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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Mythic Bestiary: The Illustrated Guide to the World's Most Fantastical Creaturesdi Tony Allan
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Review by Stuart Mayne The human mind is a strange and wonderful beast in and of itself. Story-tellers the world over have, for millennia, brought to life a cornucopia of bizarre and terrifying monsters to keep us awake at night and to ensure our good behaviour towards our relatives and siblings. Tony Allen has once again (he is author of other well researched general histories) presented the reader with a book of depth and interest. Expertly divided into elemental sections, Allen begins each bestial entry with five short and basic headings to give the unfamiliar reader the low-down: appearance, size, lifespan, powers and habitat are enough to introduce each beast. Then comes a detailed history and explanation of the beast, accompanied by excellent illustrations. This is an easy book to dip in and out of, and to use as research material, both for strange and unfamiliar creatures but also for what each creature can highlight in the human psyche. After all, mythological beasts are as much psychological metaphors, as gatekeepers on a hero’s “road of trials”. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Contains illustrated entries to describe mythological and fantastical creatures from around the world that are organized by habitat; and includes creatures found in "Batman," "Pirates of the Caribbean," and the stories of J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, and others. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriNessun genere Sistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)398.2454Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore Folklore Folk literature Tales and lore of plants and animals Animals of legendClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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The bestiary has some very exotic beasts and references from authors like Pliny the Elder and Jorge Luis Borges. ( )