Diane Wolkstein

A fresh retelling of the ancient texts about Ishtar, the world's first goddess. Illustrated with visual artifacts of the period. "A great masterpiece of universal literature."--Mircea Eliade

Inanna

At the beginning of the world, it was dark and silent and nothing stirred anywhere, until a voice roused the sleeping Sun Mother in the sky, telling her it was time to wake up all the creatures of the earth. The indigenous people of Australia believe that their first ancestors created the world and its laws. They also believe that the world is still being created in a continual process they call The Dreamtime. Renowned storyteller Diane Wolkstein has crafted a powerful retelling of an Australian creation story, illuminated by illustrator Bronwyn Bancroft's authentic, beautifully realized paintings.

An Australian Creation Story

Sun Mother Wakes the World

A collection of folktales gathered by the author in Haiti with comments on Haitian folklore.

The Magic Orange Tree, and Other Haitian Folktales

The world is a very big when you are very small. But that doesn't stop a little ant from leaving home to visit her friend. Step by step she goes: over a stone, across a leaf, under a branch... until she arrives. Tiny children, who also travel through a very big world, will share the wonder of this little ant's big adventure, as well as the feeling of accomplishment at journey's end. Diane Wolkstein's engaging story of a delight-filled visit and Jos. A. Smith's richly textured pictures from an ant's point of view create a world that will amaze you -- all young adventurers.

Step By Step

A portrait of Esther, a shy orphan girl, who becomes a queen and is willing to risk the wrath of a king in order to save her people.

Esther's Story

Summary: When Little Mouse's friends look at the painting she has created, they do not all see the same thing.

Little Mouse's Painting

Samuel Noah Kramer

Questo libro raccoglie i miti della divinità sumera Inanna, Regina del Cielo e della Terra. I canti, ritrovati su tavolette d’argilla risalenti a circa 4000 anni fa, sono stati tradotti dal cuneiforme, la prima scrittura codificata di cui abbiamo conoscenza. Prima di Gilgameš, Ulisse, Enea e Dante, la più antica discesa negli inferi di cui abbiamo registrazione è stata compiuta da una donna, Inanna. È lei che per prima affronta la catabasi iniziatica, guidandoci alle sette porte del mondo infero. Nella cultura sumera la conoscenza è contenuta nei me, concrezioni delle qualità della sapienza stessa; questi codici sono custoditi da Enki, il Dio della Saggezza. Inanna li sottrae con l’astuzia a Enki, portando in dono la conoscenza al popolo di Uruk. I canti di Inanna sono la testimonianza del passaggio culturale e politico da culti agresti a culti pastorali, da religioni legate alle divinità femminili al nuovo patriarcato che si andava affermando spiritualmente e politicamente. In questi miti la potente forza cosmica, intellettiva e sessuale delle grandi dee del passato non è stata ancora del tutto asservita alle istituzioni religiose pastorali, si tratta perciò di una testimonianza unica e preziosissima. In quanto mito vivo I canti di Inanna ci ispirano e ci mettono in guardia, fornendoci una genealogia mitografica che può diventare una straordinaria forma di impoteramento femminista.

Miti e poesie della dea sumera

I Canti di Inanna regina del cielo e della terra

Passion, joy, and longing abound in seven original classic love stories, newly retold by a master storyteller. Wolkstein has vividly re-created unforgettable myths of love, published together in a single collection for the first time. Includes "Inanna and Dumuzi", "Shiva and Sati", "The Song of Songs", "Psyche and Eros", and more.

From Isis and Osiris to Tristan and Iseult

The First Love Stories

Translation and retelling of the Inanna stories from the Sumerian.

Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer

Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth

A king builds a glass mountain which any man who wants to marry his daughter must climb--but when Princess Raina tries to help one special suitor succeed, she falls through a deep crack and is trapped in an underground world. Full color.

The Glass Mountain

Presents creative retellings of seven classic and medieval love stories, based on versions in the original languages--including Sanskrit, Egyptian, and Celtic

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