Dragons, Unicorns, and Sea Serpents: A Classic Study of the Evidence for Their ExistenceA geologist from the age of Darwin examines the fossil records and myths from civilizations throughout the world to illustrate the origins of legendary monsters, showing how extinct creatures such as the woolly rhinoceros might be construed as a unicorn and flying reptiles interpreted as dragons. 93 black-and-white illustrations. |
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... work originally published in 1886 by W. H. Allen & Co. , London , as Mythical Monsters / by Charles Gould , B.A. , Member of the Royal Society of Tasmania ; Late Geological Surveyor of Tasmania / With Ninety - three Illustrations .
... work originally published in 1886 by W. H. Allen & Co. , London , as Mythical Monsters / by Charles Gould , B.A. , Member of the Royal Society of Tasmania ; Late Geological Surveyor of Tasmania / With Ninety - three Illustrations .
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Crítica de los usuarios - tanifa - LibraryThingBook begins with the idea that tales of mythical monsters must have a basis in truth, because those non-english heathens can't possibly have more imagination than an englishman. The book goes downhill from there. Leer comentario completo
Contenido
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
LIST OF AUTHORS CITED | 29 |
ON SOME REMARKABLE ANIMAL FORMS | 31 |
EXTINCTION OF SPECIES | 42 |
ANTIQUITY OF MAN | 78 |
THE DELUGE NOT a MYTH | 101 |
ON THE TRANSLATION OF MYTHS BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW WORLD | 137 |
THE DRAGON | 159 |
THE CHINESE DRAGON | 212 |
THE JAPANESE DRAGON | 248 |
THE SEASERPENT | 260 |
THE UNICORN | 338 |
THE CHINESE PHENIX | 366 |
APPENDICES | 375 |
Términos y frases comunes
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| Título | Dragons, Unicorns, and Sea Serpents: A Classic Study of the Evidence for Their Existence |
| Autor | Charles Gould |
| Edición | ilustrada, íntegra, reimpresa |
| Editor | Courier Corporation, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0486424170, 9780486424170 |
| Largo | 407 páginas |
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