Author: Ross Lawhead
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
ISBN: 1595549099
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Uncover a land that has been hidden for over a thousand years. Beneath the land of Britain, a great army is sleeping. On a visit to an old church, Daniel Tully and Freya Reynolds awaken two ancient knights from a centuries-old slumber. They are kidnapped and taken to an underground city that stands in peril, besieged in all directions by a vicious warhost. Nidergeard is the only thing protecting the upper world's blissful ignorance of mythical forces that have been held at bay since the creation of the world. In order to return home, Daniel and Freya must strike at the heart of the opposer's power. Fast forward eight years. Daniel, now homeless, still wages what he believes to be a righteous war against those he judges to be evil. Freya has tried to put the past behind her and concentrate on getting an education, a job, and a life. When they reconnect in Oxford, unseen forces begin to ally against them. Daniel is pulled through a portal and into another world. Freya is abducted by someone—some thing—posing as her professor and drugged to keep her in a delusional state. After they finally break free, neither can deny the truth . . . they must return to Nidergeard and resume the battle. With a thrilling narrative that draws heavily upon British mythology, The Realms Thereunder will quickly establish Ross Lawhead as a major new voice in fantasy.
The Realms Thereunder
Author: Ross Lawhead
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
ISBN: 1595549099
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Uncover a land that has been hidden for over a thousand years. Beneath the land of Britain, a great army is sleeping. On a visit to an old church, Daniel Tully and Freya Reynolds awaken two ancient knights from a centuries-old slumber. They are kidnapped and taken to an underground city that stands in peril, besieged in all directions by a vicious warhost. Nidergeard is the only thing protecting the upper world's blissful ignorance of mythical forces that have been held at bay since the creation of the world. In order to return home, Daniel and Freya must strike at the heart of the opposer's power. Fast forward eight years. Daniel, now homeless, still wages what he believes to be a righteous war against those he judges to be evil. Freya has tried to put the past behind her and concentrate on getting an education, a job, and a life. When they reconnect in Oxford, unseen forces begin to ally against them. Daniel is pulled through a portal and into another world. Freya is abducted by someone—some thing—posing as her professor and drugged to keep her in a delusional state. After they finally break free, neither can deny the truth . . . they must return to Nidergeard and resume the battle. With a thrilling narrative that draws heavily upon British mythology, The Realms Thereunder will quickly establish Ross Lawhead as a major new voice in fantasy.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
ISBN: 1595549099
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Uncover a land that has been hidden for over a thousand years. Beneath the land of Britain, a great army is sleeping. On a visit to an old church, Daniel Tully and Freya Reynolds awaken two ancient knights from a centuries-old slumber. They are kidnapped and taken to an underground city that stands in peril, besieged in all directions by a vicious warhost. Nidergeard is the only thing protecting the upper world's blissful ignorance of mythical forces that have been held at bay since the creation of the world. In order to return home, Daniel and Freya must strike at the heart of the opposer's power. Fast forward eight years. Daniel, now homeless, still wages what he believes to be a righteous war against those he judges to be evil. Freya has tried to put the past behind her and concentrate on getting an education, a job, and a life. When they reconnect in Oxford, unseen forces begin to ally against them. Daniel is pulled through a portal and into another world. Freya is abducted by someone—some thing—posing as her professor and drugged to keep her in a delusional state. After they finally break free, neither can deny the truth . . . they must return to Nidergeard and resume the battle. With a thrilling narrative that draws heavily upon British mythology, The Realms Thereunder will quickly establish Ross Lawhead as a major new voice in fantasy.
