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Mythical Trickster Figures, is the first substantial collection of essays about the trickster to appear since Radin's 1955 The Trickster. Contributions by leading scholars treat a wide range of manifestations of this mischievous character, ranging from the Coyote of the American Southwest to such African figures as Eshu-Elegba and Ananse, the Japanese Susa-no-o, the Greek Hermes, Christian adaptations of Saint Peter, and examples found in contemporary American fiction and drama.

Animals, Mythical. --- Tricksters. --- Trickster --- Folklore --- Magicians --- Swindlers and swindling --- Creatures, Fabled --- Fabled creatures --- Fabulous animals --- Fabulous creatures --- Fantastic animals --- Fictitious animals --- Imaginary animals --- Legendary animals --- Mythical animals --- Zoological mythology --- Animals --- Dragons --- Mythology --- Tricksters --- Animals, Mythical

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Not satisfied with what nature offered, human beings wanted to go beyond reality and invented mysterious and intriguing creatures populating their world. During Antiquity, every culture had its own strange creatures, that mixed the forms of one or more animal, plant and human species in an infinite number of more-or-less fanciful combinations. Griffins, sphinxes, mermaids, centaurs, satyrs, pygmies, werewolves, winged monsters and unspeakable hybrids, fantastic beasts abound in the imagination of many populations throughout Antiquity. Most of them continue to live, sometimes transformed, through fairy tales, literature, movies and videogames. Faced with the abundance and variety of the ancient fantastic bestiary, the questions that come to mind are : Where do fantastic beasts come from ? How do they appear in different cultures ? What is their history, how did they survive until now ? And above all, what are fantastic beasts ? This book will explore these questions through the lens of archaeology, art history, philology and philosophy. The result is a hybrid book, precisely like the fantastic animals that constitute its object, a book which offers different approaches of analysis while being aware that our means are often vain to capture these elusive figures, which ultimately are more like us than they seem. Man, like Oedipus, will often prove to be more monstrous than the Sphinx... Non satisfaits de ce que la nature leur offrait, les êtres humains ont voulu aller au-delà de la réalité et ont inventé des créatures mystérieuses et intrigantes pour peupler leur monde. Dans l'Antiquité, chaque culture avait ses créatures étranges, qui mêlaient les formes d'une ou plusieurs espèces animales, végétales et humaines dans une infinité de combinaisons plus ou moins fantaisistes. Griffons, sphinx, sirènes, centaures, satyres, pygmées, loups-garous, monstres ailés et hybrides innommables, les bêtes fantastiques abondent dans l'imaginaire de nombreuses populations tout au long de l'Antiquité. La plupart d'entre elles continuent de vivre, parfois transformées, à travers les contes de fées, la littérature, le cinéma et les jeux vidéo. Face à l'abondance et à la variété du bestiaire fantastique antique, les questions qui viennent à l'esprit sont : D'où viennent les bêtes fantastiques ? Comment apparaissent-elles dans les différentes cultures ? Quelle est leur histoire, comment ont-elles survécu jusqu'à aujourd'hui ? Et surtout, que sont les bêtes fantastiques ? Ce livre explore ces questions à travers le prisme de l'archéologie, de l'histoire de l'art, de la philologie et de la philosophie. Le résultat est un livre hybride, précisément comme les animaux fantastiques qui constituent son objet, un livre qui propose différentes approches d'analyse tout en étant conscient que nos moyens sont souvent vains pour saisir ces figures insaisissables, qui finalement nous ressemblent plus qu'il n'y paraît. L'homme, comme Œdipe, se révélera souvent plus monstrueux que le Sphinx...

Animals, Mythical --- Mythology, Classical --- Classical mythology --- Creatures, Fabled --- Fabled creatures --- Fabulous animals --- Fabulous creatures --- Fantastic animals --- Fictitious animals --- Imaginary animals --- Legendary animals --- Mythical animals --- Zoological mythology --- Animals --- Dragons --- Mythology --- Conferences - Meetings --- Créatures fabuleuses

