Oude overleveringen en documenten zoals sprookjes, mythen, sagen en de Bijbel vertellen waarheden in beelden. Wij moeten weer leren deze beelden te vertalen en te lezen.

Het Finse epos de Kalevala beschrijft de schepping en de noodzakelijke uiteenzettingen van de mens met goed en kwaad. In die zin is het epos te vergelijken met het Oude Testament. In de Kalevala is echter de boodschap voor de toekomst verweven in de beelden en omvat zo ook het Nieuwe Testament.

Het magische voorwerp dat ce...

Multimillion-copy bestselling author Gregory Maguire brings us the enchanting second novel in the series Another Day, returning to the world he first created in Wicked. The Oracle of Maracoor, the second in the trilogy called Another Day, continues the story of Elphaba’s green-skinned granddaughter, Rain.

The first of two companion volumes which documents the later writing of The Silmarillion, Tolkien’s epic tale of war.

A magical new stand-alone novel with an entrancing fairy-tale feel, from the author of the highly acclaimed The Sisters of the Winter Wood

A delightfully witty and mordant modern classic from Finland: the story of a journalist who befriends an injured hare and embarks into the Finnish wilderness

Dive into centuries of mermaid lore with these captivating tales from around the world.

A Penguin Classic

Among the oldest and most popular mythical beings, mermaids and other merfolk have captured the imagination since long before Ariel sold her voice to a sea witch in the beloved Disney film adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid." As far back as the eighth century B.C., sailors in Homer's Odyssey stuffed wax in their ears to resist the Sirens, who lur...

'Shimmeringly intelligent and elegiacally intimate' YIYUN LIA radiant novel of longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summer-about family, desire, and what we inherit-from celebrated author Tash Aw.

"The Jungle Book" is a collection of stories written by Rudyard Kipling and first published in 1894. The book tells the story of Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, and his adventures with various jungle animals, including Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther, and Shere Khan the tiger.

Throughout the book, Mowgli learns important lessons about survival, friendship, and loyalty as he navigates the dangers of the jungle and faces off against his arch-nemesis, Shere Khan. ...

Neil Gaiman, long inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction, presents a bravura rendition of the Norse gods and their world from their origin though their upheaval in Ragnarok.In Norse Mythology, Gaiman stays true to the myths in envisioning the major Norse pantheon: Odin, the highest of the high, wise, daring, and cunning; Thor, Odin's son, incredibly strong yet not the wisest of gods; and Loki?son of a giant?blood brother to Odin and a trickster and uns...