance and Tommy Tiernan (Derry Girls).

Merry Christmas! is a moving, reimagined version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol for the 21st Century.

Ming and Miaow are ready for their first mission as Guardians of the New Moon! But things are tense between Miaow and his longtime frenemy, Su the rat. Can they learn to work together, or is the Year of the Rat doomed to disaster?

When the Jade Emperor gets bored, there's only one answer ... a Great Race! Fiery shapeshifter Ming and solitary cat Miaow enter for a chance at eternal fame and honour - but will their tentative new friendship survive?

With war on the horizon, everything is at stake in this scintillating new novel from Shauna Lawless, the next volume in the critically acclaimed GAEL SONG historical fantasy series. THE OLD WORLD WILL DIE IN FLAMES... Ireland, 1011 AD. The mortal kingdoms rise up against High King Brian Boru as they seek to wrest his crown from him. Yet the real struggle is between the two magical races of Ireland, the Fomorians and the Descendants, eternal enemies who both now seek dominion over the mortal world. Gormflaith, queen of King Brian, remains unmasked as the powerful Fomorian she is. Gormflaith plans to establish control over Ireland and destroy the Descendants in one fell swoop... but she cannot do it alone. The Descendants are divided, for not all their kind wish to dominate the mortals. Fódla, a Descendant who was once part of King Brian's inner circle, must use this division to thwart treacherous plots that have been long in the making - even if it means sacrificing herself. But with other lives on the line, can Fódla reveal the evil in time?As secret schemes come to deadly fruition, the only possible outcome is war. Ireland has bled red and often, but the coming clash will change the course of history for ever. Reviewers on Shauna Lawless' Gael Song series'Lawless blends fantasy with historical fiction to great effect.' SFX'Lawless's writing is absolutely luminous.' Irish Independent'Swept me along and refused to be put down.' H.M. Long

Feed your mind, body, heart, and soul with these reinvented food legends blessed by Annapurna, Indian Goddess of Nourishment.In this delicious collection, the stories explore food as ploy, bargain, symbolic communication, origin, profession, and bone of contention. Rediscover surprisingly relatable characters from history and legend. Stand by Parvati Bai, wife of the village headman, who must save her village from bandits. Witness the teasing friendship between Emperor Akbar and his problem-solving courtier, Birbal. Experience the anger and anguish of Goddess Parvati, who must put aside her quarrel with Lord Shiva to save a dying Earth. Follow the perilous journeys of Sambusak, an adventurer, and Arman, a refugee, from ancient Persia to India, over land and sea. Some of these stories leap into the present, connecting with twenty-first-century characters. Expertly blending ancient and modern, mystic and mundane, East and West, these delectable tales will banish negativity, to entertain and inspire in equal measure.

Novel set in 1930s London and Wales against the background of approaching war and the fight against Fascism in Spain. Historical romantic fiction which documents the real contribution of Glamorgan and the Rhondda to the International Brigade.

An enchanting tale of romance and tragedy that follows Goddess Panorea who descends alone to Earth as a mortal, where she embarks on a journey in search of life and love.

Gan agor yn 1799, dyma nofel sydd wedi''i gosod mewn cyfnod o newid cymdeithasol mawr. Mae''r tir yn cael ei gau. Mae''r chwyldro diwydiannol ar droed. Mae anghydffurfiaeth yn ennill ei lle. Pa ffawd sy''n aros gwerin cefn-gwlad? Ond mae hon hefyd yn stori gariad, a hwnnw''n mynd o''r crud i''r bedd, a''i liwiau cyfnewidiol yn creu patrymau blêr o...

Explore fascinating tales from ancient Egyptian mythology in this beautiful hardback collection. From creation myths to tales of the underworld, these legends offer incredible insight into the culture and beliefs of this ancient civilization. This covetable edition is presented with a stunning gold cover embossing and stencilled page-edges.

This luxurious collection brings together some of the greatest retellings of Irish stories that have survived generations, penned by classic folklorists including Lady Wilde, Jeremiah Curtin, Joseph Jacobs and James Stephens. This edition is beautifully presented with gold cover embossing, full-colour endpapers designs and stencilled page edges.