Ancient Objects and Sacred Realms
Author: F. Kent Reilly
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292774400
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Between AD 900-1600, the native peoples of the Mississippi River Valley and other areas of the Eastern Woodlands of the United States conceived and executed one of the greatest artistic traditions of the Precolumbian Americas. Created in the media of copper, shell, stone, clay, and wood, and incised or carved with a complex set of symbols and motifs, this seven-hundred-year-old artistic tradition functioned within a multiethnic landscape centered on communities dominated by earthen mounds and plazas. Previous researchers have referred to this material as the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex (SECC). This groundbreaking volume brings together ten essays by leading anthropologists, archaeologists, and art historians, who analyze the iconography of Mississippian art in order to reconstruct the ritual activities, cosmological vision, and ideology of these ancient precursors to several groups of contemporary Native Americans. Significantly, the authors correlate archaeological, ethnographic, and art historical data that illustrate the stylistic differences within Mississippian art as well as the numerous changes that occur through time. The research also demonstrates the inadequacy of the SECC label, since Mississippian art is not limited to the Southeast and reflects stylistic changes over time among several linked but distinct religious traditions. The term Mississippian Iconographic Interaction Sphere (MIIS) more adequately describes the corpus of this Mississippian art. Most important, the authors illustrate the overarching nature of the ancient Native American religious system, as a creation unique to the native American cultures of the eastern United States.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292774400
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Between AD 900-1600, the native peoples of the Mississippi River Valley and other areas of the Eastern Woodlands of the United States conceived and executed one of the greatest artistic traditions of the Precolumbian Americas. Created in the media of copper, shell, stone, clay, and wood, and incised or carved with a complex set of symbols and motifs, this seven-hundred-year-old artistic tradition functioned within a multiethnic landscape centered on communities dominated by earthen mounds and plazas. Previous researchers have referred to this material as the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex (SECC). This groundbreaking volume brings together ten essays by leading anthropologists, archaeologists, and art historians, who analyze the iconography of Mississippian art in order to reconstruct the ritual activities, cosmological vision, and ideology of these ancient precursors to several groups of contemporary Native Americans. Significantly, the authors correlate archaeological, ethnographic, and art historical data that illustrate the stylistic differences within Mississippian art as well as the numerous changes that occur through time. The research also demonstrates the inadequacy of the SECC label, since Mississippian art is not limited to the Southeast and reflects stylistic changes over time among several linked but distinct religious traditions. The term Mississippian Iconographic Interaction Sphere (MIIS) more adequately describes the corpus of this Mississippian art. Most important, the authors illustrate the overarching nature of the ancient Native American religious system, as a creation unique to the native American cultures of the eastern United States.
Sacred Realm
Author: Steven Fine
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Beautiful illustrations and maps transport the reader into the remains of synagogues as far afield as North Africa, Italy, Asia Minor, Israel, and Syria. Sacred Realm complements an exhibition organized by the Yeshiva University Museum in New York. The exhibition brings together archaeological artifacts and manuscripts from museums in North America, Europe, and Israel, most of which have never before been displayed in the Unites States.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Beautiful illustrations and maps transport the reader into the remains of synagogues as far afield as North Africa, Italy, Asia Minor, Israel, and Syria. Sacred Realm complements an exhibition organized by the Yeshiva University Museum in New York. The exhibition brings together archaeological artifacts and manuscripts from museums in North America, Europe, and Israel, most of which have never before been displayed in the Unites States.
War Of The Realms
Author: Clint McElroy
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302514857
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
Collects War of the Realms: Journey Into Mystery #1-5. The creators of blockbuster podcast The Adventure Zone bring their talents to Marvel! Earth is under siege but could the key to turning the tide be Thors baby sister? Journey into mystery with Miles Spider-Man Morales, Kate Hawkeye Bishop, Wonder Man, Balder the Brave, Sebastian Druid and Death Locket for a wild romp through the War of the Realms as they embark on an epic quest to save Earths only hope! (And, yes, deal with diaper duty.) But Ares, the Greek God of War, is hot on baby Laussas trail. Plus: Marvels long-dead Western heroes join the War of the Realms! But how? Whose side are they on? And what if our unlikely crew stumbles upon a convention of super villains? Brace yourself for truly legendary adventures in babysitting!
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302514857
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 119
Book Description
Collects War of the Realms: Journey Into Mystery #1-5. The creators of blockbuster podcast The Adventure Zone bring their talents to Marvel! Earth is under siege but could the key to turning the tide be Thors baby sister? Journey into mystery with Miles Spider-Man Morales, Kate Hawkeye Bishop, Wonder Man, Balder the Brave, Sebastian Druid and Death Locket for a wild romp through the War of the Realms as they embark on an epic quest to save Earths only hope! (And, yes, deal with diaper duty.) But Ares, the Greek God of War, is hot on baby Laussas trail. Plus: Marvels long-dead Western heroes join the War of the Realms! But how? Whose side are they on? And what if our unlikely crew stumbles upon a convention of super villains? Brace yourself for truly legendary adventures in babysitting!
Journeys to the Underworld and Heavenly Realm in Ancient and Medieval Literature
Author: John C. Stephens
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476634971
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Concepts of heaven and hell are among the oldest, most widespread religious beliefs in history. In Western literature, they are frequently embedded in stories of underworld explorations and celestial journeys--stories examining the nature of the universe, life on earth and the existence of the gods. The author analyzes tales of wonder in both ancient and medieval European literature. Other-worldly narratives appeared in literary contexts in the ancient world, including mythology, poetry and philosophical writings. In medieval times, they remained a popular form of literary expression. These stories are primarily religious in nature, describing fantastic worlds filled with miracles and supernatural beings.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476634971
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Concepts of heaven and hell are among the oldest, most widespread religious beliefs in history. In Western literature, they are frequently embedded in stories of underworld explorations and celestial journeys--stories examining the nature of the universe, life on earth and the existence of the gods. The author analyzes tales of wonder in both ancient and medieval European literature. Other-worldly narratives appeared in literary contexts in the ancient world, including mythology, poetry and philosophical writings. In medieval times, they remained a popular form of literary expression. These stories are primarily religious in nature, describing fantastic worlds filled with miracles and supernatural beings.
