Brewer's Myth and Legend

COOPER, J.C.

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An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Traditional Symbols

In nearly 1500 entries, many of them strikingly and often surprisingly illustrated, J. C. Cooper has documented the history and evolution of symbols from prehistory to our own day. With over 200 illustrations and lively, informative and often ironic texts, she discusses and explains an enormous variety of symbols extending from the Arctic to Dahomey, from the Iroquois to Oceana, and coming from systems as diverse as Tao, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Tantra, the cult of Cybele and the Great Goddess, the Pre-Columbian religions of the Western Hemisphere and the Voodoo cults of Brazil and West Africa. 210 black-and-white illustrations

Politics & Social Sciences

Anthropology

Thames and Hudson

In nearly 1500 entries, many of them strikingly and often surprisingly illustrated, J. C. Cooper has documented the history and evolution of symbols from prehistory to our own day. With over 200 illustrations and lively, informative and often ironic texts, she discusses and explains an enormous variety of symbols extending from the Arctic to Dahomey, from the Iroquois to Oceana, and coming from systems as diverse as Tao, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Tantra, the cult of Cybele and the Great Goddess, the Pre-Columbian religions of the Western Hemisphere and the Voodoo cults of Brazil and West Africa. 210 black-and-white illustrations

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Thames&Hudson

An informative guide to the meaning and history of international festivals details the ceremonies and customs established by some of the world's oldest civilizations and is accompanied by historical commentary. Reprint.

The Dictionary of Festivals

Social Sciences

Thorsons Pub.

This dictionary offers an enlightening account of the role that animals real and fantastical have played in shaping the myths, religion and customs of the world, from primordial times to present day.

Dictionary of Symbolic and Mythological Animals

Chinese Alchemy: The Taoist Quest for Immortality [Paperback]

Chinese Alchemy: The Taoist Quest for Immortality

Religion & Spirituality

New Age & Spirituality

Sterling Pub. Co., Inc.

Fairy Tales: Allegories of the Inner Life

Fairy tales: Allegories of the inner life

Borgo Press

Symbolism, the universal language

R. Reginald/Borgo Press

Taoism: The Way of the Mystic

Borgo Pr

Taoism;: The way of the mystic

Aquarian Press

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