Folklore, Myth and Magic Books
Sherlock & Pages curates a wild and mystical selection of folklore texts. So often these stories sleep in our collective memories and act as a gateway to forgotten wisdom and knowledge. We particularly specialise in any tales related to the natural elements - from weird woods to enchanted foraging, witch’s gardens to hollow places, we hope we’ve got something for all with a bit of magic and wonder in their hearts.
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Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, January 2022A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARA BBC HISTORY MAG BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR'Expressive, bold and quite beautiful' The Lady'[a] delight of a book' Antonia Senior,...- £12.99 GBP
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A Treasury of British Folklore : Maypoles, Mandrakes and Mistletoe
An entertaining and engrossing collection of British customs, superstitions and legends from past and present. Did you know, in Cumbria it was believed a person lying on a pillow stuffed with pigeon's feathers could not die? Or that green is an unlucky colour for...- £12.99 GBP
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Wild : Tales from Early Medieval Britain
By the bestselling author of Storyland. Sheer cliffs, salt spray, explosive sea spume, thunderous clouds, icy waves, whales with mountains on their backs, sleet, bitter winds, bleak, impenetrable marshes, howling wolves, forests, the unceasing cries of birds and the death grip of subterranean vaults...- £12.99 GBP
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The History of Magic : From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present
A Telegraph Book of the Year A remarkable, unprecedented account of the role of magic in cultures both ancient and modern -- from the first known horoscope to the power of tattoos. 'Fascinating, original, excellent' Simon Sebag Montefiore______________________Three great strands of practice and belief...- £12.99 GBP
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Hollow Places : An Unusual History of Land and Legend
`Impossible to summarise and delightfully absorbing, Hadley's book is comfortably the most unexpected history book of the year'�Sunday Times A luminous journey through a thousand years of folklore and English history. Once upon a time in a Hertfordshire field, an ancient yew tree hid...- £12.99 GBP
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Wise Women : Myths and stories for midlife and beyond - 'Extra-ordinary ... beautifully and vividly retold stories' TLS
An unforgettable collection of retold myths and folk tales celebrating the wisdom and power of women in midlife and beyond, from the award-winning author of Hagitude'An extra-ordinary selection of stories ... beautifully and vividly retold' TLS'Features an exuberant cast ... The collection is precious...- £20.00 GBP
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Weird Walk : Wanderings and Wonderings through the British Ritual Year
In this book is a radical idea. By walking the ancient landscape of Britain and following the wheel of the year, we can reconnect to our shared folklore, to the seasons and to nature. Let this hauntological gazetteer guide you through our enchanted places...- £19.99 GBP
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Kew - Witch's Garden : Plants in Folklore, Magic and Traditional Medicine
The Witch's Garden describes over 50 of the world's most powerful, harmful, legendary and storied plants - from the screaming mandrake to calming St John's Wort, to predicting the weather with seaweed, the creation of salves for broken hearts, sore heads, protection from evil...- £14.99 GBP
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Weird Woods : Tales from the Haunted Forests of Britain
Woods play an important and recurring role in horror, fantasy, the gothic and the weird. They are places in which strange things happen, where you often can't see where you are or what is around you. Supernatural creatures thrive in the thickets. Trees reach...- £9.99 GBP
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The Anthology of Scottish Folk Tales
This enchanting collection of stories gathers together legends from across Scotland in one special volume. Drawn from The History Press' popular Folk Tales series, herein lies a treasure trove of tales from a wealth of talented storytellers. From the Spaeman's peculiar advice and a...- £12.99 GBP
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The Dead of Winter : The Demons, Witches and Ghosts of Christmas
As the days grow shorter and darkness envelops the world, we instinctively seek comfort in warmth, hearty meals, and companionship. Yet, beneath the merriment and enchanting allure of the holiday season, a more sombre mood persists—one that has manifested itself through the ages in...- £14.99 GBP
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Hunt for the Shadow Wolf : The lost history of wolves in Britain and the myths and stories that surround them
Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize 2024 for Nature Writing?????�The Telegraph`One of the most remarkable figures in British conservation.'�The Observer`There have been several books on the fate of British wolves, but this is the best.'�The Spectator`Gow reinvents what it means to be a guardian of...- £20.00 GBP
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The Book of the Raven : Corvids in Art and Legend
Corvids play an outsize role in the human imagination. We keep ravens in towers, emblazon rooks on banners, find crows in the constellations and make sure to salute solitary magpies. We also see our own behaviour mirrored in this diverse family of birds, who...- £14.99 GBP
