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Symbols (Pocket Guide)
by Sandra Forty  Synopsis The word symbol is derived from the Greek, symbolon, and is a graphic sign for an idea, concept, or object. The oldest were of the five basic elements: fire, water, earth, sun, and wind, which evolved into elaborate Egyptian hieroglyphics. Despite...
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Encyclopedia of gods :over 2,500 deities of the world
by Michael Jordan Publisher Comments Encyclopedia of Gods offers concise information on more than 2,500 deities worshipped around the world and throughout history, from the most ancient gods of polytheistic societies -- to the most contemporary gods of the major monotheistic religions. Each...
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Complete Dictionary of Symbols
by Jack Tresidder Publisher Comments The Complete Dictionary of Symbols is an engaging and accessible guide to more than 2,000 major themes, figures, and symbols that are commonly found in myth, art, and literature. Drawing on classical mythologies, Biblical themes, and traditional symbols...
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World Mythology: The Illustrated Guide
by Roy Willis Publisher Comments The great myths of the world create meaning out of the fundamental events of human existence: birth, death, conflict, loss, reconciliation, the cycle of the seasons. They speak to us of life itself in voices still intelligible, yet compellingly strange...
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1001 Symbols
by Jack Tresidder Publisher Comments Pleasingly chunky and vibrantly colorful, this pocket-sized compendium covers iconography from around the world and is perfect for travel and museum outings. Author Jack Tresidder examines common imagery in art, religion, and literature, revealing hidden...
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The Secret Language of Symbols: A Visual Key to Symbols Their Meanings
by David Fontana Publisher Comments This credible, highly readable, and vividly illustrated encyclopedic volume traces the origins and evolution of hundreds of symbols and symbol systems that have impacted human culture, history, art, and psychology since the dawn of time. From the I Ching...
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A Dictionary of Superstitions (Oxford Paperback Reference)
by Iona Opie Publisher Comments Is it good or bad luck to mention a pig to a fisherman? What does it portend when you break a double-yolked egg? Or when you witness a headless shadow? How many frogs do you need to cure whooping cough? And what's all this about black cats? Ranging from...
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The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols
by Jean Chevalier Synopsis This is a comprehensive dictionary of symbols - of myths, dreams, colours, numbers, images, story archetypes, plants and animals - whether religious, Freudian, artistic or magical, from the Ancient World, India, China, Japan and the West....
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Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Symbols, Signs & Dream Interpretation: Identification and Analysis of the Visual Vocabulary and Secret Language T
by Mark Oconnell Synopsis This comprehensive and beautiful new book describes, discusses and illustrates thousands of fascinating visual elements, and assesses their position in language, art, literature, mythology, magic, religion and psychology.This comprehensive and beautiful...
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Illustrated Dictionary of Mythology Heores Her
by Philip Wilkinson Synopsis A book on the mythology of specific regions, from ancient Greece to Native America that offers an overview of the characters, creatures, and places central to each mythical tradition....
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A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Gods
by Anne Baugartner Synopsis Over the centuries almost all civilizations have worshipped at the shrine of one god or another. To their believers, these gods were truly superhuman in the sense that they far exceeded normal human beings in every way. This is a virtual biographical...
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Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth
by Carol Rose Publisher Comments A richly illustrated encyclopedia that describes individual beings in their cultural context, grouping them across cultures and explaining common mythological themes. We have always conjured up beings that are not in our image -- from flying horses to...
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The Continuum encyclopedia of symbols
by Udo Becker Book News Annotation Short articles suggest the significance that literature, religion, mythology, and psychology have attributed to such symbols as the apple, fire, hexagons, the phoenix, and yeast. Perhaps of interest to amateurs interpreting dreams or mystical...
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Don't Know Much about Mythology: Everything You Need to Know about the Greatest Stories in Human History But Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...)
by Kenneth C. Davis Publisher Comments The latest installment in the New York Times bestselling Don't Know Much About® series -- a magical journey into the timeless world of mythology It has been fifteen years since Kenneth C. Davis first dazzled audiences with his instant classic Don't...
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A Dictionary of World Mythology
by Arthur Cottrell Publisher Comments "I am Nature, the universal Mother, mistress of all the elements, sovereign of all things spiritual....I am worshipped in many aspects, known by countless names, and propitiated with all manner of different rites, yet the whole round earth venerates me."...
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The Encyclopedia of Superstitions
by Richard Webster Synopsis "[T]his reference makes for compulsive browsing." Publishers Weekly Have you ever rubbed a frog on your freckles? Trivia fans and fun fact fanatics will adore this fascinating, flickable encyclopedia of superstitions! Richard Webster presents...
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From Achilles' Heel to Zeus's Shield
by Dale Corey Dibbley Publisher Comments Many words and expressions commonly used in English are rooted in Mythology. Dibbley looks at the most colorful ones, briefly recounting the stories of the gods and heroes and their trials and tribulations that inspired them in the first place....
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Dictionary of Ancient Deities
by Patricia Turner Publisher Comments Nothing reveals more about a civilization than the gods and goddesses it worshipped. For thousands of years humans have fashioned stories about divine beings to explain their most mysterious, terrifying, and exalted experiences. Today the names of many...
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Symbols and Their Hidden Meanings: The Mysterious Significance and Forgotten Origins of Signs and Symbols in the Modern World
by T. A. Kenner Synopsis Our world is constructed out of symbolic abstractions, each with their own assumptions and messages that speak to us on the deepest levels. Some are banal and designed to be obvious. Others are manipulative, like the towering height of a cathedral nave...
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The Swastika: Symbol Beyond Redemption?
by Steven Heller Synopsis The mysteries and misunderstandings of the symbol of the swastika are explained in this book. It analyzes the swastika's beginnings in antiquity, its pre-Nazi religious use, the Nazi appropriation and misuse of the form and its applications as a racist...
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