Screen LibraryThe book of imaginary beings /
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| Group Author: | ; ; |
| Published: |
Penguin Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
2006. ©2005 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English Spanish |
| Edition: | Penguin classics deluxe edition. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: New York : Viking, 2005. |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 236 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9780143039938 0143039938 |
| Index Number: | GR825 |
| CLC: | I106.7 |
| Call Number: | I106.7/B732-1 |
| Contents: | The a bao a qu -- Abtu and Anet -- The monster Acheron -- The amphisbæna -- Swedenborg's angels -- An animal dreamed by Kafka -- An animal dreamed by C.S. Lewis -- The animal dreamed by Poe -- Two metaphysical animals -- Animals that live in the mirror -- Spherical animals -- Six-legged antelopes -- The three-legged ass -- The bahamut -- The badlanders -- Banshees -- The basilisk -- The behemoth -- The bird that makes the rain -- The borametz -- The brownies -- Buraq -- The Cheshire cat and Kilkenny cats -- The catoblepas -- The centaur -- Cerberus -- The chimæra -- The celestial cock -- The crocotta and the leucrocotta -- A crossbreed by Kafka -- The demons of Judaism -- Swedenborg's demons -- The devourer of the dead -- The double -- The dragon -- The Chinese dragon -- The western dragon -- The elephant that prefigured the birth of Buddha -- The eloi and the morlocks -- Elves -- Fairies -- The fastitocalon -- Fauna of China -- Fauna of the United States -- The Chinese fox -- The garuda -- Gnomes -- The golem -- The gryphon -- The hairy beast of La Ferté-Bernard -- Haniel, Kafziel, Azriel, and Aniel -- Haokah, god of thunder -- The hare in the moon -- The harpies -- The hippogriff -- Hochigan -- Humbaba -- The hundred-heads -- The hydra -- Ichthyocentaurs -- The jinn -- The kami -- A king of fire and his steed -- The kraken -- Kronos or Herakles -- The lamed wufniks -- The lamia -- The lemuri -- The leveler -- The offspring of Leviathan -- Lilith -- The mandrake -- The mantichora, or manticore -- The minotaur -- The ink monkey -- The mother of tortoises -- The myrmecoleon -- The nagas -- The nisnas -- The norns -- Nymphs -- Odradek by Kafka -- One-eyed beings -- The ouroboros -- The panther -- The pelican -- The perytion -- The phoenix -- The Chinese phoenix -- Pygmies -- Quyata -- Remora -- A reptile dreamed by C.S. Lewis -- The roc -- The salamander -- Satyrs -- Scylla -- The sea horse -- The eight-forked-serpent -- The simurgh -- Sirens -- The sow in chains |