An Instinct for Dragons
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Word Count
52,000 words, Guess
Page Count
208 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7496261M
- ISBN-139780415927215
- ISBN-100415927218
- OCLC Control Number964646731
- OCLC Control Number43296886
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number99462234
- LibraryThing86890
- Goodreads1715799
Classifications
- LCCGR830.D7 J65 2000
Description
"During research on African monkeys, David E. Jones' accidental love affair with the dragon began. Spotting a picture of the monkey's predators - an eagle, a leopard, and a python - Jones unwittingly combined the features from all three into one beast. Amazingly, this mythical and monstrous creature was instantly recognizable.". "In a vast synthesis of art, mythology, history, and anthropology, Jones discovers that the dragon is, in fact, a universal image. Captivating, myth-breaking, and eloquent, An Instinct for Dragons decodes the ancient puzzle of the oldest, the first and the most basic monster."--BOOK JACKET.
Description
"During research on African monkeys, David E. Jones' accidental love affair with the dragon began. Spotting a picture of the monkey's predators - an eagle, a leopard, and a python - Jones unwittingly combined the features from all three into one beast. Amazingly, this mythical and monstrous creature was instantly recognizable.". "In a vast synthesis of art, mythology, history, and anthropology, Jones discovers that the dragon is, in fact, a universal image. Captivating, myth-breaking, and eloquent, An Instinct for Dragons decodes the ancient puzzle of the oldest, the first and the most basic monster."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
The world-dragon was formed by the nature of our own shadowy progenitors' encounters with the creatures who hunted them over millions of years (fig. 15).
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