Written by classic folklorist Joseph Jacobs, Celtic Folk & Fairy Tales includes over 26 charming tales from folklore from the Celtic tradition, including: ''The Shepherd of Myddvai'', ''The Story of Deirdre'', ''The Sea-Maiden'', and ''Beth Gellert''.

Heroes of Irish Mythology includes some of Jeremiah Curtin''s exquisite retellings of Ireland''s most daring tales and their courageous heroes, including the skilled swordsman Elin Gow, the great yet unassuming Conal, the grimly determined Miach Lay, the extraordinarily proportioned Coldfeet, and the perspicacious Blaiman.

From tales of King Arthur to Gaelic gods, this deluxe hardback anthology brings together incredible myths and legends from Celtic folklore, written by Irish author T. W. Rolleston. This luxurious hardback edition is presented with gold gilded pages, ivory paper, and beautiful endpapers, making a treasured companion.

This luxurious collection brings together 50 ancient tales from Japanese mythology, from historical legends such as ''History of Awoto Fujitsuna'' to magic realist tales such as ''How Masakuni Regained his Sight''. These tales presented in a stunning gift edition with gold cover embossing, full-colour endpaper designs and stencilled page edges.

Celtic Myths features wondrous tales handed down in Gaelic through the generations, retold by renowned folklorists Joseph Jacobs and James Stephens. This beautiful gift edition is luxuriously presented with deluxe silk binding, gold cover embossing, and full-colour illustrations.

Exploring a range of international works such as films, streaming television series, graphic novels, and picture books, this open access book interrogates how, and to what extent, fairy tales are put to work for justice in the areas of environment and ecology, kinship and family, ability and disability, and sex and gender. As Bacchilega and Greenhill demonstrate, some 21st-century fairy tales channel the genre's wonder to offer otherwise possibilities for being and acting in the world that are not confined to socially sanctioned paths. Drawing on visual and audio-visual case studies of texts such as The Magic Fish, Julián Is A Mermaid, Pokot [Spoor], Gräns [Border], The Dragon Prince, Gatta Cenerentola [Cinderella the Cat], and Sweet Tooth, they examine how the wonder and preternatural of fairy tales model a sustained desire to believe in and realize new ways of existence that have often been too easily dismissed. Guided by theories in fields including ecological, gender, disability, critical race, Indigenous, fantasy, posthuman, and adaptation studies as they intersect with folklore and fairy tale studies, this book examines how creators of wonder tales since the beginning of the new millennium have presented provocations around humans' political and social relations with nature and culture. Analyzing justice from a variety of positions and establishing how tales of the otherwise can develop optative thinking, Justice and the Power of Wonder in 21st-Century Fairy Tales reclaims wonder from 'Disneyfication' and the defining narrative of the genre as necessarily conservative, patriarchal, and merely nostalgic. The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grant 435-2019-0691 and The University of Winnipeg, Canada.

He was mine to protect. Mine to adore. Mine to lose forever. Icarus may not have flown particularly close to the sun, but he has fallen...right into the rough hands of Olympus's own Poseidon. Being held captive by the gentle giant wouldn't be so bad if Olympus wasn't on the eve of destruction...or if Poseidon stopped looking at him with those irresistibly stormy eyes. Poseidon doesn't have time to babysit his increasingly bratty prisoner, but he has no choice: Olympus is officially at war, and someone has to keep their best bargaining chip out of harm's way. The thing is, the longer Poseidon is with Icarus, the more he starts to care for his sworn enemy...and the more he realizes that Icarus isn't the villain he's been made out to be. There's a warmth to him, a vulnerability, that Poseidon finds difficult to ignore or deny. Now with Circe and the Aeaens at the gate and Olympus a hair's breadth away from falling, Poseidon will have to make a difficult choice: about himself, about his allegiances, and about the man who woke his heart from its long slumber only to threaten to break it for good... A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Poseidon and Icarus.