The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols [Book] Douban Goodreads
Dictionnaire des symboles : Mythes, rêves, coutumes, gestes, formes, figures, couleurs, nombres
author:
Alain Gheerbrant
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Jean Chevalier
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translator:
John Buchanan-Brown
publishing house:
Penguin
1997
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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 interpretation.