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Cat gods, goddesses, deities, and demons : a guide to feline folklore and mythology / by Bovis-Nelsen, Natalie,author.(CARDINAL)492528; Rose, Lucy(Illustrator),illustrator.;

Includes bibliographical references."Discover 51 of the most common and not-so-common cat gods, goddesses, deities, and demons from around the world and how to incorporate their Divine Feline Energy into your daily life. Throughout time, felines have played a sacred role in human life. Archeologists have found cat remains buried with humans as far back as the tenth millennium BCE in Cyprus, and the Greek goddess Hecate is said to have regularly assumed the form of a cat. Hieroglyphics tell us that ancient Egyptians worshipped cat gods, andtheir queen Cleopatra had a kitty companion in her palace whom she called Tivali. A Chinese cat goddess called Li Shou is said to have protected farmers from mice, and Ai Apaec was a pre-Inca god with fangs and whiskers said to have descended from an evenmore ancient cat god. This book is more than a guide to ancient cat gods. It's an exploration of the way humans have observed, interacted with, learned from, and revered another species who share the Earth with us. Ancient folklore is rife with examplesof animal cunning and compassion, and many humans invoked other species as spiritual guides or flat out worshipped them as gods. Arguably, cats are the most intriguing of animals because of how we can relate to them. Much like us, they are free spirits and adaptable survivors. We admire them for their dignity, independence, and ferocity. In this gorgeously illustrated guidebook, you'll meet 51 feline deities and demons from four geographical families around the world-Africa, Americas, Asia, and Europe. You'll also encounter mystical cats who work in alliance with human gods and goddesses. The feline entities come from different eras and cultures all over the world. Some are angelic guides, and others, demonic adversaries, but all play a role in our understanding of feline deities and why they became to be so. Learn all about these sacred godlike creatures, including what they look like, what they symbolize, and how you can use their spirit and ancient wisdom to tap into your own Divine Feline Energy"--

Subjects: Cats; Cats;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 4

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Golden tales : myths, legends, and folktales from Latin America / by Delacre, Lulu.(CARDINAL)350885;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-73)How the sea was born : a Taino myth -- Guanina : a Puerto Rican legend, 1511 -- The eleven thousand virgins : a Puerto Rican legend, 1797 -- The laughing skull : a Dominican legend, 1836 -- Sención, the Indian girl : a Cuban folktale, 1816 -- When the sun and the moon were children : a Chatino myth -- How the rainbow was born : a Zapotec myth -- The miracle of Our Lady of Guadalupe : a Mexican legend, 1531 -- El Dorado : a Colombian legend, sixteenth century -- Manco Capac and the rod of gold : an Inca/Quechua myth -- Kákuy : a Quechua folktale from Bolivia, sixteenth century -- The courier : a Quechua legend from Bolivia, sixteenth century.980L

Subjects: Fiction.; Legends; Indians; Indian mythology; Tales;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2

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History FACTopia! : follow ye olde trail of 400 facts / by Towler, Paige,author.(CARDINAL)834079; Smith, Andy,1973-illustrator.(CARDINAL)339220; What on Earth Publishing (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)839064;

Includes bibliographical references (page 204) and index.Introduction -- Firsts -- Sport -- Horses -- Armour -- Pyramids -- Theatre & performances -- Pirates -- Battles & war -- Sweet treats -- Ancient Maya -- Festivals & holidays -- Dogs -- Space -- Aliens -- Inventions -- In the sky -- Ancient China -- Gold -- Cities -- Mud -- Giant things -- Ancient Rome -- Hair -- Samurai -- Weapons -- Arts & crafts -- Medieval times -- Rulers -- Monsters -- In the desert -- In the snow -- Machines -- Castles -- Underwater -- Skeletons -- Gems -- Teeth -- Vikings -- Warriors -- Legends -- Lost cities -- Explorers -- Antarctica -- Maps -- Mesopotamia -- Mythology & folklore -- Fashion -- Creepy-crawlies -- Books & libraries -- Mali empire -- Buildings & structures -- Studying the skies -- Gupta empire -- Underground -- Discoveries -- Tombs & burials -- Curses -- Decorative arts -- Inca -- Languages -- At sea -- Hauntings & ghosts -- Australia -- Food -- Leaders -- Revolutionaries -- Celts -- Cats -- Mummies -- Ancient Egypt -- Medicine -- Ancestral Puebloans -- Maths -- Islamic golden age -- Oldest -- Toilets -- Rats -- Witches -- Tea -- Lost treasures -- Historic heists -- Trains -- Dancing -- Knights -- Games -- The end -- Glossaries -- Meet the FACTopians."A world full of mind-blowing history facts. Every fact is connected in funny and fantastic ways. Follow a trail that transports you from facts about pirates to facts about emus, and from facts about astronaut meals to facts about King Tut's tomb."--IG1200L

Subjects: Illustrated works.; Trivia and miscellanea.; Curiosities and wonders; History;

Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5

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Myths and legends / by Horowitz, Anthony,1955-(CARDINAL)341095; Mosley, Francis,illustrator.(CARDINAL)753099;