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Damnable Tales : A Folk Horror Anthology
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Britain's Wild Flowers : A Treasury of Traditions, Superstitions, Remedies and Literature
A fascinating look at the myths, folklore and botany behind over 70 British wildflowers. A fascinating look at the myths, folklore and botany behind over 70 British wildflowers. From hedgerows to meadows, wildflowers can be found throughout our green and pleasant land. In this...- £12.99 GBP
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The Hidden Histories of Flowers : Fascinating Stories of Flora
The Hidden Histories of Flowers reveals the captivating world of flowers. From the symbolism and meaning behind flowers and how these have evolved over time, to how humans interact with flowers based on cultural and geographical differences, and how flowers have been coveted for...- £14.99 GBP
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The Fairy Tellers : A Journey into the Secret History of Fairy Tales
His cornucopia of tellers and tales is a delight, a riveting celebration of a genre that revels in its own hybridity and the imaginative riches produced by the crossing of cultural and literary borders' Financial Times'Like a child after the Pied Piper I pursued...- £12.99 GBP
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Mythology of the British Isles
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Woodland Wisdom : A Miscellany of Forest Facts, Fiction & Folklore
Did you know that rowan wood was once carried as a pocket charm to ward off rheumatism? Or that the ancient Greeks believed trees were inhabited by wood spirits, known as dryads, taking the form of young maidens? Perhaps you'd like to learn how...- £14.99 GBP
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Rebel Folklore : Empowering Tales of Spirits, Witches and Other Misfits from Anansi to Baba Yaga
Rebel Folklore gathers 50 of the darkest and most complicated folktale characters from around the world, showing readers why we should care about the rebels and misfits of ancient stories. Folktales were humble stories, passed down generations by those on the fringes of society:...- £19.99 GBP
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Celtic Fairy Tales and Legends : Volume 4
From mermaids to dragons, 16 ancient Celtic fairy tales retold with their historiesThe Celtic cultures of the British Isles - Ireland, Scotland and Wales - have produced some of the richest traditional tales in Europe. Three words best sum up their themes and flavour:...- £14.99 GBP
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The Greek Myths : The Complete and Definitive Edition
The definitive and comprehensive edition of Robert Graves's classic retelling of the Greek myths'Icarus disobeyed his father's instructions and began soaring towards the sun, rejoiced by the lift of his great sweeping wings. Presently, when Daedalus looked over his shoulder, he could no longer...- £16.99 GBP
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Circles of Stone : Weird Tales of Pagan Sites and Ancient Rites
In the wood the grey stone rose from the grass, and she cried out and ran back in panicked terror. `What a silly little girl,' the nurse had said. `It's only the... stone.'Standing stones, stone circles, tumps, barrows and ancient clearings still remain across...- £9.99 GBP
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The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary
A dream! I learnt something new and fascinating on every page' - Lucy Mangan'Invaluable - and hugely entertaining ... It is an absolute romp and a must-have for history and fantasy enthusiasts alike' - Eleanor Janega'Endlessly fascinating' - the SpectatorMany of the animals we...- £15.99 GBP
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Lochs and Legends : A Scotsman's Guide to the Heart of Scotland
**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** A Scotsman's guide to the extraordinary tapestry of the land, history, folklore and stories of his homeland. From the majestic beauty of the wild Scottish landscape to the hidden traces of its history waiting to be uncovered in every town...- £16.99 GBP
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The Herbal Year : Folklore, History and Remedies
An enchanting, beautifully illustrated guide to seasonal plants-showing the long history of herbal remedies and their uses today �"[A] charming almanac. . . . Hart-Davies, a writer and botanical illustrator whose watercolors enliven her book, . . . offers a lively combination of folk...- £18.99 GBP
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Fearsome Fairies : Haunting Tales of the Fae
You see - no, you do not, but I see - such curious faces: and the people to whom they belong flit about so oddly, often at your elbow when you least expect it, and looking close into your face, as if they were...- £16.99 GBP
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Collected Folk Tales
From the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker and the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Children's Fiction Prize-winning classic, The Owl Service The definitive collection of traditional folk tales, selected and retold by the renowned Alan Garner. A collection of Alan's folk tales, told...- £9.99 GBP
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The Virago Book Of Witches
Beware the women who are called witches, or those who claim the name for themselves... Banshees - a howling night-witch and harbinger of death; She-devils - Lilith and her daughters; or Bitches - Hecate, whose chariot is drawn by dogs. Alluring women, enchantresses, seekers...- £10.99 GBP
