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A DICTIONARY OF FABULOUS BEASTS IBD

BOYDELL PRESS
04 / 2000
9780851156859
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Sinopsis

A dictionary? No, this is really an astonishing ark filled with beasts from a fabulous zoo far more varied and entertaining than anything from ordinary natural history. From ?Abaia? and ?Abath? to ?Ziz? and ?Zu?, from the microscopic ?Gigelorum? that nests in a mite?s ear to the giant serpent ?Jormungandor? who encircles the whole globe, there are beasts from every corner of man?s imagination: the light-hearted ?Fearsome Critters? of lumberjack tales find a place alongside the ?Sirrush? of Babylon and the?Winged Bulls? of Assyria. Some of the fabulous beasts turn out to be real creatures in disguise - a Cameleopard is a kind of glamourised giraffe -while others are almost, but not quite, human. Among the six hundred entries are some which are full-scale essays in their own right, as on ?Phoenix? or ?Giants?, and just in case it seems as though the authors dreamt up the entire book, there is a detailed list of books for the would-be hunter in this mythical jungle.

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