The Ancient Realm
Author: Sarah Leith Bahn
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781468124019
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Agnes Adelaide Fordyce, an ordinary eleven-year-old girl from Nova Scotia, is introduced to the Ancient Realm, a secret society of guardians who protect the earth's natural resources, and becomes the princess and protector of the Bering Sea.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781468124019
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Agnes Adelaide Fordyce, an ordinary eleven-year-old girl from Nova Scotia, is introduced to the Ancient Realm, a secret society of guardians who protect the earth's natural resources, and becomes the princess and protector of the Bering Sea.
Golden Kingdoms
Author: Joanne Pillsbury
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 1606065483
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
This volume accompanies a major international loan exhibition featuring more than three hundred works of art, many rarely or never before seen in the United States. It traces the development of gold working and other luxury arts in the Americas from antiquity until the arrival of Europeans in the early sixteenth century. Presenting spectacular works from recent excavations in Peru, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Mexico, this exhibition focuses on specific places and times—crucibles of innovation—where artistic exchange, rivalry, and creativity led to the production of some of the greatest works of art known from the ancient Americas. The book and exhibition explore not only artistic practices but also the historical, cultural, social, and political conditions in which luxury arts were produced and circulated, alongside their religious meanings and ritual functions. Golden Kingdoms creates new understandings of ancient American art through a thematic exploration of indigenous ideas of value and luxury. Central to the book is the idea of the exchange of materials and ideas across regions and across time: works of great value would often be transported over long distances, or passed down over generations, in both cases attracting new audiences and inspiring new artists. The idea of exchange is at the intellectual heart of this volume, researched and written by twenty scholars based in the United States and Latin America.
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 1606065483
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
This volume accompanies a major international loan exhibition featuring more than three hundred works of art, many rarely or never before seen in the United States. It traces the development of gold working and other luxury arts in the Americas from antiquity until the arrival of Europeans in the early sixteenth century. Presenting spectacular works from recent excavations in Peru, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Mexico, this exhibition focuses on specific places and times—crucibles of innovation—where artistic exchange, rivalry, and creativity led to the production of some of the greatest works of art known from the ancient Americas. The book and exhibition explore not only artistic practices but also the historical, cultural, social, and political conditions in which luxury arts were produced and circulated, alongside their religious meanings and ritual functions. Golden Kingdoms creates new understandings of ancient American art through a thematic exploration of indigenous ideas of value and luxury. Central to the book is the idea of the exchange of materials and ideas across regions and across time: works of great value would often be transported over long distances, or passed down over generations, in both cases attracting new audiences and inspiring new artists. The idea of exchange is at the intellectual heart of this volume, researched and written by twenty scholars based in the United States and Latin America.
Avarice
Author: Rye Brewer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
When you’re the daughter of a god, you’re not always in charge of your own fate. That’s what Danai and her five sisters discover when their father, a minor god, has bartered their future to the god of the Underworld. Their foolish father lost his kingdom to a trickster goddess, and much like any buffoon, he has thrown good money after bad and decided to trade his daughters for his kingdom. Indeed, the girls’ hands have been given in marriage to the princes of hell. Danai’s pledged to Sebastian, the Prince of Greed. Luckily, his greediness is for her love more than for material matters. Unluckily, Danai’s stepmother has just decided to enter the Underworld. You know how it is with stepmothers. And Gia is the worst of them. With Riven still unconscious and an attempted murder of the heir to the throne of the Underworld, palace intrigue thickens with Gia’s arrival. Then it thickens even more when Danai becomes the favorite of her future mother-in-law and she’s gifted with an immortal talent which can be her undoing if she isn’t careful.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
When you’re the daughter of a god, you’re not always in charge of your own fate. That’s what Danai and her five sisters discover when their father, a minor god, has bartered their future to the god of the Underworld. Their foolish father lost his kingdom to a trickster goddess, and much like any buffoon, he has thrown good money after bad and decided to trade his daughters for his kingdom. Indeed, the girls’ hands have been given in marriage to the princes of hell. Danai’s pledged to Sebastian, the Prince of Greed. Luckily, his greediness is for her love more than for material matters. Unluckily, Danai’s stepmother has just decided to enter the Underworld. You know how it is with stepmothers. And Gia is the worst of them. With Riven still unconscious and an attempted murder of the heir to the throne of the Underworld, palace intrigue thickens with Gia’s arrival. Then it thickens even more when Danai becomes the favorite of her future mother-in-law and she’s gifted with an immortal talent which can be her undoing if she isn’t careful.
