Author: Arthur Cotterell
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A guide to myths and legends. Lists entries for 1,250 characters and their origins.
The Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & Legends
Author: Arthur Cotterell
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A guide to myths and legends. Lists entries for 1,250 characters and their origins.
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A guide to myths and legends. Lists entries for 1,250 characters and their origins.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends
Author: Arthur Cotterell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789999355476
Category : Legends
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789999355476
Category : Legends
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & Legends
Author: Arthur Cotterell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780732200992
Category : Legends
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780732200992
Category : Legends
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Cassell Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths & Legends
Author: Arthur Cotterell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dictionary of Nature Myths
Author: Tamra Andrews
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195136772
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Comprehensive and cross-referenced, this informative volume is a rich introduction to the world of nature as experienced by ancient peoples around the globe. 51 halftones.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195136772
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Comprehensive and cross-referenced, this informative volume is a rich introduction to the world of nature as experienced by ancient peoples around the globe. 51 halftones.
Thematic Guide to World Mythology
Author: Lorena Laura Stookey
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313039372
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
All around the world, myths address questions that humans have always posed about their origins, their environments, their ultimate destinies, and the meanings of their lives. This book examines 30 common motifs that thread their way through mythological tales across history and around the globe. The themes are presented in alphabetical order, moving from The Afterlife and Animals in Myth to The Underworld, World Tree, and Ymir Motif. Each thematic section defines and discusses a single recognizable motif, compares a number of different mythological traditions, and traces the repeated occurrences of one of these patterns through several different categories of narratives. The discussion of The Afterlife, for example, examines the theme's earliest known occurrences in ancient Mesopotamia and compares them with those in Greek, Aztec, Norse, and other ancient cultures, as well as with contemporary views from Innuit and Polynesian cultures. A glossary provides concise definitions of recurring terms. A list of suggested readings on these topics will further aid students who desire to deepen their knowledge of world mythology.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313039372
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
All around the world, myths address questions that humans have always posed about their origins, their environments, their ultimate destinies, and the meanings of their lives. This book examines 30 common motifs that thread their way through mythological tales across history and around the globe. The themes are presented in alphabetical order, moving from The Afterlife and Animals in Myth to The Underworld, World Tree, and Ymir Motif. Each thematic section defines and discusses a single recognizable motif, compares a number of different mythological traditions, and traces the repeated occurrences of one of these patterns through several different categories of narratives. The discussion of The Afterlife, for example, examines the theme's earliest known occurrences in ancient Mesopotamia and compares them with those in Greek, Aztec, Norse, and other ancient cultures, as well as with contemporary views from Innuit and Polynesian cultures. A glossary provides concise definitions of recurring terms. A list of suggested readings on these topics will further aid students who desire to deepen their knowledge of world mythology.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Mythology
Author: Arthur Cotterell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781435127555
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781435127555
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Mythology
Author: Arthur Cotterell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781782143376
Category : Mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781782143376
Category : Mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Hercules
Author: Robert Weisbrot
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN: 9781589791206
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
This book is a follow up to the author's successful first book on the show. In this, he writes about the final three seasons. The author's passionate introspection contains cast profiles and commentary from the stars on each episode.
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN: 9781589791206
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
This book is a follow up to the author's successful first book on the show. In this, he writes about the final three seasons. The author's passionate introspection contains cast profiles and commentary from the stars on each episode.
A Guide to Christian Art
Author: Diane Apostolos-Cappadona
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0567685144
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
A one-volume introduction to and overview of Christian art, from its earliest history to the present day. Diane Apostolos-Cappadona begins by examining how art and Christianity have intersected throughout history, and charts this tumultuous relationship that has yielded some of the greatest outpourings of human creativity. To introduce readers to the way a painting can be read Apostolos-Cappadona begins with an analysis of a painting of the Adoration of the Magi, helping readers to see how they can interpret for themselves the signs, symbols and figures that the book covers. In the more-than 1000 entries that follow Apostolos-Cappadona gives readers an expert overview of all the frequently used symbols and motifs in Christian art as well as the various saints, historical figures, religious events, and biblical scenes most frequently depicted. Readers are introduced to the ways in which religious paintings are often "coded'" such as what a lily means in a picture of Mary, how a goldfinch can be "Christological", or how the presence of an Eagle means it is likely to be a picture of St John. The entries are organized by topic, so that students and beginners can easily find their way to discussion of the themes and motifs they see before them when looking at a painting.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0567685144
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
A one-volume introduction to and overview of Christian art, from its earliest history to the present day. Diane Apostolos-Cappadona begins by examining how art and Christianity have intersected throughout history, and charts this tumultuous relationship that has yielded some of the greatest outpourings of human creativity. To introduce readers to the way a painting can be read Apostolos-Cappadona begins with an analysis of a painting of the Adoration of the Magi, helping readers to see how they can interpret for themselves the signs, symbols and figures that the book covers. In the more-than 1000 entries that follow Apostolos-Cappadona gives readers an expert overview of all the frequently used symbols and motifs in Christian art as well as the various saints, historical figures, religious events, and biblical scenes most frequently depicted. Readers are introduced to the ways in which religious paintings are often "coded'" such as what a lily means in a picture of Mary, how a goldfinch can be "Christological", or how the presence of an Eagle means it is likely to be a picture of St John. The entries are organized by topic, so that students and beginners can easily find their way to discussion of the themes and motifs they see before them when looking at a painting.