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The Forest in Folklore and Mythology - Softcover

Porteous, Alexander

 
9780486420103: The Forest in Folklore and Mythology
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0486420108 ISBN 13: 9780486420103
Verlag: Dover Publications Inc., 2001

Inhaltsangabe

"If you have a feeling for the mystery and enchantment of the woods, you will want to own this book." — Outlook.
Assembled from an enormous range of sources, this fascinating book is a mind-expanding compendium of facts, folklore, superstitions, myths, and anecdotes about trees and the forest. Included are descriptions of old forests; forest customs, temples and sacred groves; mythical forest creatures such as witches, fairies, demons, wood spirits, the "wild huntsman," and wood nymphs.
The author also recounts facts and fables about individual trees, including famous trees throughout the world, unusual trees, tree worship, people's transformation into trees, and disposal of the dead in trees — as well as folklore about fossil trees, tree bark, leaves, thorns, diving rods, and Yule logs.
This long-unavailable treasury of legend and lore will be welcomed by naturalists, anthropologists, students of folklore, and general readers alike. "A work which the curious will love to consult … a book which should be in every upper school library, and at the hand of every one to whom reference to such things is important." — Saturday Review.

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Verlag
Dover Publications Inc.
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0486420108
ISBN 13 
9780486420103
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
319
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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Verantwortliche Person
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