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  1. Flying snakes and griffin claws
    and other classical myths, historical oddities, and scientific curiosities
    Author: Mayor, Adrienne
    Published: [2022]; © 2022
    Publisher:  Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ

    A treasury of astonishing mythic marvels—and the surprising truths behind themAdrienne Mayor is renowned for exploring the borders of history, science, archaeology, anthropology, and popular knowledge to find historical realities and scientific... more

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    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum
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    Universität Potsdam, Universitätsbibliothek
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    A treasury of astonishing mythic marvels—and the surprising truths behind themAdrienne Mayor is renowned for exploring the borders of history, science, archaeology, anthropology, and popular knowledge to find historical realities and scientific insights—glimmering, long-buried nuggets of truth—embedded in myth, legends, and folklore. Combing through ancient texts and obscure sources, she has spent decades prospecting for intriguing wonders and marvels, historical mysteries, diverting anecdotes, and hidden gems from antiquity, medieval, and modern times. Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws is a treasury of fifty of her most amazing and amusing discoveries.The book explores such subjects as how mirages inspired legends of cities in the sky; the true identity of winged serpents in ancient Egypt; how ghost ships led to the discovery of the Gulf Stream; and the beauty secrets of ancient Amazons. Other pieces examine Arthur Conan Doyle’s sea serpent and Geronimo’s dragon; Flaubert’s obsession with ancient Carthage; ancient tattooing practices; and the strange relationship between wine goblets and women’s breasts since the times of Helen of Troy and Marie Antoinette. And there’s much, much more.Showcasing Mayor’s trademark passion not to demythologize myths, but to uncover the fascinating truths buried beneath them, Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws is a wonder cabinet of delightful curiosities

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780691211190
    Other identifier:
    RVK Categories: EC 5410
    Subjects: HISTORY / Ancient / General; Curiosities and wonders; Folklore; Mythologie; Kuriosität; Sage
    Scope: 1 online resource (xv, 420 Seiten), Illustrationen, 1 Karte
  2. Being legendary at the Royal Ontario Museum
    confronting colonialism, rethinking history
    Contributor: Monkman, Kent (KünstlerIn); Gordon, Gisèle (VerfasserIn einer Einleitung); Mayor, Adrienne (VerfasserIn von ergänzendem Text); Steeves, Paulette F. C. (VerfasserIn von ergänzendem Text); Goulet, Keith (VerfasserIn von ergänzendem Text)
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Art Canada Institute, [Toronto]

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    Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Kunstbibliothek
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Contributor: Monkman, Kent (KünstlerIn); Gordon, Gisèle (VerfasserIn einer Einleitung); Mayor, Adrienne (VerfasserIn von ergänzendem Text); Steeves, Paulette F. C. (VerfasserIn von ergänzendem Text); Goulet, Keith (VerfasserIn von ergänzendem Text)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 1487102933; 9781487102937
    Subjects: Monkman, Kent; ; Monkman, Kent; Malerei; Cree; Motiv; Geschichte <Motiv>; Geschichte 2020-2022;
    Scope: 175 Seiten
    Notes:

    Seite [176]: This book ... marks the exhibition "Kent Monkman: Being Legendary at Royal Ontario Museum", October 8, 2022-March 19, 2023
  3. Flying snakes and griffin claws
    and other classical myths, historical oddities, and scientific curiosities
    Author: Mayor, Adrienne
    Published: [2022]; © 2022
    Publisher:  Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ

    A treasury of astonishing mythic marvels—and the surprising truths behind themAdrienne Mayor is renowned for exploring the borders of history, science, archaeology, anthropology, and popular knowledge to find historical realities and scientific... more

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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Technische Hochschule Augsburg
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    Hochschule Landshut, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Bibliothek
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    Universitätsbibliothek Passau
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    A treasury of astonishing mythic marvels—and the surprising truths behind themAdrienne Mayor is renowned for exploring the borders of history, science, archaeology, anthropology, and popular knowledge to find historical realities and scientific insights—glimmering, long-buried nuggets of truth—embedded in myth, legends, and folklore. Combing through ancient texts and obscure sources, she has spent decades prospecting for intriguing wonders and marvels, historical mysteries, diverting anecdotes, and hidden gems from antiquity, medieval, and modern times. Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws is a treasury of fifty of her most amazing and amusing discoveries.The book explores such subjects as how mirages inspired legends of cities in the sky; the true identity of winged serpents in ancient Egypt; how ghost ships led to the discovery of the Gulf Stream; and the beauty secrets of ancient Amazons. Other pieces examine Arthur Conan Doyle’s sea serpent and Geronimo’s dragon; Flaubert’s obsession with ancient Carthage; ancient tattooing practices; and the strange relationship between wine goblets and women’s breasts since the times of Helen of Troy and Marie Antoinette. And there’s much, much more.Showcasing Mayor’s trademark passion not to demythologize myths, but to uncover the fascinating truths buried beneath them, Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws is a wonder cabinet of delightful curiosities

     
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    Volltext (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780691211190
    Other identifier:
    RVK Categories: EC 5410
    Subjects: HISTORY / Ancient / General; Curiosities and wonders; Folklore; Mythologie; Kuriosität; Sage
    Scope: 1 online resource (xv, 420 Seiten), Illustrationen, 1 Karte
  4. Being legendary at the Royal Ontario Museum
    confronting colonialism, rethinking history
    Contributor: Monkman, Kent (KünstlerIn); Gordon, Gisèle (VerfasserIn einer Einleitung); Mayor, Adrienne (VerfasserIn von ergänzendem Text); Steeves, Paulette F. C. (VerfasserIn von ergänzendem Text); Goulet, Keith (VerfasserIn von ergänzendem Text)
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Art Canada Institute, [Toronto]

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    Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Kunstbibliothek
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    ::8:2023:2295:
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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
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    1 B 204800
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    Zeppelin Universität gGmbH, Bibliothek
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    LI 99999 M745 B4
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    Verlag (lizenzpflichtig)
    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Contributor: Monkman, Kent (KünstlerIn); Gordon, Gisèle (VerfasserIn einer Einleitung); Mayor, Adrienne (VerfasserIn von ergänzendem Text); Steeves, Paulette F. C. (VerfasserIn von ergänzendem Text); Goulet, Keith (VerfasserIn von ergänzendem Text)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 1487102933; 9781487102937
    Subjects: Monkman, Kent; ; Monkman, Kent; Malerei; Cree; Motiv; Geschichte <Motiv>; Geschichte 2020-2022;
    Scope: 175 Seiten
    Notes:

    Seite [176]: This book ... marks the exhibition "Kent Monkman: Being Legendary at Royal Ontario Museum", October 8, 2022-March 19, 2023