Treasury of Fantastic and Mythological Creatures: 1,087 Renderings from Historic Sources

Автор: Bellows Henry
Название: The Poetic Edda: The Mythological Poems
ISBN: 0486437108 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486437101
Издательство: Dover
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Описание: The vibrant Old Norse poems in this collection, which may have been brought together as early as the thirteenth century, authentically capture the ancient oral traditions of the Norsemen. In addition, their images of a mythical world profoundly influenced latter-day storytellers as Richard Wagner and J. R. R. Tolkien.
Known as the Lays of the Gods, these mythological poems include the Voluspo, one of the broadest conceptions of the world's creation and ultimate destruction ever crystallized in literary form; the Hovamol, a compilation of sagacious counsels reminiscent of the biblical book of Proverbs; the Lokasenna, a comedy bursting with vivid characterizations; and the Thrymskvitha, a ballad of enduring loveliness.
The Poetic Edda is not only of the highest interest to students of antiquity; in the exceptionally detailed and complete translations included here, it offers lovers of poetry and myth some of the most remarkable surviving specimens from a distant age of poet-singers and oral traditions.

Автор: Dover
Название: Mythological and Fantastic Creatures CD-ROM and Book
ISBN: 0486995100 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486995106
Издательство: Dover
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Описание: Monsters, demons, mythical creatures, and other supernatural beings abound in this unique and useful CD-ROM and book collection. More than 400 illustrations range from prehistoric pictographs and medieval gargoyles to nightmarish visions stemming from the darker side of man's imagination. Among the individual illustrations are fish with human legs, a scaly sea creature with dragon's wings and the face of a dog, birds with human faces, haunting masks from Africa, and a host of other fictional fauna that defy description. With this virtually inexhaustible set of permission-free images at their fingertips, graphic artists, illustrators, and craftspeople can easily add a touch of the fantastic to any number of graphic projects. These images will also fascinate anyone interested in man's fear of the irrational and his need to give shape and form to his apprehensions.