Isis and Osiris / Egyptian -- Pyramus and Thisbe / Babylonian -- The judgement of Paris / Greek -- The seven pomegranate seeds / Greek (Demeter and Persephone) -- The spinning contest / Greek (Arachne and Athena) -- The story of the Panpipes / Greek -- Glaucus and Scylla / Greek (Circe) -- The Achilles heel / Greek -- The mares of Diomedes / Greek (Hercules) -- Pandora's box / Greek -- The Gorgon's head / Greek (Perseus) -- Orpheus in the underworld / Greek -- The riddle of the Sphinx / Greek (Oedipus) -- Procrustes and his magic bed / Greek -- The eye of the Cyclops / Greek (Odysseus).Narcissus / Greek -- The Minotaur / Greek (Theseus) -- The hounds of Actaeon / Greek -- Romulus and Remus / Roman -- The dragon and Saint George / English -- The Grendel / Anglo-Saxon (Beowulf) -- The ugly wife / Celtic (King Arthur) -- Nidud the cruel / Norse (Volund the blacksmith) -- The death of Nornagest / Norse -- The stolen hammer of Thor / Norse -- The wishes of Savitri / Indian -- The great bell of Peking / Chinese -- The monkey who would be king / Chinese -- The first eclipse / Japanese -- The fabulous spotted egg / Cheyenne Indian -- Geriguiaguiatugo / Bororo Indian.The ten fingers Sedna / Eskimo -- Given to the sun / Inca -- Catching the sun / Polynesian -- Death and the boy / West African.Thirty-five stories from around the world, mostly myths from ancient Greece, but also tales from the Norse, Chinese, English, and American Indians.

Subjects: Fiction.; Myths.; Folklore; Mythology;

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World book myths & legends by Ardagh, Philip.(CARDINAL)645152; Arnold, Syrah,illustrator.(CARDINAL)419820;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 48-52) and index.Myth or legends? -- Myths and legends of South America -- How the stars came -- Fire and the jaguar -- World of endless skies -- Earth, fire, and flood -- Inca: Chosen people of the sun -- Voyage of the poppykettle -- Asare and the alligators -- Myths and legends resources -- Who's who in myths and legends -- Myths and legends glossary.Retells some traditional stories from various native peoples of South America, including the Kayapo, Sherente, Caraja, Bororo, and Tupinambe.Accelerated Reader AR

Subjects: Indians of South America; Legends; Indian mythology; Indians of South America; Folklore; Folklore;

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A pre-Columbian bestiary : fantastic creatures of indigenous Latin America / by Stavans, Ilan,author.; Eko,1958-illustrator.author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-96) and index.Acuecueyotl -- Amaru -- Azcatl -- Camazot tzootz -- Chaac -- Chachalaca -- Chapulin -- Chicchan -- Chuen -- Colotl -- Coyametl -- Cuetzpalin -- Dzaby -- Ehecatl -- Hixx -- Huexolotl -- Huitzin -- Iguana -- Imix cipactli -- Itzpapalotl -- Kay -- Kuntur -- Lama glama -- Lama guanacoe -- Mayahuel -- Michin (Nahua) -- Mictlantecuhtli -- Montizon puskat -- Moyotl -- Nahual -- Oc -- Ocelotl -- Omecihuatl -- Pauahtun -- Tepeyolotl -- Thiuime -- Tlalcihuatl toad -- Tochtli -- Toci -- Tonatiuh -- Uturunku -- Utzimengari -- Xiuhtilan -- Xolotl -- Xtabay -- Zulin."Explores forty-six religious, mythical, and imaginary creatures that are integral to the aboriginal worldview of Aymara, Aztecs, Incas, Maya, Nahua, Tabascos, and other cultures of Latin America"--

Subjects: Animals, Mythical; Indian mythology;

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The lost realms / by Sitchin, Zecharia,author.(CARDINAL)514739;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-286) and index.The Earth Chronicles series is based on the premise that mythology is not fanciful but the repository of ancient memories; that the Bible ought to be read literally as a historic/scientific document; and that ancient civilizations--older and greater than assumed--were the product of knowledge brought to Earth by the Anunnaki, "Those Who from Heaven to Earth Came." In The Lost Realms, Zecharia Sitchin combines archaeological, mythological, and textual evidence to uncover links between ancient Near Eastern and prehistoric American civilizations--links that explain the Pyramids and "cities of the gods" in Mexico, the Mayan mastery of astronomy, the secrets of the Olmec calendar, and the presence of the oldest metropolis in the Americas on the shores of Lake Titicaca. He discloses answers to the puzzles of the ancient American civilizations--answers that strongly suggest the involvement of "gods" from another planet who made Earth their home.

