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Big Book of Dragons, Monsters, and Other Mythical Creatures - (Dover Pictorial Archive) by Ernst Lehner & Johanna Lehner (Paperback)
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Highlights
- This intriguing volume provides a glimpse of the imaginary animals and monsters that existed in ancient man's fertile imagination.
- Author(s): Ernst Lehner & Johanna Lehner
- 192 Pages
- Social Science, Folklore & Mythology
- Series Name: Dover Pictorial Archive
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About the Book
Engrossing text accompanies images of werewolves, serpents, mermaids, and other fabulous creatures. Also includes pictures of the whale, octopus, armadillo, and other real animals once associated with supernatural power. 317 illustrations.Book Synopsis
This intriguing volume provides a glimpse of the imaginary animals and monsters that existed in ancient man's fertile imagination. Dramatic illustrations of dragons, griffins, werewolves, serpent monsters, sirens, mermaids, and other fabulous creatures of land, sea, and air are accompanied by an engrossing text with legends from around the world.
Here, too, are portrayals of such legendary beasts as the unicorn, sphinx, centaur, and the plumed serpent-bird of the Aztecs, as well as images of the whale, octopus, salamander, ostrich, armadillo, and other real animals once associated with magical or supernatural powers.
An invaluable source of permission-free art for artists and designers as well as an excellent reference for folklorists and students of mythology, this splendid archive will delight anyone interested in creatures of myth and legend. 317 illustrations.