{"subjects": ["Genetic psychology", "Dragons", "Ethnology", "Myth", "Psychologie g\u00e9n\u00e9tique", "SOCIAL SCIENCE", "Folklore & Mythology"], "key": "/works/OL8104378W", "title": "An Instinct for Dragons", "authors": [{"author": {"key": "/authors/OL539231A"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}}], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "covers": [269110], "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "\"During research on African monkeys, David E. Jones' accidental love affair with the dragon began. Spotting a picture of the monkey's predators - an eagle, a leopard, and a python - Jones unwittingly combined the features from all three into one beast. Amazingly, this mythical and monstrous creature was instantly recognizable.\".\r\n\r\n\"In a vast synthesis of art, mythology, history, and anthropology, Jones discovers that the dragon is, in fact, a universal image. Captivating, myth-breaking, and eloquent, An Instinct for Dragons decodes the ancient puzzle of the oldest, the first and the most basic monster.\"--BOOK JACKET."}, "latest_revision": 9, "revision": 9, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-10T22:24:39.215381"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-02-25T15:34:09.768037"}}