300,000 Kisses: Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World by Seán Hewitt, Luke Edward Hall
55.00 AUD
Category: Mythology
For centuries, evidence of queer love in the ancient world was ignored or suppressed. Even today, only a few, famous narratives are widely known - yet there's a rich literary tradition of Greek and Roman love that extends far beyond this handful of stories. Here, the poet Sean Hewitt and painter Luke Ed ...Show more
The Hidden Language of Symbols by Matthew Wilson
60.00 AUD
Category: Mythology
The Hidden Language of Symbols covers a wide-ranging selection of visual culture and art under one unified theme: symbols. Often not immediately apparent, our day-to-day lives abound with symbols of various kinds, from national emblems to emojis, allegories to logos, all of which have a fascinating stor ...Show more
A Dictionary of World Mythology by Arthur Cotterell
25.95 AUD
Category: Mythology | Series: Oxford Quick Reference
The powerful gods of Greece, Rome, and Scandinavia, the more mystical deities of Buddhist and Hindu India, and the stern spirits of the African and American continents all reflect very different civilizations, yet they also demonstrate the unity of mankind in its fundamental need for explanations of the ...Show more
Of Gods and Men: 100 Stories from Ancient Greece and Rome by Daisy Dunn
39.99 AUD
Category: Mythology
A rigorously and imaginatively researched anthology of classical literature, bringing together one hundred stories from the rich diversity of the literary canon of ancient Greece and Rome. Striking a balance between the 'classic classic' (such as Dryden's translation of the Aeneid) and the less familia ...Show more
From Angels to Werewolves: Human-Animal Hybrids in Art and Myth by PHILIP F. PALMEDO
85.00 AUD
Category: Mythology
An abundantly illustrated, cross-cultural exploration of a near-universal category of mythical beings. The alluring mermaids sighted by lonely mariners. The winged angels, by turns avenging and comforting, that abound in Christian art. The fearsome Minotaur of Greek mythology. Animal-headed deities, fro ...Show more
Mythos: The stunningly iIllustrated story by Stephen Fry
80.00 AUD
Category: Mythology
No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling, we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the great head of Zeus and follow doomed Persephone into the dark and lonely realm of the Underworld ...Show more
Mythical Creatures by Lauren Bucca
32.99 AUD
Category: Mythology | Series: Tiny Folio Ser.
A palm-sized compendium of fanciful beasts in art, from around the world and throughout history. This miniature bestiary contains some 250 illustrations of more than 100 mythical beings: fire-breathing dragons, sinuous sea serpents, mischievous leprechauns, high-spirited unicorns, the lumbering Golem, f ...Show more
The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers
35.00 AUD
Category: Mythology
The author of the bestselling Hero With a Thousand Faces touches on subjects ranging from modern marriage to virgin births, from Jesus to John Lennon, in an intriguing and entertaining attempt to explain our world.
The Gods and Goddesses of Greece and Rome: A Guide to the Classical Pantheon by Philip Matyszak
60.00 AUD
Category: Mythology
Who were the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and Rome? What did they mean to the people who worshipped them? Although their time of widespread worship is long gone, the Greek and Roman gods have fascinated and inspired writers and artists for millennia. From Aphrodite to Apollo, Poseidon to Zeus, t ...Show more
Vampyres: A Literary Anthology by Christopher Frayling
29.99 AUD
Category: Mythology
Christopher Frayling has spent 50 years exploring the history of one of the most enduring figures in the history of mass culture - the vampire. Vampyres is a comprehensive illustrated history of vampires in literature, from the folklore of Eastern Europe to the Romantics and beyond. Frayling recounts ...Show more
Pan: The Great God's Modern Return by Paul Robichaud
29.99 AUD
Category: Mythology
From ancient myth to contemporary art and literature, a beguiling look at the many incarnations of the mischievous--and culturally immortal--god Pan, now in paperback. Pan--he of the cloven hoof and lustful grin, beckoning through the trees. From classical myth to modern literature, film, and music, th ...Show more
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
19.99 AUD
Category: Mythology | Reading Level: very good
THE NO 1 SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Bestselling and much loved author Neil Gaiman, whose novel American Gods has been adapted into a major television series, brings vividly to life the stories of Norse mythology that have inspired his own extraordinary writing in this number one Sunday T ...Show more