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The Bear

History of a Fallen King

The Bear( )
Author: Pastoureau, Michel
Translator: Holoch, George
ISBN:978-0-674-04782-2
Publication Date:Oct 2011
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Imprint:Belknap Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $29.95
Book Description:

From antiquity to the Middle Ages, the bear's centrality in cults and mythologies left traces in European languages, literatures, and legends. Michel Pastoureau considers how this once venerated creature was deposed by Christianity and continued to sink lower in the symbolic bestiary before rising again in Pyrrhic triumph as the teddy bear.

Book Details
Pages:326
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
Art / Subjects & Themes / Religious
History / Civilization
Nature / Animals / Bears
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):7.41 x 9.36 x 1.252 Inches
Book Weight:1.553 Pounds



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