Hinduism
Month: September 2020
7 Secrets Of Shiva – Devdutt Pattanaik
Shiva, ‘the destroyer’ among the Hindu trinity (of gods), is depicted in many contradictory manners. He is an ascetic who wears animal skin, his body…
The Druids and King Arthur: A New View of Early Britain Illustrated Edition – Robin Melrose
An exploration into the beliefs and origins of the Druids, this book examines the role the Druids may have played in the story of King…
Legends of the Egyptian Gods – E. A. Wallis Budge
Former Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum, E. A. Wallis Budge (1857-1934) was one of the great Egyptologists of the century…
Japanese Ghost Stories – Lafcadio Hearn
In this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out to be frogs, paintings come alive, deadly spectral brides haunt the living,…
The Book of Yokai Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore – Michael Dylan Foster
A lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its ever-expanding influence on global popular culture through the concept of yokai. Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural…
Japanese Ghost Stories Spirits, Hauntings, Paranormal Phenomena – Ross Catrien
Japanese Ghost Stories is a collection of the eerie and terrifying from around Japan. This book opens a window into the hidden aspects of the…
Yorimasa
Yorimasa According to Japanese legend, the hero Yorimasa killed a monster that lurked on the top of the emperor’s palace. As a reward, he was…
Japanese Mythology – Judith Levin
Discusses the importance of folklore and mythology in Japanese culture and introduces famous Japanese legends and the gods and goddesses featured in them. Read Online…
Ghosts And The Japanese Cultural Experience in Japanese Death Legends – Michiko Iwasaka, Barre Toelken
The Japanese have ambivalent attitudes toward death, deeply rooted in pre-Buddhist traditions. In this scholarly but accessible work, authors Iwasaka and Toelken show that everyday…