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The Lost Fairy Tales : Fearless girls around the world
If damsels in distress and prissy princesses give you cause for despair then look no further . . . Have you ever heard the tale of Bella and the Bear, from Sweden? What about the story of Maru-me and the wrestler, from Japan? Dive...- £9.99 GBP
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Saints : A new legendary of heroes, humans and magic
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Storyland and Wild, comes a sweeping new legendary of miracles, magic, human frailty and heroic strength. Illustrated with over thirty original paper cutouts by the author. 'Jeffs writes beautifully, erring just on the right side of florid,...- £30.00 GBP
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The Penguin Book of Witches
A chilling, truly authoritative anthology of real-life accounts of witches, from medieval Europe through colonial AmericaFrom a manual for witch hunters written by King James himself in 1597, to court documents from the Salem witch trials of 1692, to newspaper coverage of a woman...- £9.99 GBP
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Celtic Weird : Tales of Wicked Folklore and Dark Mythology
From the shorelines, hills and towns of ancient lands, tales of twisted creatures, sins against nature and pagan revenants have been passed down from generation to generation. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, folklore from Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, Brittany and the Isle of...- £16.99 GBP
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Enchanted Wales : Myth and Magic in Welsh Storytelling
The magical world of Welsh mythology deserves to be better known outside its homeland, with its cast of heroes and tricksters, animals that can talk and change shape, and magicians and witches who can bring disaster or triumph to the people in their paths....- £18.99 GBP
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Queer Villains of Myth and Legend
Every good hero needs a villain! Explore the hidden world of magnetic and mysterious villains, often cast aside and misunderstood in tales of mythology and folklore. Through the pages of Queer Villains of Myth and Legend, discover a diverse community of fascinating characters, ranging...- £16.99 GBP
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Treasury of Folklore - Seas and Rivers : Sirens, Selkies and Ghost Ships
Enthralling tales of the sea, rivers and lakes from around the globe. Folklore of the seas and rivers has a resonance in cultures all over the world. Watery hopes, fears and dreams are shared by all peoples where rivers flow and waves crash. This...- £14.99 GBP
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Cornish Horrors : Tales from the Land's End
A mariner inherits a skull that screams incessantly along with the roar of the sea; a phantom hare stalks the moors to deliver justice for a crime long dead; a man witnesses a murder in the woods near St. Ives, only to wonder whether...- £9.99 GBP
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Frightful Folklore of North America : Bloodcurdling Tales from the Panama Canal to the North Pole
This exquisitely illustrated tome presents spine-chilling legends and folklore spanning from Canada to Mexico and from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, encompassing Native American tales, settlers' accounts, African-American legends, as well as ghost stories and contemporary narratives of cryptids, aliens, and a smattering...- £19.99 GBP
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Woodland Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland
Once upon a time, most of Britain and Ireland was covered in woodland. Many of the trees have been cleared, but our connection with the wildwood remains. It is a place of danger, adventure and transformation, where anything could happen. Here is a collection...- £12.99 GBP
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Ghostland : In Search of a Haunted Country
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 2020 `A uniquely strange and wonderful work of literature' Philip Hoare `An exciting new voice' Mark Cocker, author of Crow Country In his late thirties, Edward Parnell found himself trapped in the recurring nightmare of a family tragedy....- £12.99 GBP
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Tolkien On Fairy-Stories
This expanded edition presents Tolkien's seminal essay, "On Fairy-stories", which not only defined his view of fantasy as a literary genre but also laid the foundation for his masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. Accompanied by an in-depth critical analysis of the text's history...- £9.99 GBP
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The Japanese Myths : A Guide to Gods, Heroes and Spirits
Embark on an illuminating journey through the captivating realm of Japanese mythology with this comprehensive yet concise guide. Delve into the ancient legends that have shaped Japan's rich cultural tapestry, from the earliest recorded tales of Izanagi and Izanami, the divine progenitors who birthed...- £14.99 GBP
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The Way Through the Woods : The Green Witch's Guide to Navigating Life's Ups and Downs
Embrace the ancient wisdom of the woods and embark on a transformative journey with The Way Through the Woods. In this soul-stirring book, Rebecca Beattie, a green witch and Wiccan priestess, weaves a tapestry of Wiccan and witchcraft beliefs, guiding you through life's ever-changing...- £14.99 GBP
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