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Dragon --- Dragons --- Dragons in the Bible. --- Dragons
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"A certain king built himself a palace and summoned two persons to decorate it for him. The king divided his palace into two parts, putting one person in charge of one half and the second in charge of the other. One of the persons decorated his part of the palace with beautiful paintings of birds and animals. But the second person painted his half of the palace with black dye which was reflecting everything like a mirror. When the king came to judge the two decorations, everything he had seen in the first person's part he also saw in the second's part, since it was reflected in its black dye like in a mirror. Not only that, but even all the king could wish to put in the first half of his palace appeared in the second half. This found favor in the eyes of the king"--
Leviathan --- Behemoth --- Monsters in the Bible --- Dragons in the Bible
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Stories about dragons, serpents, and their slayers make up a rich and varied tradition within ancient mythology and folklore. In this sourcebook, Daniel Ogden presents a comprehensive and easily accessible collection of dragon myths from Greek, Roman, and early Christian sources. Some of the dragons featured are well known: the Hydra, slain by Heracles; the Dragon of Colchis, the guardian of the golden fleece overcome by Jason and Medea; and the great sea-serpent from which Perseus rescues Andromeda. But the less well known dragons are often equally enthralling, like the Dragon of Thespiae, which Menestratus slays by feeding himself to it in armor covered in fish-hooks, or the lamias of Libya, who entice young men into their striking-range by wiggling their tails, shaped like beautiful women, at them. The texts are arranged in such a way as to allow readers to witness the continuity of and evolution in dragon stories between the Classical and Christian worlds, and to understand the genesis of saintly dragon-slaying stories of the sort now characteristically associated with St George, whose earliest dragon-fight concludes the volume. All texts, a considerable number of which have not previously been available in English, are offered in new translations and accompanied by lucid commentaries that place the source-passages into their mythical, folkloric, literary, and cultural contexts. A sampling of the ancient iconography of dragons and an appendix on dragon slaying myths from the ancient Near East and India, particularly those with a bearing upon the Greco-Roman material, are also included. This volume promises to be the most authoritative sourcebook on this perennially fascinating and influential body of ancient myth.
Folklore --- Comparative religion --- Dragons --- Dragons in the Bible. --- Mythology, Classical. --- Religious aspects. --- Dragons in the Bible --- Mythology, Classical --- Religious aspects --- Dragons - Folklore --- Dragons - Religious aspects --- Dragon --- Serpents
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Bible. Revelation --- Michael (Archangel) --- Legends [Christian ] --- Engelen --- Devil --- Dragons in the bible
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Bible. Revelation --- Michael (Archangel) --- Legends [Christian ] --- Engelen --- Devil --- Dragons in the bible
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"Examines myths concerning dragons and dragon-slaying throughout proto-Indo-European cultures, ancient Near Eastern and Mesopotamian traditions, Indian mythology, and the Bible"--Provided by publisher.
Dragons in the Bible --- Myth in the Old Testament --- Dragons --- Dragons --- Mythology --- Mythology --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Since ancient times Leviathan and other monsters from the biblical world symbolize the life-threatening powers in nature and history. They represent the dark aspects of human nature and political entities and reveal the supernatural dimensions of evil. Ancient texts and pictures regarding these monsters reflect an environment of polytheism and religious pluralism. Remarkably, however, the biblical writings and post-biblical traditions use these venerated symbols in portraying God as being sovereign over the entire universe, a theme that is also prominent in the reception of these texts in subsequent contexts. This volume explores this tension and elucidates the theological and cultural meaning of ‘Leviathan’ by studying its ancient Near Eastern background and its attestation in biblical texts, early and rabbinic Judaism, Christian theology, Early Modern art, and film.
Leviathan. --- Monsters in the Bible. --- 22.08*3 --- 22.08*3 Bijbelse theologie: themata --- Bijbelse theologie: themata --- Dragons in the Bible
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221.08*3 --- Dragons in the Bible --- Mythology, Canaanite --- Sea in the Bible --- Canaanite mythology --- Theologie van het Oude Testament: themata --- Dragons in the Bible. --- Sea in the Bible. --- Mythology, Canaanite. --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- 221.08*3 Theologie van het Oude Testament: themata --- Antico Testamento --- Hebrew Bible --- Hebrew Scriptures --- Kitve-ḳodesh --- Miḳra --- Old Testament --- Palaia Diathēkē --- Pentateuch, Prophets, and Hagiographa --- Sean-Tiomna --- Stary Testament --- Tanakh --- Tawrāt --- Torah, Neviʼim, Ketuvim --- Torah, Neviʼim u-Khetuvim --- Velho Testamento --- Bible. a.t. --- Legendes
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Bible NT. Revelation --- Dragons in the Bible --- Combat in the Bible --- Myth in the Bible --- Bible --- Criticism, interpretation, etc --- 228 --- Apocalyps. Boek der Openbaring van Johannes. Apocalyptiek --- Bible. --- Ap Joh 12 (Book of the New Testament) --- Apokalypse Johannes 12 (Book of the New Testament) --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Demythologization
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Les différentes représentations de la légende de saint Georges : peintures, sculptures, enluminures, dessins, dont l'épisode du combat contre le dragon est le plus célèbre, sont rassemblées dans ce catalogue. La manière dont le saint et le dragon sont perçus dans la société contemporaine est interrogée. ©Electre 2016
Dragons in the Bible --- Monsters in art --- Christian saints in art --- Art --- Dragons dans la Bible --- Monstres dans l'art --- Saints chrétiens dans l'art --- Themes, motives --- Thèmes, motifs --- George, --- Exhibitions --- Saints chrétiens dans l'art --- Thèmes, motifs --- Art. --- George --- In art --- Dragons in art --- Christian art and symbolism --- Christian patron saints in art --- christelijke iconografie --- Dood --- legende --- Sint-Joris (heilige)
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