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Description edit
A bestseller in France, where it was originally published, this supremely erudite book draws together folkloric, literary, and artistic sources and focuses on the symbolic dimension of every color, number, sound, gesture, expression, or character trait that has benefited from symbolic... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Adam: Add a description of this character.
- Bambara
- Dana
- Maya
- Solomon
- St John
- Mircea Eliade
- Demeter
- Kall
- Dagda
- David
- Zeus
- Cybele
- Fulani
- Diana
- Dionysos
- Alexander
- Cain
- Paul Diel
- Muslim
- Hiram
- Mason
- Herakles
- Guer
- Daniel
- Jacob
- St Paul
- Vishnu
- Deva
- Caesar
- Huang Ti
- Jeremiah
- Shakti
- St Augustine
- Master Eckhart
- Pora
- Dian Cecht
- Jean Servier
- Wirth
- Cuchulainn
- Persephone
- Phil
- Abraham
- Muhammad
- Nuada
- Guenon
- Allendy
- Gabriel
- Abel
Setting & Locations edit
- Heavenly Jerusalem
- Ancient China
- India
- Ireland
- Moon
- Children Of Israel
- Asia
- Japan
- Ancient Egypt
- Earth
- Black Africa
- Islam
- Underworld
- Rome
- Europe
- Gaul
- Far East
- Ancient Greece
- Vietnam
- Mecca
- Jupiter
- Siberia
- Cambodia
- France
- Hades
- Spring
- Mala
- Persia
- Angkor
- Tibet
- Apollo
- Altaic
- Middle Ages
- Uranus
- Mars
- Central America
- Alexandria
- Babylon
- Paris
- Taoism
- Seca
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jean Chevalier (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: French
Publisher: ?ditions Robert Laffont/ JUPITER
Country: France
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: 2221503198
Page Count: 1060
Publisher: ?ditions Robert Laffont/ JUPITER
Country: France
Publication Date: 1982
ISBN: 2221503198
Page Count: 1060
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 302.2223
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