Place of Publication:
New York, New York
Publisher:
Harper and Row, Publishers
Copyright Date:
1988
ISBN / SBN / ISSN:
9780062509239
Source:
From the library of Dorothy Kyle
Media Type:
Print (Non-Serial)
Media Sub-type:
Book
LoC Call Number:
CB 475 .W35 1988
Accession Number:
000116
Keyword Subject Headings:
Women--Folklore
Symbolism
Symbolism
User Notes:
Illustrated paperback; xii + 562 pp., including a bibliography and an index.
Contents:
Introduction
1. Round and oval motifs
2. Long motifs
3. Three-way motifs
4. Four-way motifs
5. Multipointed motifs
6. Sacred objects
7. Secular-sacred objects
8. Rituals
9. Deities' signs
10. Supernaturals
11. Zodiac
12. Body parts
13. Nature
14. Animals
15. Birds
16. Insects
17. Flowers
18. Plants
19. Trees
20. Fruit and foodstuffs
21. Minerals, stones, and shells
Bibliography
Index