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Throughout our history, humans have been captivated by mythic beasts and legendary creatures. Tales of Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness monster are part of our collective experience. Now comes a book from two dedicated investigators that explores and elucidates the fascinating world of cryptozoology. Daniel Loxton and Donald R. Prothero have written an entertaining, educational, and definitive text on cryptids, presenting the arguments both for and against their existence and systematically challenging the pseudoscience that perpetuates their myths. After examining the nature of science and pseudoscience and their relation to cryptozoology, Loxton and Prothero take on Bigfoot; the Yeti, or Abominable Snowman, and its cross-cultural incarnations; the Loch Ness monster and its highly publicized sightings; the evolution of the Great Sea Serpent; and Mokele Mbembe, or the Congo dinosaur. They conclude with an analysis of the psychology behind the persistent belief in paranormal phenomena, identifying the major players in cryptozoology, discussing the character of its subculture, and considering the challenge it poses to clear and critical thinking in our increasingly complex world.

Cryptozoology. --- Animals, Mythical. --- Pseudoscience. --- Junk science --- Science --- Creatures, Fabled --- Fabled creatures --- Fabulous animals --- Fabulous creatures --- Fantastic animals --- Fictitious animals --- Imaginary animals --- Legendary animals --- Mythical animals --- Zoological mythology --- Animals --- Dragons --- Zoology --- Mythology --- Animals, Mythical --- Cryptozoology --- Pseudoscience --- 59 --- Zoölogie. Dierkunde --- 59 Zoölogie. Dierkunde --- 59 Zoology --- Zoologie. Dierkunde

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La construcción de imágenes divinas tuvo un punto de partida importante en los seres que rodearon al hombre en el principio de los tiempos. De todos ellos, los animales, con atributos imposibles de rivalizar, ofrecieron la posibilidad de construir las formas que soñaron nuestros antepasados. Nadie podía volar como el cóndor, desplazarse y atacar con la elegancia de un puma o aparecer súbitamente como la serpiente. Son estos y otros miembros de la fauna andina los que encendieron la imaginación del misterioso redactor del Manuscrito de Huarochirí. Este documento, "pequeña biblia regional" como lo llamó Arguedas, sigue siendo el único texto sagrado, conservado en quechua, que relata la saga de los dioses, animales y los hombres antes de la llegada de los europeos. Que así sea, no debe sorprendernos, otros libros sacros como Gilgamesch, el Génesis o el Popol Vuh, glorificaron también a la fauna que poblaba los paisajes conocidos. De la misma forma, la construcción de la divinidad sumaba atributos observados en la naturaleza, para encontrar en su totalidad la imagen del dios que se buscaba. Este libro recoge el panteón andino que acompañó las aventuras de la humanidad en el amanecer de la vida, que transcurrió entre la montaña de Pariacaca y las aguas que bordean el santuario de Pachacamac.

Animales, mítico -- Perú. --- Animals, Mythical -- Peru. --- Indios Quechua -- Religión. --- Manuscrito quechua de Huarochirí. --- Quechua Indians -- Religion. --- Animals, Mythical --- Quechua Indians --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Folklore --- Religion --- Animales, mítico --- Indios Quechua --- Religion. --- Religión. --- Creatures, Fabled --- Fabled creatures --- Fabulous animals --- Fabulous creatures --- Fantastic animals --- Fictitious animals --- Imaginary animals --- Legendary animals --- Mythical animals --- Zoological mythology --- Manuscrito de Huarochirí --- Manuscrito de Waru Chirí --- Animals --- Dragons --- Mythology --- cosmologie --- Pérou --- puma --- iconographie --- région --- Lima --- faune --- Huarochirí --- condor --- serpent --- identité culturelle --- mythe --- manuscrit

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anthropology of imagery --- myth criticism --- myth analysis --- gilbert durand --- mythology --- symbolic representations --- Literature --- Fictitious characters --- Animals, Mythical --- Creatures, Fabled --- Fabled creatures --- Fabulous animals --- Fabulous creatures --- Fantastic animals --- Fictitious animals --- Imaginary animals --- Legendary animals --- Mythical animals --- Zoological mythology --- Animals --- Dragons --- Fictional beings --- Fictional characters --- Fictional persons --- Fictitious persons --- Imaginary beings --- Imaginary characters --- Imaginary persons --- Characters and characteristics --- Mythology --- Animals, Mythical. --- Fictitious characters. --- Literature. --- Belles-lettres --- Western literature (Western countries) --- World literature --- Philology --- Authors --- Authorship