Fantastic creatures in mythology and folklore : from medieval times to the present day /
Drawing on historical sources, myth and folklore, Fantastic Creatures in Mythology and Folklore explores the roles of fantastical beasts - particularly the unicorn, the mermaid, and the dragon - in a series of thematic chapters organised according to their legendary dwelling place, be this land, sea...
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London ; New York, NY :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2018.
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جدول المحتويات:
- Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Sources; Chapter 1: When unicorns walked the earth: A brief history of the unicorn and its fellows; Classical accounts; Biblical unicorns; The unicorn and the lady; Fighting unicorns; Medical unicorns and the curative power of a spiral horn; The 'Truth behind the Myth'; The unicorn's survival; The sea unicorn and the corpse whale; The eco-narwhal and the atheist unicorn; Man-eaters and half men; Conclusion; Chapter 2: Lingering in sea caves: The world of the mermaid.
- Origins: From siren to mermaidContinuity and adaptation; Sedna, the sea woman; Serek-A the mermaid; The Boto and the Aumakua, shape-shifters and ancestors; Jumanja, Lasirène and Mami Wata; Mermaids and the landscape; Mermaids in art; Mermaid spectacles: Theatre, film, music; Marine life and mythic perception; The whale, the dolphin and the sea serpent; Whales as bringers of knowledge; Dolphins; Sea serpents and sea monsters; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Things with wings: The creatures of the air; Harpies and sirens; The griffin and its kin; Winged horses and the hippogriff.