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Genre/Form: | Folklore |
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Additional Physical Format: | (DLC) 20761584 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Juliette Wood |
ISBN: | 9781474204446 1474204449 |
OCLC Number: | 1090445499 |
Description: | 1 online resource (x, 240 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | AcknowledgementsNote on Translation and SourcesList of Illustrations Introduction1. When Unicorns Walked the Earth: A Brief History of the Unicorn and its Fellows 2. Lingering in Sea Caves: The World of the Mermaid 3. Things with Wings: The Creatures of the Air 4. The Age-old Scourge: Dragons and Monstrous SerpentsConclusionBibliographyIndex |
Responsibility: | Juliette Wood. |
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Overall, the book can be a useful resource for students and researchers on this specialized topic of fantastic and mythical creatures. * Mythlore * Juliette Wood combines extensive learning about classical and medieval cultural history with a fluent, absorbing language ... Undergraduate readers will especially appreciate the many references to contemporary culture, films, cartoons, and computer games. Her book convincingly proves that age-old fantasies about more or less monstrous creatures still make up a part of our cultural baggage. * Journal of Folklore Research * This delightful survey of fantastic creatures and the environments they populate is an excellent resource for students. Well-written and expansive in its coverage, it invites readers to consider the complex relationships between imaginary beasts and the humans that created them. * Sarah Peverley, Professor of English Literature, University of Liverpool, UK * Juliette Wood offers a vivid, mesmerizing, and highly readable survey of the monsters and magical creatures that have informed cultural imaginaries from ancient civilizations and medieval bestiaries to contemporary computer games and fantasy literature. * Kirsten Mollegaard, Associate Professor of English, University of Hawai'i at Hilo, USA * Because of its sheer range in space, time and coverage, Fantastic Creatures in Mythology and Folklore will be the definitive work on its subject for the foreseeable future. * Ronald E. Hutton, Professor of History, University of Bristol, UK * Read more...


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- Animals, Mythical.
- Unicorns.
- Mermaids.
- Dragons.
- Animals -- Mythology.
- Monsters -- Folklore.
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