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... symbolic creature , if ambiguously deployed in secular and religious art . But strangely the more ' unreal ' it became for the zoologist , the more powerful the unicorn became for artists and poets . Some examples will demonstrate this ...
... symbolic creature , if ambiguously deployed in secular and religious art . But strangely the more ' unreal ' it became for the zoologist , the more powerful the unicorn became for artists and poets . Some examples will demonstrate this ...
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... symbolic conjunction of the ' real ' and the ' mythical ' , by which the love of the young couple was surrounded not merely by the lovely burgeoning tokens of the homeland , but by the symbolic and ambiguous power of the uni- corn ...
... symbolic conjunction of the ' real ' and the ' mythical ' , by which the love of the young couple was surrounded not merely by the lovely burgeoning tokens of the homeland , but by the symbolic and ambiguous power of the uni- corn ...
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... Symbolism in Great Britain and Ireland . London , 1887 . Anderson , Mary D .: Animal Carvings in British Churches . Cam ... Symbolic Creatures in Art , With Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry . London , 1906 . Wood , J. G ...
... Symbolism in Great Britain and Ireland . London , 1887 . Anderson , Mary D .: Animal Carvings in British Churches . Cam ... Symbolic Creatures in Art , With Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry . London , 1906 . Wood , J. G ...
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Preface | 1 |
Animals and Man 1 Animals and Man 74 | 5 |
Shaman into Scientist ΙΟ | 10 |
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