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Author: Dan O'Brien Publisher: ISBN: 9780671676094 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 258
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Spirit of the Hills pulses with raw energy, suspense and danger, expertly capturing the haunting quality of the rugged South Dakota hill country as it relates the tale of three people drawn inexorably toward the violence and beauty of the American West.
Author: Dan O'Brien Publisher: ISBN: 9780671676094 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 258
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Spirit of the Hills pulses with raw energy, suspense and danger, expertly capturing the haunting quality of the rugged South Dakota hill country as it relates the tale of three people drawn inexorably toward the violence and beauty of the American West.
Author: Joseph Epes Brown Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199890048 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 168
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Teaching Spirits offers a thematic approach to Native American religious traditions. Through years of living with and learning about Native traditions across the continent, Joseph Epes Brown learned firsthand of the great diversity of the North American Indian cultures. Yet within this great multiplicity, he also noticed certain common themes that resonate within many Native traditions. These themes include a shared sense of time as cyclical rather than linear, a belief that landscapes are inhabited by spirits, a rich oral tradition, visual arts that emphasize the process of creation, a reciprocal relationship with the natural world, and the rituals that tie these themes together. Brown illustrates each of these themes with in-depth explorations of specific native cultures including Lakota, Navajo, Apache, Koyukon, and Ojibwe. Brown was one of the first scholars to recognize that Native religions-rather than being relics of the past-are vital traditions that tribal members shape and adapt to meet both timeless and contemporary needs. Teaching Spirits reflects this view, using examples from the present as well as the past. For instance, when writing about Plains rituals, he describes not only building an impromptu sweat lodge in a Denver hotel room with Black Elk in the 1940s, but also the struggles of present-day Crow tribal members to balance Sun Dances and vision quests with nine-to-five jobs. In this groundbreaking work, Brown suggests that Native American traditions demonstrate how all components of a culture can be interconnected-how the presence of the sacred can permeate all lifeways to such a degree that what we call religion is integrated into all of life's activities. Throughout the book, Brown draws on his extensive personal experience with Black Elk, who came to symbolize for many the richness of the imperiled native cultures. This volume brings to life the themes that resonate at the heart of Native American religious traditions.
Author: Minakshi Chaudhry Publisher: books catalog ISBN: Category : Ghost stories, Indic (English) Languages : en Pages : 170
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She was getting closer. His mouth ran dry and his scream died deep inside him. His wobbly legs refused to move. . .The fear of the unknown, enhanced by the mist, darkness and pattering raindrops is part of life in the hills. But there have been real encounters with the supernatural, and included in this collection of chilling tales are personal experiences of people. Read on for some spine-chilling adventures with the spirits in Shimla.
Author: Amelia Smith Publisher: Split Rock Books ISBN: 1941334202 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 39
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In the governor's palace, Sovara poses as a maid. She listens for any threat to the dragons, the life force of the land. One night, she overhears foreigners plotting to raid one of the dragons' gates, close to the village of her birth, which she left decades ago. She rallies her fellow Defenders to block the invaders, but only a few members of this small secret society of swordsmen set out for the provinces; Sovara, her least-amiable brother-in-arms, and one green apprentice – a scouting party to face a merchant army. Keywords: short story, epic fantasy free, epic fantasy dragons, magical realism, dragons, dragonflight, secret society, comrades in arms, priestess, free fantasy ebooks, dragon fantasy. New fantasy free.
Author: Stephanie Burt Williams Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1625844107 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 87
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The author of Wicked Charlotte roots out the spirited secrets of two small towns deep in the Appalachian Mountains. When the sun slips behind the trees and shadows lengthen near dusk, the mountains and valleys of Highlands and Cashiers whisper their tales of lost loves, deals gone bad, and ghosts who walk the night. This tourist destination is rich in folklore and legend—from rumors of a magical mountain volcano to the ghost of a white owl. Learn the stories and firsthand accounts of hauntings and the hard to explain. Listen to the voices winding through the hemlocks, or is it just the wind? Includes photos!
Author: Ruth Owen Publisher: Bearport Publishing ISBN: 1684029872 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 36
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Could a spirit of the dead really come back to haunt the living? If tales of ghosts are just fictional stories, why do so many people report seeing these supernatural beings? What would it be like to be the restless spirit of someone who has died, and how can you tell if ghosts inhabit the house you live in? In Ghosts and Other Spirits of the Dead, children will read historical stories and modern-day accounts of ghostly encounters. Kids will get all the information they need to help them spot or sense the spirits of the dead and to protect themselves from being haunted by ghosts. Children will also investigate the truth behind ghost stories by first exploring the fears and superstitions of different cultures that might explain the origins of the stories, and then looking at the scientific facts that might explain the seemingly unexplainable. If you love a spine-chilling horror story but also want to investigate the truth behind these myths, this is the book for you!
Author: Hu Baozhu Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1000258475 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 298
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The present book by Hu Baozhu explores the subject of ghosts and spirits and attempts to map the religious landscape of ancient China. The main focus of attention is the character gui 鬼, an essential key to the understanding of spiritual beings. The author analyses the character gui in various materials – lexicons and dictionaries, excavated manuscripts and inscriptions, and received classical texts. Gui is examined from the perspective of its linguistic root, literary interpretation, ritual practices, sociopolitical implication, and cosmological thinking. In the gradual process of coming to know the otherworld in terms of ghosts and spirits, Chinese people in ancient times attempted to identify and classify these spiritual entities. In their philosophical thinking, they connected the subject of gui with the movement of the universe. Thus the belief in ghosts and spirits in ancient China appeared to be a moral standard for all, not only providing a room for individual religiosity but also implementing the purpose of family-oriented social order, the legitimization of political operations, and the understanding of the way of Heaven and Earth.
Author: Anita Krishan Publisher: Fingerprint! Publishing ISBN: 9789389717136 Category : Ghost stories, Indic (English) Languages : en Pages : 0
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THE DEAD DO NOT REST TILL THEY GET WHAT THEY WANT. You have arrived in the hills. In here, you are surrounded by dense, menacing forests, enveloped in a deadly silence . . . You never know what lurks here in the cold, dark night. Do not walk alone after sunset in the hills. A beautiful woman in white haunts the lonely pathways, looking to enchant and ensnare men . . . All the people who died in accidents here . . . They say you hear their screams at night. And the deserted lodges sitting amidst lush greenery and calm streams . . . Spirits lie in wait here, ready to prey on the living. There are sceptics who did not heed these warnings. They tried to rationalize what they saw, what they felt. But when they came face to face with the beings that they believed didn't exist, they couldn't run away anymore . . . Ghosts of the Silent Hills is a collection that will make your nights a little scarier, encompassing the very best spine-chilling stories based on true hauntings.
Author: Dan O'Brien
Author: Dan O'Brien
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Author: Hu Baozhu
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