Subjects: Civilization, Ancient; Incas; Indians of Central America; Indians of Mexico; Civilization, Ancient;

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The memory code : the secrets of Stonehenge, Easter Island and other ancient monuments / by Kelly, Lynne,1951-author.(CARDINAL)346734;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-310) and index.Encyclopaedic memories of the elders. Indigenous knowledge of animals ; Indigenous knowledge of plants ; Performed and restricted knowledge ; Songlines ; Memory spaces and ancient Greeks ; Ceremonies serve a multiplicity of purposes ; Longevity of stories ; Integrated knowledge systems -- Memory spaces, large and small. Skyscapes of memory ; Miniature memory spaces ; Strings : twisted, turned and knotted ; Bundles of non-utilitarian objects ; Representation of mythological ancestors ; Pueblo corn stories : mythology and science ; Genealogies and totems -- Memory spaces in a modern world. The landscape as a memory space ; Skyscapes as a memory space ; Decks of cards as memory spaces ; Miniature memory spaces ; A myriad memory spaces --- A journey through time. The first modern humans ; Monumental memory spaces -- The ever-changing memory spaces at Stonehenge. A mind game of transition to settlement ; Stonehenge and the British Neolithic ; First stage : 3000-2920 BCE (Middle Neolithic) ; Henge ditches ; Stonehenge : the theories ; Second stage : 2620-2480 BCE (Late Neolithic) ; Third stage : 2480-2280 BCE (Copper Age) ; Fourth stage : 2280-2020 BCE (Early Bronze Age) ; Fifth stage : 1680-1520 BCE (Middle Bronze Age) ; Portable objects ; Memory spaces, mines and moving on -- The megalithic complexes of Avebury and Orkney. Avebury : Windmill Hill, West Kennet Long Barrow, Avebury henge, The Sanctuary, Silbury Hill ; Orkney : Skara Brae, Carved stone balls, Stones of Stenness, Chambered cairns, Maeshowe, The Ring of Brodgar -- Newgrange and the passage cairns of Ireland. County Meath passage cairns ; Neolithic art ; The purpose of the passage cairns ; Circles of timber and stone ; Decorated stones ; Smaller passage cairns across County Meath ; Individual burials -- The tall stones and endless rows of Carnac. The Carnac Mounds and the Tumulus de Saint-Michel ; The Middle Neolithic passage cairns ; The stone rows of Carnac ; Gallery and lateral entrance graves -- The unparalleled architecture of Chaco Canyon. Pueblo Bonito ; Learning from contemporary Pueblo ; The Ancestral Puebloans at Chaco Canyon ; Great houses ; Enigmatic decorated objects ; Buying knowledge at Chaco Canyon -- Giants drawings on the desert floor at Nasca. Astronomy ; Making the lines ; The animal glyphs ; Trapezoids, squares and rectangles ; Straight lines dominate the pampa ; Time and change on the pampa -- Memory spaces across the Americas. The hunter-gatherers of Watson Brake and Poverty Point ; Memory spaces grow more complex ; Writing represents sound in Mesoamerica ; The earthworks of North America gain complexity ; The literate Aztecs and non-literate Inca -- Polynesian navigators create a unique world on Easter Island. The original settlers ; The amazing skill of the Pacific navigators ; Arriving on Easter Island ; Settling another small Polynesian island : Rarotonga ; Adapting to a different environment : New Zealand ; Knowledge structured by genealogy ; A memory space beyond the shoreline ; The collapse of a culture ; The Birdman cult ; Art in many forms."In ancient, pre-literate cultures across the globe, tribal elders had encyclopedic memories. They could name all the animals and plants across a landscape, identify the stars in the sky, and recite the history of their people. Yet today, most of us struggle to memorize more than a short poem. Using traditional Aboriginal Australian song lines as a starting point, Dr. Lynne Kelly has identified the powerful memory technique used by our ancestors and indigenous people around the world. In turn, she has then discovered that this ancient memory technique is the secret purpose behind the great prehistoric monuments like Stonehenge, which have puzzled archaeologists for so long. The henges across northern Europe, the elaborate stone houses of New Mexico, huge animal shapes in Peru, the statues of Easter Island--these all serve as the most effective memory system ever invented by humans. They allowed people in non-literate cultures to memorize the vast amounts of information they needed to survive. But how? For the first time, Dr. Kelly unlocks the secret of these monuments and their purpose as "memory places" in her fascinating book. Additionally, The Memory Code also explains how we can use this ancient mnemonic technique to train our minds in the tradition of our ancestors."--Book jacket.

Subjects: Memory.; Collective memory.; Memory; Civilization, Ancient.; Megalithic monuments.;

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An atlas of afterlives : discover underworlds, otherworlds and heavenly realms / by Hawkins, Emily,author.(CARDINAL)555705; Manasawii(Artist),illustrator.(CARDINAL)885713;

Includes bibliographical references (page 91) and index."This is a guide to the other side. To heaven, hell, and in between, from the golden halls of Valhalla to the ancient Egyptian journey of judgment. Prepare to explore eternal paradises, ghostly isles, and kingdoms of the dead. Through history, folklore, fact, and fantasy, discover how people across the world have sought to answer the unanswerable question: where do we go after we die?"--

Subjects: Atlases.; Folk tales.; Myths.; Death; Future life; Mythology; Voyages to the otherworld;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3

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Discovery! / unearthing the new treasures of archaeology / by Fagan, Brian M.(CARDINAL)141937;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-251) and index.

Subjects: Case studies.; Illustrated works.; Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeology; Archaeology; Archaeology; Archaeology; Antiquities.; Archaeology and history.;

Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5

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