The Mythical Zoo: An Encyclopedia of Animals in World Myth, Legend, and LiteratureABC-CLIO, 2001 - 298 страница A varied and insightful compendium of animals and the relationships between humans and animals. Emphasizing depth rather than breadth, The Mythical Zoo covers everything from frogs and grasshoppers to dolphins, salmon, rabbits, and tigers. After a masterful overview, there are about 50 entries with references to literature from a variety of cultures and extensive illustrations ranging from medieval prints to cartoons and advertisements. - Fully illustrated with a variety of images from medieval prints to editorial cartoons and advertisements - Weaves together a cross-cultural tapestry encompassing mythology, history, art, science, philosophy, and literature while discussing the special significance of animals in human cultures - Includes relevant quotes from worldwide texts preceding each entry |
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... tree in revenge . The motif of a tree with an eagle at the top and a hostile serpent at the base , however , has often been found in myth and legend , and an ex- ample is Yggdrasil , the Norse tree of life . The story of Etana may well ...
... Tree of Knowledge . First , the ele- phant wife would eat from the tree . Then she would give some of the fruit to her husband , at which point the two would copulate and im- mediately conceive . The elephants were like the first Adam ...
... Tree of Life with her ax . Part of the tree fell though a hole in the sky , and Aataentsic , fear- ing that life might perish , jumped down after it . At that time there was no earth but only water . When Turtle looked up and saw ...
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Ass Mule and Camel | 14 |
Bat | 21 |
Beaver Porcupine Badger | 29 |
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The Mythical Zoo: An Encyclopedia of Animals in World Myth, Legend, and ... Boria Sax Преглед исечка - 2001 |