Gathering a wide range of traditional African myths, this compelling new collection offers tales of heroes battling mighty serpents and monstrous birds, brutal family conflict and vengeance, and desperate migrations across vast and alien lands. From impassioned descriptions of animal-creators to...

Southeastern Legends: Caddo, Creek, Cherokee, Seminole, and more. General readers and students of folklore alike will comprehend the framework of Native American mythology in chapters on The Above World, The Middle World, The Under World, and Tricksters.

The nine stories contained in this volume are the finest offerings from one of the last of the traditional Haida storytellers, Ghandl of the Qayahl Llaanas. Ghandl was born in 1851 in a small Haida island community off the coast of British Columbia. His world was devastated by waves of European...