Divine Deities Box Set 3
Author: Rye Brewer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Avarice When you’re the daughter of a god, you’re not always in charge of your own fate. That’s what Danai and her five sisters discover when their father, a minor god, has bartered their future to the god of the Underworld. Their foolish father lost his kingdom to a trickster goddess, and much like any buffoon, he has thrown good money after bad and decided to trade his daughters for his kingdom. Indeed, the girls’ hands have been given in marriage to the princes of hell. Danai’s pledged to Sebastian, the Prince of Greed. Luckily, his greediness is for her love more than for material matters. Unluckily, Danai’s stepmother has just decided to enter the Underworld. You know how it is with stepmothers. And Gia is the worst of them. With Riven still unconscious and an attempted murder of the heir to the throne of the Underworld, palace intrigue thickens with Gia’s arrival. Then it thickens even more when Danai becomes the favorite of her future mother-in-law and she’s gifted with an immortal talent which can be her undoing if she isn’t careful. Envy The final book in the Divine Deities series! When you’re the daughter of a god, you’re not always in charge of your own fate. That’s what Sasha and her five sisters discover when their father, a minor god, has bartered their future to the god of the Underworld. Their foolish father lost his kingdom to a trickster goddess, and much like any buffoon, he has thrown good money after bad and decided to trade his daughters for his kingdom. Indeed, the girls’ hands have been given in marriage to the princes of hell. Sasha’s pledged to Caleb. A sweetie, by all standards, when compared to his hellish brothers. Yet, what Sasha and Caleb don’t know can absolutely hurt them as palace intrigue swirls in the Underworld and threatens to consume all in a tidepool which started long before the Red River goddess committed her sin. Long before the girls’ father’s impetuous affairs. Oh, these matters predate all, going back to the very beginning of evil. And now, Sasha is missing. Not merely missing. In grave danger.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Avarice When you’re the daughter of a god, you’re not always in charge of your own fate. That’s what Danai and her five sisters discover when their father, a minor god, has bartered their future to the god of the Underworld. Their foolish father lost his kingdom to a trickster goddess, and much like any buffoon, he has thrown good money after bad and decided to trade his daughters for his kingdom. Indeed, the girls’ hands have been given in marriage to the princes of hell. Danai’s pledged to Sebastian, the Prince of Greed. Luckily, his greediness is for her love more than for material matters. Unluckily, Danai’s stepmother has just decided to enter the Underworld. You know how it is with stepmothers. And Gia is the worst of them. With Riven still unconscious and an attempted murder of the heir to the throne of the Underworld, palace intrigue thickens with Gia’s arrival. Then it thickens even more when Danai becomes the favorite of her future mother-in-law and she’s gifted with an immortal talent which can be her undoing if she isn’t careful. Envy The final book in the Divine Deities series! When you’re the daughter of a god, you’re not always in charge of your own fate. That’s what Sasha and her five sisters discover when their father, a minor god, has bartered their future to the god of the Underworld. Their foolish father lost his kingdom to a trickster goddess, and much like any buffoon, he has thrown good money after bad and decided to trade his daughters for his kingdom. Indeed, the girls’ hands have been given in marriage to the princes of hell. Sasha’s pledged to Caleb. A sweetie, by all standards, when compared to his hellish brothers. Yet, what Sasha and Caleb don’t know can absolutely hurt them as palace intrigue swirls in the Underworld and threatens to consume all in a tidepool which started long before the Red River goddess committed her sin. Long before the girls’ father’s impetuous affairs. Oh, these matters predate all, going back to the very beginning of evil. And now, Sasha is missing. Not merely missing. In grave danger.
The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought
Author: James S. Romm
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691201706
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
For the Greeks and Romans the earth's farthest perimeter was a realm radically different from what they perceived as central and human. The alien qualities of these "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition that endured throughout antiquity and into the Renaissance, despite the growing challenges of emerging scientific perspectives. Here James Romm surveys this tradition, revealing that the Greeks, and to a somewhat lesser extent the Romans, saw geography not as a branch of physical science but as an important literary genre.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691201706
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
For the Greeks and Romans the earth's farthest perimeter was a realm radically different from what they perceived as central and human. The alien qualities of these "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition that endured throughout antiquity and into the Renaissance, despite the growing challenges of emerging scientific perspectives. Here James Romm surveys this tradition, revealing that the Greeks, and to a somewhat lesser extent the Romans, saw geography not as a branch of physical science but as an important literary genre.