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Happy solstice season! Here are some books to leave under the Festivus pole of your loved folklorists:
- Singing for the Gods: Performances of Myth and Ritual in Archaic and Classical Greece - Barbara Kowalzig. Oxford Classical Monographs, Oxford University Press.
- Gilgamesh Among Us: Modern Encounters with the Ancient Epic - Theodore Ziolkowski. Cornell University Press.
- Observations on Popular Antiquites [2 Volume Set] -John Brand and Henry Ellis. Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge, Cambridge University Press. Reprint of 1813 edition.
- Magical Treasure Hunting in Europe and North America: A History - Johannes Dillinger. Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic, Palgrave Macmillan.
- Anteros: A Forgotten Myth - Craig E. Stephenson. Routledge.
- Body, Boots and Britches: Folktales, Ballads, and Speech from Country New York [2nd Edition] - Harold Thompson. York State Book, Syracuse University Press.
- Mexican Border Ballads & Other Lore - Mody C. Boatright, ed. Publications of the Texas Folklore Society, Southern Methodist University Press.
- Alexander the Great: Myth, Genesis and Sexuality - Daniel Ogden. University of Exeter Press.
- The Holy Grail: History, Legend and Symbolism - Arthur Edward Waite. Dover Books on Anthropology and Folklore, Dover Publications.
- An Introduction to Japanese Folk Performing Arts - Terence A. Lancashire. Soas Musicology Series, Ashgate.
