Reverse Symbolism Dictionary: Symbols Listed by Subject

Olderr, Steven [Editor]

ISBN 10: 0899505619 / ISBN 13: 9780899505619

Editore: McFarland Publishing, 1992

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• Titolo: Reverse Symbolism Dictionary: Symbols Listed by Subject
• Editore: McFarland Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0899505619
• ISBN 13: 9780899505619
• Rilegatura: hardcover
• Condizione: New

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This is a companion volume to Olderr's Symbolism: A Comprehensive Dictionary. The earlier dictionary was arranged by symbol and told what the meanings were. The present work goes the other way (but it is not simply a refiguring of the data). It presents ideas, situations or objects (ancient to modern), and gives the appropriate symbols (allusions, associations, attributes, or emblems).
Some examples are: one of the symbols for "hell" is descending stairs; an attribute of Saint Benedict is a raven; joy after sorrow is symbolized by the gemstone amber. Literary, artistic, religious, heraldic, numerological, folkloric, occult, psychological, and biblical usages are included.

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