I’ve been running a little bit low on original Blog resource material until yesterday when a trip to my local antiques centre yielded a selection of this obscure magazine publication ‘Man Myth & Magic’ with it’s tagline’s: ‘An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural’ & ‘The most Unusual Magazine ever Published’
Man Myth & Magic was a UK based publication that ran for 112 weekly issue’s starting in 1970 – as mentioned the magazine feature’s many Illustration’s ranging from quirky woodcut’s of Ye-olde spooky folklore; Werewolf’s, Witches’s, Demon’s through to double page spread reprint’s and analysis of the work of master Artist’s/Illustrator’s such as Albrecht Dürer, Matthias Grunewald, Aubrey Beardsley and many more…
The cover art used here is Teutonic Mythology ’Siegfried Killing The Dragon’ taken from a 19th century German edition of nibelungenlied.
Indeed, and excellent series. The entire run was collected in a 24 volume hardbound edition. The series remains influential as a writer’s resource.
Comment by Mark Cronan — June 1, 2009 @ 5:57 am
Hey Mark,
Thanks for the Comment – yeah I’ve seen the Hardbound Edition too, very chunky quite a read! It’s an amazing wealth of material, impeccably researched….
Comment by Kie — June 2, 2009 @ 6:10 am
It was in the collected/hardbound version of this that I read about (and saw photos demonstrating) how crop circles were made by Wiccan sorts, iirc, ca. 1973 or so, thus finding the “mystery” of them in later years particularly amusing.
Comment by Todd Mason — June 9, 2009 @ 6:23 pm
You mean Crop Circles aren’t created by Flying Saucers ?? Noooooooo
Comment by Kie — June 9, 2009 @ 10:48 pm
Hi:
I have about 15 issues mint condition magas of “Man Myth and Magic mostly 1970 or 71, I think. I would like to sell them, any interest out there, let me know..
Jeff Warren
415/381-8189
SF Bay area,,,
Comment by Jeff Warren — August 2, 2009 @ 11:09 pm
I have the entire 24 volume set, and it’s in excellent condition. Was a personal collection obtained from an estate sale and most books have not even been opened. Am looking to sell for a good collector price. If interested contact lawless57@hotmail.com.
Comment by Jaime Lawler — November 13, 2009 @ 12:57 am
I also have the entire set, in mint-excellent condition. Most books have never even been opened, spines are all uncracked.
I am also looking to sell the set. Please contact head_sit@hotmail.com, and reference the book set in the subject line.
Comment by Annie — February 1, 2010 @ 1:18 am