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050 00 $aBL325.A6$bE27 2008
082 00 $a398/.469$222
100 1 $aEason, Cassandra.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93036585
245 10 $aFabulous creatures, mythical monsters, and animal power symbols :$ba handbook /$cCassandra Eason.
260 $aWestport, Conn. :$bGreenwood Press,$c2008.
300 $axx, 181 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [167]-173) and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tAnimal Worship -- $gCh. 2.$tSerpents in Myth -- $gCh. 3.$tDragon Power -- $gCh. 4.$tFabulous Birds and Other Winged Creatures -- $gCh. 5.$tUnicorns, Lost Animals of Legends, and the Magic of Animals -- $gCh. 6.$tMonsters and Weird Creatures -- $gCh. 7.$tClan Animals -- $gCh. 8.$tCreatures of the Waters -- $gCh. 9.$tAnimals and Prophecy.
520 1 $a"Eason provides an extensive overview of the mythology, legends, and folklore surrounding fabulous and strange fantasy creatures from different lands and ages, from Chinese dragons and the Native North American thunderbird to the demon hounds of Celtic and Norse legend. She describes how in various ages and cultures people have identified with the idealized qualities of wise creatures as a source of power and better understanding of their own personalities and used the behavior of birds and other sacred creatures to gain oracular information in Ancient Egypt and the Classical and Celtic worlds." "This book offers both traditional and little known folklore and legend about familiar real life creatures such as the horse, the cat, and the raven and delves into the weird and wonderful world of saints who claimed to change into deer and modern cryptozoological monsters such as Bigfoot, Mothman, and lake and sea monsters, as well as the rationale behind animal or headed deities of the Aztecs, Egyptians, and Celts in whose name people went to war."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aAnimals$xMythology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85005260
650 0 $aAnimals$vFolklore.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85005253
650 0 $aAnimals$xSymbolic aspects.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89004021
852 00 $bglx$hBL325.A6$iE27 2008