Full name: Giants, Monsters & Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth

Author: Carol Rose Year: 2000 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780393322118 0393322114

We have always conjured up creatures never seen in nature, from flying horses and two-headed birds to fire-breathing dragons and enormous killer skunks, as well as fantastic distortions of our own image, from giants to nubile maidens. In these pages you will meet extraordinary beings from Hindu and Navajo religions, Scandinavian tales, Russian folklore, Lithuanian stories, Irish oral history, American tall tales, and Aztec myth. Just some of the monstrous entourage: - Baku, a benevolent Japanese monster with the body of a horse, the head of a lion, and the legs of a tiger, who helps people by devouring their nightmares. - Kurma, the giant tortoise of Hindu myth, whose upper shell forms the heavens and lower part the earth. - Missipissy, the feared fish serpent of North America's Great Lakes region. This illustrated encyclopedia not only identifies and describes individual beasts in their cultural context but also groups them together across cultures and discusses common mythological strands and conceits. Similar books: Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins by Carol Rose The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures by John Matthews The Forest in Folklore and Mythology by Alexander Porteous A Field Guide to the Little People by Nancy Arrowsmith The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology by Arthur Cotterell Dictionary of World Myth by Roy Willis Medieval Folklore by Carl Lindahl An Encyclopedia of Fairies by Katharine Briggs New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology by Felix Guirand Encyclopedia of World Mythology by Arthur Cotterell Mythology of the American Indians by David M. Jones Who's Who in Classical Mythology by Michael Grant Mythology for Dummies by Christopher W. Blackwell Dwarfs by Time-Life Books Dictionary of Ancient Deities by Patricia Turner Fervent by Priscilla Shirer The Amazing Book is Not on Fire by Dan Howell The Adventurous Eaters Club by Misha Collins The C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad