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This is a companion volume to Olderr's Symbolism: A Comprehensive Dictionary. The earlier dictionary was arranged by symbol and told what the meanings were. The present work goes the other way (but it is not simply a refiguring of the data). It presents ideas, situations or objects (ancient to modern), and gives the appropriate symbols (allusions, associations, attributes, or emblems).
Some examples are: one of the symbols for "hell" is descending stairs; an attribute of Saint Benedict is a raven; joy after sorrow is symbolized by the gemstone amber. Literary, artistic, religious, heraldic, numerological, folkloric, occult, psychological, and biblical usages are included.
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"will help students, researchers and writers discover how things have been represented or symbolized"--Booklist/RBB
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Lists concepts alphabetically, and notes the symbols used to represent them. Under "esoterica," for example, are cited pearls and the letter Y; "knowledge" and "wisdom" are suggested as other sources. Complements Olderr's 1986 Symbolism: A Comprehensive dictionary , which is frontwise. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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