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... references to the phoenix , but unlike Sebastian in The Tempest he shows no inclination to believe That there are unicorns : that in Arabia There is one tree , the Phoenix throne ; one Phoenix At this time reigning there . But as T. H. ...
... references to the phoenix , but unlike Sebastian in The Tempest he shows no inclination to believe That there are unicorns : that in Arabia There is one tree , the Phoenix throne ; one Phoenix At this time reigning there . But as T. H. ...
Page 93
... references to giant ants in the Mongolian region in Chinese sources . These occur in two works which I mentioned earlier in the chapter on the griffin : they are Ch'u Tz and Shan Hai Ching , which include magical material from the ...
... references to giant ants in the Mongolian region in Chinese sources . These occur in two works which I mentioned earlier in the chapter on the griffin : they are Ch'u Tz and Shan Hai Ching , which include magical material from the ...
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... references . When they came to the word re'em they had a special problem . The seven references in the text to the creature suggested some strange powerful beast . They were not to know that it meant the aurochs ( bos primigenius ) ...
... references . When they came to the word re'em they had a special problem . The seven references in the text to the creature suggested some strange powerful beast . They were not to know that it meant the aurochs ( bos primigenius ) ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
Copyright | |
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