Author : Steven Olderr
Release : 2022-09-27
Genre : Reference
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 237/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Reverse Symbolism Dictionary by : Steven Olderr
Download or read book Reverse Symbolism Dictionary written by Steven Olderr. This book was released on 2022-09-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only dictionary of its kind, this greatly expanded second edition lists objects, concepts, traits and situations ancient and modern and gives their appropriate symbols. A companion to Symbolism: A Comprehensive Dictionary (2012), this volume presents symbols and their referents in reverse association (but is not simply a reconfiguring of information). Examples: a symbol for "hell" is descending stairs; an attribute of Saint Benedict is a raven; joy after sorrow is signified by the gemstone amber. Ethnic, literary, artistic, religious, heraldic, numerological, folkloric, occult and psychological usages are included.