Monsters or Bearers of Life-Giving Powers?: Trans-Religious Migrations of an Ancient Western Asian Symbolism
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1st ed.
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9788124608890
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This well-illustrated volume seeks to explain an enigmatic and paradoxical symbolism common to many of the world religions, both polytheistic and monotheistic - that of the cavernous maw of a great monster. Drawing on a broad array of comparative evidence, including examples from Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions, it delves on the cross-cultural points of contact that may have contributed to the spread of such zoomorphic hybrids from ...
