Bord, Janet and Colin. Earth Rites: Fertility Practices in Pre-Industrial Britain. London / Toronto / Sydney / New York, Granada, 1982. 16 cm x 24 cm. XVI, 273 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following essays: The great Earth Mother / The archaeological evidence for fertility cults / The shapes of standing stones / Church carvings: sexual themes, green men and dragons / The ritual sacrifice of the divine victim / Traditional customs with fertility overtones: water, sun, horses, horns, she-males etc

Earth rites: Fertility practices in pre-industrial Britain

Politics & Social Sciences

Janet Bord

Social Sciences

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

Why did ancient Britons transport huge bluestones over great distances to form circles of standing stones? Did Mycenean travellers visit Neolithic Britain? For what purpose were earth mounds raised all over Britain & why did early Christians build churches upon them? What is the truth about leys, the invisible straight lines connecting ancient scared sites?The ancient sites of the British Isles—standing stones, stone circles, henges, symbols, hillforts, burial mounds—are still, despite archeological research and theory, objects of mystery. 20th-century logic cannot explain their significance. Our only illumination is the glimmer of folklore, legend & race memory.The authors explore beyond mysterious Britain to unearth some of the enigmas of fertility stones, restless stones, hauntings, secret passages, dragons, monsters, witches, giants, fairies & UFOs. Examining the evidence—a colossal accessible body of stones, mounds & symbols exist in Britain still—they arrive at their own startling theories regarding earth currents, terrestrial energy, ley lines & prehistoric technology.

Mysterious Britain,

Literature & Fiction

Colin Bord

Mythology & Folk Tales

DOUBLEDAY

Alien animals: A Worldwide Investigation - lake Monsters, Giant Birds & Birdmen, Black dogs, Mystery pumas, Bigfoot

Stackpole Books

This unusual book is very interesting and offers information that no other book of this kind even approaches. For those of us who are curious, this is a great place to start your search for answers and explanations!

Alien Animals

Panther/Granada

A traveller's guidebook to the 500+ places in the British Isles where fairies have actually been seen offers a new angle on the very popular SUBJECT: of fairies. Most of the stories are not about the pretty winged fairies from children's picture books, but vsit the actual sites where fairies have been seen and, perhaps, may be seen today. This well-regarded author, known for her scholarly research, offers * accurate details on how to get to the sites * first-hand sighting reports and strange accounts of fairy sightings, traditional and modern * a guide to the different types of Little People, from Pixies to Leprechauns * many illustrations, engravings, drawings, photographs and maps This is Fairy Lore for intrepid or armchair travellers, but it is most definitely not for the fainthearted, as many of the stories can make your hair stand on end.

The Traveller's Guide to Fairy Sites

Arts & Photography

Gothic Image Publications

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Jazz Publishing

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Heart of Albion Press

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