The Magic Zoo: The Natural History of Fabulous Animals |
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... Bible , to whom Milton refers : ' Dagon his name , sea - monk , upward man and downward fish ... ' For the origins of the mermaid , we must look elsewhere in the Middle East . Lucian tells us that among the deities of Syria was Dercerto ...
... Bible , to whom Milton refers : ' Dagon his name , sea - monk , upward man and downward fish ... ' For the origins of the mermaid , we must look elsewhere in the Middle East . Lucian tells us that among the deities of Syria was Dercerto ...
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... Bible says . The crocodile would not have been familiar to the Jews , even though they were once native to Palestine , and Robert Graves says they survived there in the River Zarka until the beginning of this century . So they were ...
... Bible says . The crocodile would not have been familiar to the Jews , even though they were once native to Palestine , and Robert Graves says they survived there in the River Zarka until the beginning of this century . So they were ...
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... Bible Job III , 8 ; XL , 15-24 ; XLI , 1-34 ; Isaiah XXVII , 1 ; XXXIV , 16 ; Psalms , LXXIV , 14 ; CIV , 26 . Bochart , Samuel : Hierozoicon . Leyde , 1692 . Calvert , Jean and Marcel Crupp : Les animaux dans la littérature sacré ...
... Bible Job III , 8 ; XL , 15-24 ; XLI , 1-34 ; Isaiah XXVII , 1 ; XXXIV , 16 ; Psalms , LXXIV , 14 ; CIV , 26 . Bochart , Samuel : Hierozoicon . Leyde , 1692 . Calvert , Jean and Marcel Crupp : Les animaux dans la littérature sacré ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
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